Golf roundup

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Electrinet Park

RODNEY Moore and Mihi Marino made it three Lunken Cup mixed pairs foursomes titles in four years on Sunday.

The Moore/Marino combo defended the title with a net 70, with Anthony Pahia and Wiki Morrissey and Pete Stewart and Tracey Ford half a stroke back.

Moore and Marino will spearhead the Park challenge at the ER Black Cup interclub at Te Puia Springs on April 3.

The rest of the team are Pahina/Morrissey, Glen McKinnon/Di Webb, Jo Kerr/Josh Hayes and Darrel Gregory/Janet Muir.

Kerr was impressive on her way to topping the LGU and national teams' qualifier on Saturday. She shot 77-8-67 to win the silver division.

Kerr will be joined in the Park team for the district final of the national qualifier at Maraenui on April 4 by Pat Johansen. Sue Maisey and Carolyn Carpendale, with Muir reserve.

Wayne Carpendale was an appropriate winner of an intermediate men's handicap cup final described as “a great battle” on Saturday.

Club president Carpendale beat Matt Henwood on the 18th hole to secure the President's Trophy.

■ Players have 1000 reasons to be the last man standing in the Digg It Gizzy 10-man shootout on the final edition of twilight golf.

The 10 qualifiers for the final were confirmed last week.

They were to tee off the 10th hole at 4pm today in the hole-by-hole net elimination final which ends with one survivor.

That player will pocket $1000 — well, a little less than that after the obligatory 19th-hole shout.

However, the flooding that hit Tairawhiti this week put a stop to that. The course is closed and the final has been postponed.

The gunfighters vying for the shootout crown are Matt Henwood, brothers Mike and Craig Christophers, Dave Rameka, Shannon Toa, Anthony Pahina, Tony File, James Witika, 2021 champion Steve Phillips and Neil Hansen.

Sunday — Lunken Cup mixed pairs net foursomes: R Moore/M Marino 70, A Pahina/W Morrissey 70.5, P Stewart/T Ford 70.5.

Saturday — Men's net: M Christophers 74, P Nepia 75.

LGU and national qualifier, silver division: J Kerr 77-8-69.

Bronze 1: P Johansen 101-23-78.

Bronze 2: D Webb 114-36-78.

Twos: J Kerr.

Team for National qualifiers: J Kerr, P Johansen, S Maisey, C Carpendale, J Muir (reserve).

Thursday (March 17) — Digg It Gizzy twilight stableford: J Witika from C Uili.

Long drive: C Cairns.

Approach: P Stewart.

Non-golfers' section: H Tupara.

Poverty Bay

COVID-19 has played an unwelcome role in the Reynolds Cup and subsidiary handicap trophies but the silverware will be decided eventually.

The Reynolds Cup top 8 is down to the last four — Andy Hayward v Phil Wauchop in one semi; Don Wright v Alan Williams in the other.

Colin Simpson brushed aside Cliff Poole in their Lunken Cup second 8 semi on Saturday.

Kit Goldsmith is in the other semi and is awaiting the winner of the quarterfinal between Glenn Morley and Clive Dean.

James Situ and Colin Christie are in the Low Bros third 8 final while Stephen Franks and Gray Clapham will decide the Lunken Cup fourth 8.

Alan Baldwin kept his cool on Sunday to slip under 90 for the first time at the Bay since September 2020. His 88-24-64, for 44 points, easily won the division 2 men's stableford on Sunday, with several others racking up 40 points.

The First Light Frozen women's open foursomes scheduled for yesterday was postoponed due to the weather.

Monday — Women's net: O Thompson 70, P Wanklyn 72.

Sunday — Men's stableford, division 1: R Gibson 40, P Kerekere 40, M Jefferson 38, S Jeune 38.

Division 2: A Baldwin 44, A Putnam 40, M Karalus 40, C Carmody 38, R Moleta 37.

