“It was busy before I won, and then I was straight on the road, learning to travel the world again. It’s been challenging but character-building.”Peake said no individual result stands out.“It’s all been one big development, but knowing that I…
“It’s always a privilege to come home and play in the New Zealand Open,” said Alker.“This event means a lot to all of us who’ve represented New Zealand around the world. It would mean the world to me to lift…
“Some of the figures are pretty dramatic in terms of the numbers, but we’ve seen the progression each year,” Hart said. “There’s no doubt the whole presentation of the event and incorporating the British Open spot and things like that…
$5,000 Skins Match with Luke Kwon, Taco, Sam and Tooms (Millbrook Resort) today choppers I’m at the beautiful Milbrook Golf Course in Queenstown and today we are playing for the first ever Ron Chopper Skins match thanks to Ripper Grips…
“I hit down the right-hand side of the fairway and got a nice run right of the bunker. Then I struck a 5-iron into the front flag six feet past the hole to the right.“It was nice to keep momentum…
He carded four birdies and a bogey across the opening five holes before going even par across the next six.Then came the piece de resistance: a third eagle in as many rounds, this time the 308m 12th, as part of…
He missed a birdie putt in front of the 19th hole VIP hospitality to seal the mark on his own.Koh’s resolve was as hard as the schist surrounding him throughout, trumping the earlier foray of Australian James Marchesani who carded…
Jones detonated a monster fade on the 463m par-5 first hole.“That’s further than I go on holiday,” he confided to a mate. Mind you, who would want to go far if you lived in the Queenstown-Lakes District?Fans, most bedecked in…
The champagne was sprayed liberally by mates who stormed the green before he was cloaked in the tournament’s kōrowai.Peake’s blinder came under hyperbaric pressure after taking the lead for the first time on the 67th hole – he went 55…
Benefits would see the budgeted revenue boosted by more paying amateurs. There are currently 156, about half of whom are paid for by sponsors and half who contribute $20,000 + GST for places in the pro-am. Participants might also enjoy…