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…
The apple never falls far from the tree, and the Woods family proves that adage yet again. Fifteen-year-old Charlie Woods is a blossoming talent, a high-school golfer full of power and finesse. His mannerisms also model his father’s, which is…
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…
Hole 1 – Par 4, 364mTalk me through the initial phone call to Ryan Fox ahead of the first event?“I actually saw the success of a concept like the Black Clash a few years ago and then thought there’s got…
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…
Tournament host Ryan Fox tees off in front of the Shimano team at The Fox on Saturday. Photo / Jamie Troughton/Dscribe MediaTop Kiwi golfer Ryan Fox has locked in another year of his golfing and fishing tournament in Waihī Beach,…
Coincidentally, the man Higgs eliminated on the 18th to win the shootout – Pete Stevenson – had to settle for second again on 41 points.Husband and wife John and Alvie Hale won the mixed pairs Stableford with 43 points, Te…
You don’t want to know this but all that money you’ve spent on golf equipment in the last few years has not improved your game. Don’t feel bad. Nobody else, at least in the USA and New Zealand, has been…