Golf roundup

POVERTY BAY

Peter Graham and Willy Mortleman  would like to win the Bryan Cup men’s pairs title without working overtime.

The pair have been involved in four sudden-death battles en route to the final, including last weekend’s semi.

Mortleman slotted a 25-foot birdie putt on the third extra hole to see off Greg Hawea and Ross Chalmers.

It was their third consecutive extra-holes match in the Bryan Cup subsidiary competition which involves the first and second-round losers from the Gisborne Motors Barns-Graham Cup.

Graham and Mortleman were beaten on the 20th in their BG Cup first-round match.

Little did they know more sudden-death drama awaited them in the Bryan Cup — the round of 16 over Collin Jeffrey and Brent Colbert, the quarterfinals against Ross Gibson and Barry Brown and last weekend’’s semis.

Their efforts have earned them a title shot against Cliff Poole and Vance Richardson.

Poole was meant to be playing with another partner only for him to withdraw because of Covid. Richardson was not going to play because of recent hip surgery but relented when Poole rang him.

The pair, who have played in the BG together before, had a tight semifinal tussle with Mark Gemmell and Tim Sherratt last Thursday before getting home on the 18th.

Mortleman capped his Saturday semifinal win by setting the Division 1 pace in the small field that competed in Round 1 of the Dodgshun Cup strokeplay.

Mortleman’s 79 was 10 clear of the next best, Dave Jenkins.

Colin Simpson’s 85 was the low round in Division 2 and Bill Simpson fired 95 to head the Division 3 scoring.

Anne Witters and Marg Colebourne were the gross winners in the silver/bronze women’s 27-hole tournament last week.

Witters won the silver gross with 133 and Colebourne the bronze with 143.

Other section winners were Margot Shanks, Janet Muir, Sue Kemp and Vicki Fraser.

WEDNESDAY — Women’s stableford: V Bell 27.

9-holers’ stableford: S McLaughlin 13, J French 13, R Dymock 13.

MONDAY — Women’s team stableford, winners: R Spence/J Steele/F Allen.

Twos: M Allan.

SUNDAY — Men’s stableford, division 1: J Situ 38, B Morgan 36, A Battistella 34, A White 33.

Division 2: G Hawea 37, L Pollitt 33, G Marchbank 33, S Boyd 32.

Twos: A Battistella, A Hayward, C Taewa, J Situ, L Hewson, S Andreassen.

Approach: A Hayward.

SATURDAY — Approach: B Simpson.

THURSDAY (July 20) — Men’s stableford, division 1: A Abrahams 37, C Dean 35, M Thomas 34, G Brown 32.

Division 2: H Johanson 41, G Hawea 35, P Graham 34, H Williams 34.

Twos: G Brown, J Williams, A Abrahams, G Morley.

Approach: N Jenkins.

WEDNESDAY (July 19 ) — Women’s silver/bronze 27-hole tournament, silver division, gross: A Witters 133.

Net: Margot Shanks 118.

Stableford: J Muir.

Bronze division, gross: M Coleburne 143.

Net: S Kemp 114.

Stableford: V Fraser.

Approaches: J Utting (silver), M Allan (bronze).

Best third shot: L Holmberg (silver), M Colebourne (bronze).

Longest putt: J Muir.

TE PUIA HOT SPRINGS

Robyn Ngatai and Ian Logan eased to victories in Sunday competitions.

Ngatai’s 93-25-68 won the women’s net while Logan collected the men’s stableford honours with 75-11-64, for 38 points.

SUNDAY — Women’s net: R Ngatai 93-25-68, H McClutchie 97-24-73.

Men’s stableford: I Logan 75 -11 -64, 38; J Forrester 83-15-68, 34; P Harrison 94-26-68, 34.

Twos: J Forrester.

WAIKOHU

Larry Green dominated the men’s stableford on Sunday.  His 78-11-67, for 39 points, easily won the competition and was his second-best round of the year.

SUNDAY — Men’s stableford: L Green 39, T Smith 35, K Tamanui 35, S Ritchie 33.

Women’s stableford: C Te Rito 31, A Tamanui-Nunn 29.

COMING UP: SUNDAY, club competition.

TOLAGA BAY

Mark Watts sent a quiet warning to his King of the Coast Open opponents with victory in the Sunday stableford.

“Wattie” delivered 38 points to win by two from Bruce Yates.

The King of the Coast is being held this weekend.

SUNDAY — Stableford: M Watts 38, B Yates 36, Joel Lincoln 35.

Twos: Joel Lincoln, B Yates, J Sheridan.

Approach: P Stevenson.

