GOLF ROUNDUP

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Te Kanawa Cup glory-seeker Tom Reynolds is playing down his and Darrel Gregory’s chances of filling the coveted silverware in 2023.

The Reynolds-Gregory combo face father and son Anthony and Shaun Pahina in the handicap matchplay final of the Te K men’s pairs  after brushing aside another family duo in the semifinals on Sunday.

Reynolds and Gregory, under the pseudonym Faint Hearted, beat brothers Selwyn and Quentin Peneha (Peneha Power) 4 and 3  to underline their No.1 seeding.

But favourites they are not, Reynolds insists.

“Punga (aka Anthony) and Shaun are the ones to beat,” Reynolds said, mitigating his claim by pointing to Anthony’s record of having won all three trophies associated with the men’s pairs event.

Pahina senior, who won the Te K with Geoff Hill in 2017, wasn’t buying into that.

“I think he’s trying a bit of reverse psychology,” Pahina said, although he did add that Shaun played particularly well in their 2 and 1 semifinal victory over Mike Christophers and Ben Holt.

The Pahinas, whose team name is Feral Crescent Boys, have extra incentive for success.

Together the pair have won the Te Kanawa associated trophies — the Turanganui Cup (for those who do not qualify for the Te K) and the Fletcher Cup (first-round Te K losers). The Te Kanawa itself would complete the treble as a father and son.

One half of the Fletcher Cup final has been confirmed. Steve Phillips and James Witika (5XLs) face the winners of the semi between Dave Harrison and Glen McKinnon (Mac Attack) and Jason Devery and Bailey Matoe (UseLess Chaps).

John Collier Junior and Damian Pilitati (Team Shockers) are in the final of the Turanganui Cup. The final could be Collier v Collier, as John Collier Senior and Duane Mauheni (Angel Eyes) face Paul Wellard and Phil Nepia (Twoopys) in the other semi.

As the Te K reaches its conclusion a lot later than scheduled after the recent rain events, the men’s club championships are about to get into full flow.

Daniel Collier is top seed in the 10-man senior division. His qualifying score of 74 won on countback from reigning champion Anaru Reedy, Tony Akroyd and Silas Brown.

These four, along with Zane Boyle and Sel Peneha, went directly to the quarterfinals.

Mike Christophers qualified No.1 in the  intermediate division on countback from Tom Reynolds after both posted 80s.

The junior field was the biggest for many years  — so much so the handicap cut-off was reduced to create an eight-man endeavour section.

Mason Emery (82) is the junior No.1 seed while Josh Adams is top of the endeavour division.

Jo Kerr (senior), Jean Foot (intermediate) and Kath Papuni (junior) are the top seeds in the women’s club championships. The second round of qualifying was held at the weekend.

TUESDAY — Veterans’ stableford: K White 38, S Phillips 35, D Te Maro 34, W Brown 34, D Harrison 33.

SUNDAY — Women’s stableford: D Webb 37.

Twos: J Foot, K White.

Men’s net: J Adams 67, G McKinnon 67, D Collier 69.

Twos: T Leggett, F Trowell.

SATURDAY — Women’s club championship qualifying, senior division: K Hay 86.

Intermediate: J Foot 95.

Junior: K Papuni 111.

Top qualifiers: J Kerr (senior), J Foot (intermediate), K Papuni (junior).

WEDNESDAY (Aug 9) — GRC Cup first round, women’s stableford: K White 88-17-71, 37 on c/b.

Drawn two: L Brown.

POVERTY BAY

King of the Coast William Brown’s dominion extends to Poverty Bay golf course.

The reigning senior men’s club champion, fresh from retaining the KotC crown in Tolaga Bay, sent a “come and get it” warning to his challengers in club championship qualifying on Saturday.

But his 76 was only just good enough to earn the No.1 seeding.

Brown fended off Simon Jeune on countback as only five players managed to break 80 off the championship tees — although that was two better than last year.

Pete Anderson qualified third with 77, Peter Clayton fourth with 78 and Mark Jefforson fifth with 79.

The top 16 cut-off was 87 — David Situ, who will need a Jekyll-Hyde turnaround to have any chance of beating Brown in the first round of matchplay this weekend.

Jeune plays Nick Richardson, who had a Jekyll-Hyde turnaround in the opposite direction with his 87 — six days after shooting 75.

Anderson has a potentially tricky match-up with Glenn Morley.

Alex Kirkpatrick led the intermediate qualifying with 81, including a back-nine 38, on countback from Darren Patumaka, with Don Griffin third on 82.

Keith Marshall’s 90 was good enough to top the juniors. Colin Christie (91) and Shaun Boyd (91) were the next best in the 11-strong field.

Pete Goodwin’s 101 led the endeavour men, who will go straight into semifinals.

The four-round Dodgshun Cup series was wrapped up with two rounds over the weekend including club champs qualifying.

Defending Division 1 champion Brown only played in two rounds, which put him out of the hunt as players count their best three of four scores.

Morley was one of only two seniors who completed three rounds and comfortably won the silverware with a 243 (77, 86, 80) total.

Defending Div 2 champion Richard Foon posted 252 (88, 77, 87) to go back-to-back.

Bill Simpson, as the only Div 3 players to post three scores, won with 287 (95, 97, 95).

Tuesday — Veteran men’s stableford: J McGregor 35, C Christie 35, V Richardson 35, N Jones 34, B Read 33.

