2024 NZ Open winner Takahiro Hataji. Photo / PhotosportThe New Zealand Open will join the Open Qualifying Series offering one entry into the 2025 Open Championship to the winner (or leading non-exempt player) of the 104th New Zealand Open later…
This past weekend Dricus Du Plessis beat Strickland via UD after shattering his nose in the fourth round, Weili Zhang defends her belt for a 3rd time after beating Tatiana Suarez via UD, and the rest of the UFC 312…
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…
When will Trump actually become President?Under the terms laid out in the US Constitution, the President takes office at exactly midday on January 20 (unless January 20 falls on a Sunday, which is not the case this year).This will take…
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…
As mid-to-high handicappers, we were challenged at times – especially on tricky par-threes like the 96m fifth hole. However, things started to click on the back nine, where the course seemed to open up a bit and invite more aggressive…
“That was the biggest crowd I’ve seen there in my six years with the team,” says outgoing Nelson College coach Jono Phillips.Blockbusting forward Saumaki Saumaki opened the scoring with a typically bullocking run. The powerhouse loosie has been in scintillating…
Their 17th-hole win was a decent notch in the belt. “Haks” is a hardened match-player, who has now professional David Smail among his Poverty Bay-East Coast representative day scalps, while leftie Ball’s game usually personifies rock-solid.Allan and Shaw booked themselves…
Kyle Mahi. Photo / Photosport-Brendan JonesOff the back of his third national title at the 86th New Zealand Māori Golf Championships in Wellington earlier this year, Kyle Maihi of Ngāpuhi has earned a coveted spot in the 2024 New Zealand…
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…