Craig Parry with the trophy he picked up after winning the 2002 NZ Open. Picture / Mark MitchellEverybody calls it the Tiger Woods Open, the 2002 New Zealand Open at Paraparaumu, which starred the world’s No 1 player and generated…
Plenty of laughs from these league-loving lads, from left: Shaun Johnson, Tallan Egan, Brendan Soloman, Nathan Stockman, Rugby League Northland chief executive Robbie Johnson, and and North Golf Association development officer Dave Mullan.The Legends of League golf tournament raised more…
Stuart Jones competes in the 1974 Fiji Open. And what about the floppy hats.New Zealand’s greatest amateur golfer of the past 50 years has just turned 80 after establishing a career record that is highly unlikely to be matched. Stuart…
Michael Hendry. Photo / SuppliedNorth Harbour golfer Michael Hendry has had a couple of terrific years, the highlight being victory in the Indonesia Open in July 2010. The 32-year-old once despaired of his golf career, but rose to the top…
Kiwi golfer Mark Brown has ended his 19-year partnership with coach Mal Tongue. Photo / Getty Images New Zealand golfer Mark Brown has parted ways with coach Mal Tongue, ending a 19-year partnership. Europe-based Brown paid tribute to Tongue but…
Anthony Doyle. Photo / Getty ImagesAnthony Doyle was in a class of his own to claim back-to-back victories at the Shirley Open golf tournament in Christchurch yesterday. Doyle, the Christchurch Golf Club professional who rarely plays tournament golf, fired a…
Brett Wetterich. Photo / ReutersAt the end of a cold and brutal day at Augusta National, an American with a New Zealand caddy and a South African with an American education lead the 71st Masters on the extraordinarily high score…
“Micheluzzi now plays on the DP World Tour and his top 20 finish at the Bahrain Championship last weekend is proof that he has taken his game to the next level.“I’d also keep an eye on the likes of Anthony…
She Loves Golf is a Golf New Zealand initiative designed to create social golfing opportunities for women of all ages.The tournament sparked a keenness in Croft to finally give the sport a go.She stuck to her “diehard” Hikurangi roots and…