Sunday — Men’s stableford, division 1: A White 37, W Mortleman 36, R Gibson 36.

Division 2: K Travers 39, S Boyd 38, K Summersby 37.

Twos: W Mortleman, L Pollitt, M Van Der Velde, A Lawler.

Approach: A Lawler.

SATURDAY — Liquorland men’s club championships qualifying, top 16: William Brown 76, Simon Jeune 76, Pete Anderson 77, Peter Clayton 78, Mark Jefferson 79, Willy Mortleman 80, Marcel Campbell 81, Brent Colbert 82, Hayden Keast 82, Collin Jeffrey 83, Henri Campbell 83, Stefan Andreassen 84, Quin McPike 84, Glenn Morley 86, Nick Richardson 87, David Situ 87.

Twos: V Richardson, P Clayton, H Keast, R Witters, S Jeune, C Dean, G Udall.

Approach: S Hihi.

Thursday (Aug 10) — Liquorland Thursday Throne men’s par: G Clapham +3, D Bush +3, A White +3, J Rowe +3, G Kemp +2, P Butler +2.

Twos: S Jeune.

Approach: S Jeune.

The first round of matchplay in the Liquorland men’s club championships is on SATURDAY. The draw is — Senior championship, No.1 tee, 11.15am: W Brown v David Situ, B. Colbert v H. Keast. 11.23: P Clayton vs Q McPike, M Jefferson v S. Andreassen. 11.31: S Jeune v N. Richardson, M Campbell v C Jeffrey. 11.39: P Anderson v Glenn Morley, W Mortleman v H. Campbell.

Senior plate, byes: Z. Rolls, DJenkins, M Gray, R Wiiters.

Intermediate championship, 1st 16, No.1 tee, 11.47: A Hayward v D Robertson, D Griffin v A Abrahams. 11.55: D Patumaka v C. Christophers; J Van Helden v V Richardson. 12.03pm: R Foon v J Situ; S Francks v P Hakiwai. 12.11: N Mackie v G Udall S Rimene-Albrett v A Kirkpatrick.

Intermediate Plate, No. 10, 11.15: K Summersby v T Williams, M McMenamin v D.Grant. 11.23: J Rowe v K Goldsmith, M Christophers v G Clapham. 11.31: D Pirimona v J McGregor.

Byes: C Dean. C Taewa,T Goldsmith.

Junior championship, No.1 tee, 12.19: R Young v D Wright, B Simpon v K Collier.

Byes: K Marshall, C Hensley, H Williams, C Christie, S Boyd, S Hihi.

Endeavour championship, byes: P Goodwin, B Read, D Atkins, M Smith.

WAIKOHU

Sonny Ritchie is into the final of the junior men’s club championships but needed overtime to get it done.

Ritchie defeated 2022 champion Kahu Tamanui on the first extra hole of their semifinal clash.

The rest of the members who played on Sunday had a South African mixed pairs stableford. Marg Tuapawa and Tama Brown won with 70 points.

SUNDAY — South African mixed pairs stableford: M Tuapawa/T Brown 70; C Rutene/T Smith 67.

PATUTAHI

Qualifying has been sorted in the club championships. Now it’s on with the matchplay show.

Defending senior men’s champ Hukanui Brown, on a mission to make it five crowns on the trot, is No.1 seed, thanks to his 67.

It put him directly into the  September 3 semifinals where he faces the winner of the match between Regan Hindmarsh and Jace Brown.

Reigning champion Tom Hindmarsh shot the best intermediate score in qualifying but has had to pull out due to an upcoming operation. Second qualifier Hamish Harris has been promoted to the top spot.

Tony Sharp is at No.1 in the 10-man junior field, and is one of six who earned byes into the quarterfinals.

Steve Fookes top qualified in the endeavour section where nine players are vying for the honours.

As of earlier this week, a draw was yet to be formalised for the women’s club champs. Six players took part in qualifying, with Denise Johnston best of the seniors and Abbie Davis heading the juniors.

SUNDAY — Men’s net, up to 13: S Skudder 67, T Hindmarsh 69, D Russell 71, A Hindmarsh 72, J Neilson 72.

14-plus: P Johnston 68, T Sharp 69, S Fookes 70, B McKenzie 72, J Blair 72.

Women’s net: K Torrez 74.

Twos: H Brown, J Neilson, R Hindmarsh.

FRIDAY — Meat pack 9-hole stableford, up to 8: G Brown 19, P Johnston 18, T Sharp 17, H Harris 17.

9-plus: J Blair 19, A Davis 19, N Bunting 19 W Stevens 18.

TE PUIA HOT SPRINGS

First-year member Ken Lewis had everything from a birdie-2 to a quadruple bogey-7 on his way to victory in the men’s net on Sunday.

Lewis won with 85-23-62, three ahead of Ian Logan, who also had a two.

SUNDAY — Men’s net: K Lewis  85-23 -62; I Logan   76-11-65.

Twos: K Lewis, I Logan.

LGU putting: P Summersby 29, I Ngarimu 33.

TOLAGA BAY

Tere Lincoln fired his low score of the year in winning the stableford on Sunday.

Leftie Lincoln won with 74-9-65, for 39 points, heading off Watene Reedy on countback.

SUNDAY — Stableford: Tere Lincoln 39, W Reedy 39, P Tuapawa 37, B Yates 36.

Twos: B Yates, Tere Lincoln.

Approach: T Williams.