Twos: K White, W Brown, P Kerekere, A White, M Norman, M Karalus, C Carmody, N Jones, A Putnam.

Approach: R. Moleta.

Saturday — Men's stableford, division 1: M Callaghan 34, A Kirkpatrick 34, D Griffin 34.

Division 2: B Allen 36, W Thompson 35.

Twos: C Christie, B Simpson. D Griffin.

Approach: A Abrahams.

Thursday (March 17) — Men's stableford, division 1: I Murphy 38, M Higham 35, J Pittar 34, A White 34.

Division 2: P Humphreys 35, B Read 33, J Williams 33, M Reynolds 33, G Clapham 32.

Twos: A Abrahams 2, A Kirkpatrick, C Poole.

Jackpot: A Abrahams.

Approach: A Kirkpatrick.

Patutahi

GRAEME Holland warmed up for his Sunday 18-hole success with a 9-hole win on Friday.

Holland won the junior division of the meat pack stableford on Friday with 21 points, then returned on Sunday to win over 18 holes with 85-19-66.

Sunday's twos included eagle-2s to Shayde Skudder (on the 327-metre 17th) and Andrew Higham (214m 18th). Both drove the green, Skudder crushing his ball over the hole's iconic tree to 10-foot of the pin.

SUNDAY — Men's net, senior division: A Hindmarsh 67, P Hokianga 69, D Russell 70, T Reeves 70.

Junior division: G Holland 66, L Jamieson 68, G Tattersfield 68, M Smith 68.

Women's net: H Humble 75.

Twos: D Pohatu, M Wiersma, P Hokianga, D Russell, Shayde Skudder (eagle), A Higham (eagle).

Jackpot: Shayde Skudder.

FRIDAY — Meat pack 9-hole stableford, senior division: T Hindmarsh 22, A Hickson 20, H Pomana 20, A Hindmarsh 19, A Nimmo 19.

Junior division: G Holland 21, I Tietjen 19, B Williams 19, M White 19, D Skudder 18.

Te Puia Springs

BILL Clark is the 2022 Jo Hale Memorial champion but he had to do it the hard way.

Clark, who was second in the final round on Sunday, ended up locked with Nehe Dewes on five points.

A play-off was held on the par-3 sixth hole right outside the clubhouse and Clark emerged triumphant.

Kahu Waitoa's 72-13-59 was the best of the final round while Hazel Miratana led the women with 70.

SUNDAY — Jo Hale Memorial series, round 4, men's net: K Waitoa 72-13-59, B Clark 74-11-63, P Ngarimu 80-16-64.

Women's net: H Miratana 70, P Summersby 71, I Ngarimu 71, H McClutchie 71, G Roberts 72.

COMING UP: SUNDAY, haggle.

Tolaga Bay

MATCHING nines of 40 earned Tim Reedy the net honours on Sunday.

Reedy shot 80-17-63 to pip Mark Watts and Zak Horomia by a shot.

SUNDAY — Net: T Reedy 63, M Watts 64, Z Horomia 64.

Putting: B Yates 26, M Watts 26, T Reedy 26.

Twos: Tere Lincoln, M Watts.

Mahia

JACOB Te Amo clearly likes the second hole at Mahia.

He parred it both times he played it in winning the Aces net on Sunday with 102-33-69.

Two strokes back was Pete Bremner, who had four birdies in a 1-under 71-0-71.

Sunday — Aces net: J Te Amo 102-33-69, P Bremner 71, C Pitman 72, N Davey 74, B Crowley 75, Wade Wesche 76, Tegal Smith 76.

Putting: P Bremner 28, N Davey 28, B Crowley 28.

Thursday (March 17) — LGU: T Smith 87-14-73, M Fergus 76, A Campbell 78, V Kyle 81.

Jill Taylor putting button: T Smith 28.

COMING UP: SUNDAY, 3-man ambrose, bring a non-golfer.