The King of the Coast men’s open is on SATURDAY/SUNDAY. The field, as of yesterday, is — W Brown, H Brown, D Russell, M Huriwaka, D Collier, T August, J Brown, Z Boyle, T Akroyd, J Wyllie, R Hindmarsh, C Tiriana, N Hansen, M Henwood, T Reeves, J Devery; R Shields, B Yates, E Brown Jr, P Stewart, C Newbrook, Taine Lincoln, C Beattie, B Colbert, TK Whaka, W Yates, S Butt, P Milner, T Adamson, C Taewa, T Hindmarsh, B Maher;  R Waru, R Pomana, R Sewell, D Boyle, R Fenn, M Watts, H Harris, W Wesche, A Glover, T Williams, D Young, T Petro, G Hawea, M Ratana, W Boyde, A Hindmarsh; M Yates, N Amoamo, M Steele, M Waru, B McKenzie, D Thompson, BJ Sidney, A Carswell, R Reeves, J Murphy, J Sheridan, R Castle, R Bowen, B Johnson, N Welsh, D Noel.

Quadrangular honours to Wellington

Wellington Masters won the interprovincial matchplay quadrangular at the Poverty Bay course over the weekend.

The Capital’s eight-man over-40s team won all three of their ties and had 17½ individual wins.

They defeated Poverty Bay-East Coast Interprovincial team 6-2, Hawke’s Bay Masters 6-2 and PBEC Masters 5½-2½.

Results, Round 1 — Poverty Bay-East Coast Masters 0.5 Hawke’s Bay Masters 7.5 (PBEC names first): Jace Brown lost to Pete Saunders 7 and 5; Pete Stewart lost to Nick Radonich 4 and 3; Mark Jefferson halved with Brett Harris; Glenn Morley lost to Mike Harvey-Fitzgerald 3 and 2; David Solomann lost to Ritchie Ratama 3 and 2; Tony Akroyd lost to Jared McGillicuddy 4 and 3; Dwayne Russell lost to Mike Trass 5 and 4; Anaru Reedy lost to Doug Holloway 4 and 3.

PBEC Interprovincial 2 Wellington Masters 6: Zach Rolls lost to Aaron Wright 7 and 6; Quin McPike lost to Mark Bowden 2 and 1; Wade Wesche def Steve Thomson 2 and 1; Eddie Brown Jr lost to Brad Rowland 9 and 8; Silas Brown lost to Dion Bennett 8 and 6; Dan Collier lost to EJ Nicholson 5 and 4; Hukanui Brown lost to Matt Pegg 7 and 6; William Brown def Jonno Cane 2 and 1.

Round 2 — PBEC Masters 3.5 PBEC Interprovincial 4.5: Jace Brown lost to Quin McPike 5 and 4; Pete Stewart def Wade Wesche 4 and 3; Mark Jefferson def Eddie Brown Jr 4 and 2; Glenn Morley def Silas Brown 5 and 3; David Solomann lost to Hukanui Brown 4 and 3; Tony Akroyd lost to Dan Collier 5 and 4; Dwayne Russell lost to Shayde Skudder 3 and 2; Anaru Reedy halved with William Brown.

Wellington Masters 6 Hawke’s Bay Masters 2: Aaron Wright def Pete Saunders 6 and 4; Mark Bowden def Nick Radonich 2 and 1; Steve Thomson lost to Brett Harris 1-down; Brad Rowland lost to Mike Harvey-Fitzgerald 3 and 2; Dion Bennett def Ritchie Ratama 3 and 2; EJ Nichols def Jared McGillicuddy 4 and 2; Matt Pegg def Mike Trass 3 and 2; Jonno Cane def Doug Holloway 3 and 2.

Round 3 — PBEC Masters 2.5 Wellington Masters 5.5: Pete Anderson halved with Aaron Wright; Pete Stewart lost to Nick Radonich 5 and 4; Mark Jefferson lost to Steve Thomson 4 and 3; Glenn Morley def Brad Rowland 6 and 4; David Solomann def Dion Bennett 5 and 3; Tony Akroyd lost to EJ Nicholson 6 and 5; Dwayne Russell lost to Matt Pegg 2 and 1; Anaru Reedy lost to Jonno Cane 7 and 5.

PBEC Interprovincial 1 Hawke’s Bay Masters 7: Quin McPike lost to Peter Saunders 2-down; Wade Wesche lost to Nick Radonich 5 and 4; Eddie Brown Jr lost to Brett Harris 4 and 3; Silas Brown lost to Mike Harvey-Fitzgerald 6 and 5; Hukanui Brown lost to Ritchie Ratama 2 and 1; Dan Collier lost to Jared McGillicuddy 3 and 2; Shayde Skudder lost to Mike Trass 3 and 2; William Brown def Doug Holloway 2 and 1.

Overall points: Wellington Masters 6 team points (17.5 individual wins); Hawke’s Bay Masters 4 (16.5); Poverty Bay-East Coast Interprovincial 2 (7.5); PBEC Masters 0 (6.5).