“As part of this work, we will engage with community and key stakeholders to review both the golfing and wider recreation needs of the North Shore,” Mansell said. “This will inform how we develop this space into a vibrant recreation…
“The numbers are always really staggering and the dollar amount that [the charities] need to sustain that is always quite large,” Alex said.“This year we raised over $27,000 – a new record for us. It was only possible with the…
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…