All Blacks go up against Black Caps while Sir John Key returns to attempt to repeat his hole-in-one in today’s second Chasing the Fox event at Royal Auckland and Grange Golf Club - with tickets officially selling out on Thursday.
Two years ago Key sunk an ace at the par three eighth at the Middlemore course before he was mobbed with hugs, high-fives and handshakes moments after pulling off the rare feat. He was given a guard of honour set up by fellow players on the green, leading towards the hole.
The event takes place at 5.30pm and is a short format, teams contest where golfers get to take on world number 83 Ryan Fox.
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Team Rugby will feature 2024 All Black Harry Plummer along with greats of the game Christian Cullen and Kieran Read.
In Team Cricket, Black Caps legend Ross Taylor will tee up with former teammates Ish Sodhi and Nathan McCullum.
Act leader David Seymour, Sir John Key and Max Key will make up the Politicians team while two-time Olympic champion Eric Murray, Black Sticks great Simon Child and two-time bronze medallist Tom Walsh are in the Olympians team. In 2022 Sir John Key sunk an ace at the par three eighth at the Middlemore course before he was mobbed with hugs, high-fives and handshakes moments after pulling off the rare feat. He was given a guard of honour set up by fellow players on the green, leading towards the hole.
Warriors duo Dylan Walker and Wayde Egan will be joined by club great Awen Guttenbeil while Team Legends include Jeff Wilson, long driving champion Phillis Meti and Piri Weepu. Team Media includes Hauraki host Jeremy Wells with Dai Henwood and Mark Richardson while Red Bull features downhill mountain biker Brook MacDonald, world-ranked amateur Jayden Ford and All Black Shaun Stevenson.
This year will also feature DP World Tour winner Daniel Hillier along with YouTube golfers Mac Boucher and Taco Golf.
Will Toogood is an online sports editor and golf reporter for the NZ Herald. He enjoys watching people chase a ball around on a grass surface so much he decided to make a living out of it.
