Northland's Luke Brown has come away with back-to-back titles at the Bay of Islands Strokeplay Championship in Waitangi.
Recent rains made for a heavy course at the Waitangi Golf Club with conditions lengthening the course significantly and providing an advantage to the bigger hitters in the field.
Brown, a former Northland No1, entered the week in need of a big performance with the event doubling as the final senior trial for the Northland men's representative team and he delivered just that midway through last month.
Having been ranked Northland No1 at the 2012 Interprovincial, Brown signalled a return to the form that got him there, winning with a one under par total of 143, matching his winning tally from 2012.
Youngster Christian Nitsche (Whangarei) produced his first senior tournament performance of note, firing the low round of the tournament with a three under par 69 in round one to claim the halfway lead.
