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FORMER professional Tyler Hodge burned up the Awapuni Links on Saturday . . . but still didn’t play to handicap.
Hodge, the partner of Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay No.1 women’s golfer Tessa McDonald, was in Gisborne for a visit and to watch McDonald play football for her Gisborne United side (they won).
The left-hander had a round at Awapuni Links on Saturday with McDonald, her grandfather Cliff Poole and HBPB rep Ellen Ball.
Hodge, working in Levin after a stint of caddying at the Tara Iti course in Northland, fired a brilliant 5-under 67. His round featured six birdies and a back-nine holes of 32.
The only blemish was a bogey 4 on the second hole.
Despite his score, Hodge’s net was a modest 74. He plays off a +4.3 at Gulf Harbour, which converts to +7 at Poverty Bay.
Patutahi’s Eddie Brown jr bounced back from a couple of defeats at the Oligoi Jug senior men’s pennants on Saturday with one of the rounds of the day at the Eagles Golfing Society-run charity tournament on Sunday.
Brown jr shot 74-7-67 — the equal-best net of the day, alongside Waikohu’s Tama Brown (86-19-67).
Eddie’s round was something of an amusement park ride. He mixed five birdies, including a two on the 11th, with four bogeys and a triple bogey 7 on the 17th.
Home-course player Nick Whyte topped the men’s gross with 72.
Ellen Ball’s 79 won the women’s gross.
Poverty Bay’s Marg Colebourne and Waikohu’s Marg Tuapawa led the women’s net scoring on 71.
Other good rounds came from Poverty Bay’s Jessica, Hayward, Mary Allan, Ray Brott, John van Helden, Cliff Poole and Dave Hall, Waikohu’s Val Grace and Ike Ruru and Patutahi’s Paul Gretton.
The Bob Grierson Memorial four-person team stableford was won by Pete Stewart, Mark Norman, Phil Grogan and Brent Colbert with 143 points.
Gisborne Eagles Society secretary Don McFadyen said the tournament made around $4000 — “the best we’ve ever done” — and he made special mention of the fundraising efforts of fellow Eagle Graeme “Pinky” Eriksen.
All money raised goes to the Halberg Sport Disability Foundation to be used locally.
Rosie Spence was on fire in the Viv Swann Salver net yesterday. Spence won the Salver with 92-27-65.
The Poverty Bay team for the national teams Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay women’s district final at Poverty Bay on Monday are Marg Colebourne, Marg Lane, Birgitt Whyte and Rochelle Taewa.
M Colebourne 86-15-71.
R Spence 92–27-65.
Marg Lane 100–29-71.
S Ellwood 34.
J Alderson 13.
R Spence 65.
M Lane 77.
J Situ 39, D Jenkins 37.
P Goodwin 40, B Allen 37.
J Situ, V Richardson, T Hodge.
V Richardson.
C Dean 40, W Mortleman 39, G Morley 38, I Murphy 38.
W Thompson 42, P Goodwin 38, B Allen 37, C Christie 37.
C Dean 2, V Richardson.
C Dean.
JOHN Neilson was at his best and it proved victorious in the men’s stableford on Sunday.
Neilson’s 76-10-66, for 40 points, won the senior division of the men’s stableford.
Denise Johnston compiled 39 points to win the women’s stableford and the junior men’s honours went to Sai Eder, who had 37.
J Neilson 40, T Hindmarsh 39, H Harris 39, A Nimmo 36.
S Eder 37, R Pardoe 35, B McKenzie 35, P Summersby 34.
D Johnston 39, H Humble 37.
T Hindmarsh.
T Hindmarsh.
M Stock 21, J Neilson 20, P Johnston 18, J Blair 18, A Hindmarsh 17.
J Tietjen 23, W Bruce 22, D Stevens 20, D Dodgshun 20, C Newman 20.
M Winiata 100-28-72, 32 putts.
ROB Fletcher, Marg Colebourne and Jenny Loffler topped the podium at the Kiri Te Kanawa Retirement Village mixed veterans’ open tournament on Friday.
Fletcher’s 93-25-68, for 40 points, won the men’s section; Colebourne’s 87-15-72, for 37, the women’s division; and Loffler’s 18 points was best of the 9-holers’ on countback.
Gisborne East Coast Veteran Golfers Society chair Jon Jenner said it was “a wonderful day” for the field of 49.
“Many thanks to Pip Griffin for Ryman Healthcare’s sponsorship of the event. Pip announced her own forthcoming retirement. We look forward to her spending more time on the course and a continued relationship with KTK.
Meanwhile, Wayne Carpendale and June MacKinnon are leading the race for the Veteran Player of the Year honours.
Electrinet Park member Carpendale has a stableford total of 195 points from six events so far — six ahead of Poverty Bay’s Brian Morrissey with Nigel Jones (PB) third on 189.
Poverty Bay member MacKinnons sits atop the women’s standings with 112 points from three events, nine ahead of Park’s Carolyn Carpendale — meaning a husband-wife title double is a possiblity — with another Park player, Jean Foot, third on 97.
Those women considering entering the New Zealand Veteran Golfers Association Nationals at Poverty Bay in December are out of luck.
The women’s field is full and there are only a handful of spots left in the men’s field for the December 6 to 10 tournament.
A TWO on the seventh hole helped Terry Pointon to men’s net glory on Sunday. He won with 83-14-69.
Jo Kerr warmed up for the national women’s teams Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay district final at the Poverty Bay course on Monday with victory in the women’s stableford on Sunday.
Kerr shot 4-over 77-6-71, for 38 points.
Jean Foot (7) won the women’s net on Saturday and Dave Te Maro racked up 41 points, thanks to his 94-27-67, to win the Tuesday veterans’ stableford last week.
The Park team for the national teams Hawke’s Bay Poverty Bay women’s district final at Poverty Bay on Monday are Pat Johansen, Jean Foot, Tracey Ford and Jo Kerr. Reserves are Mihi Marino and Min Vette.
T Pointon 69, R Grace 72.
Women’s stableford: J Kerr 38, T Ford 34.
T Ford, T Pointon.
J Foot 87-17-70.
J Foot, T Ford, J Kerr.
D Te Maro 41, R Maxwell 39, D Craven 36, P Koorey 35, P Nepia 34, E Parkin 34, H Schreiber 34, P Simpson 34, P Hogan 34.
C Aramakutu, P Nepia.
COUNTBACK decided the Ormond mixed foursomes stableford on Sunday. Viv Kyle and Grant Hornblow claimed the win from Fairlane Wesche and David Waihaki after both pairs totalled 39 points.
Well back in third were Lil Morgan and Ian Parker and Lee and Anthony Steel on 31.
D Bremner 36, P Bremner 34 from
J Te Amo, B Maher, Wade Wesche.
L Steel sq, J Thompson sq, J Smythe -1.
BJ Sidney ran away with the net competition on Sunday.
His 63 was five strokes clear of Tuki Sweeney and John Hale, with Dan Maitai a stroke back on 69.
Rangi Mackey and Trent Higgs had twos and Alvie Hale had the least putts.