It isn't in the same category as the jolt Wellington felt from Auckland yesterday but, needless to say, Hawke's Bay caused enough seismic movements on the golfing Richter scale to remind rivals not to pass them off as easy beats.
The Bay amateurs dashed Tasman's hopes of claiming the bragging rights to the annual Toro New Zealand Men's Interprovincial in Hamilton with a 3-2 victory in round five.
"On the day we were better, unlike other days when we weren't," top Bay seed Russell Mitchell said as teams played in the morning and had a compulsory bye in the afternoon at the Hamilton Golf Club course.
It was the Bay's first win at the tourney this week as they pulled themselves off the bottom of the division-one leaderboard, above Poverty Bay East Coast who have yet to register a win and play the David Howie-managed Bay this afternoon in the final round before tomorrow's playoffs.
"They are all pretty decent sides," a relieved Mitchell said but was mindful they have tripped against Poverty Bay in the tourney previously.