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…
James Hydes isn’t letting the NZ Open occasion get the best of him. Photo / PhotosportBefore today, you could be forgiven for not having heard of James Hydes – from this point onwards you’d be well-served to keep an eye…
“My main objective in golf is still the Grand Slam – winning the British Open, United States Open, the Masters, and the United States PGA tournament in the same year.”Palmer is the greatest money-winner in golfing history, arrived yesterday with…
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…
Okay, but we feel their pain. Lydia’s first official handicap was a 12 – a mark most club players can but dream of. By age 9, she was on a 7; a year later, a 2. By the time her…
“It’s pretty cool to see Mike back with everything he went through last year and it was great of [tournament organisers] the R&A to extend an invitation to him this year after obviously missing last year with his leukaemia battle.”The…
“They both played really well,” said Stewart.Equally importantly, they combined strongly. When one faltered, the other stepped up.Tupara, sporting a black eye from copping a stick to the head in the hockey final, and Bond won the first hole and…
“It’s very much the golf side [the practice rounds], confirming club selection, confirming your targets off the tees, confirming your targets on the green irrespective of where the pin is. The big one is a lot of us will run…