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Gisborne ParkSHE fell at the final hurdle in last year’s Electrinet Park women’s shootout final . . . not this time.
Pat Johansen added her name to the list of champions with victory in a 17-women field on Saturday.
The 2018 runner-up had to do it the hard way and against one of the club’s most experienced players in Rebecca Walford.
Johansen, off a 26-handicap, and Walford, off 27, teed off 18 and could not be separated, resulting in a putt-off for the title.
Johansen put her effort closer to go one better than runner-up finishes in 2018 and 2011.
Carney Pipi, the winner in 2017, was third.
This year’s final started on the third hole. Order of elimination was — Alayna Watene (No.3), Blanche Walker (No.4), Jacque Akuhata-Nickerson (No.5), Shirley Paku (No.6), Mihi Marino (No.7), Ann Richardson (No.8), Wiki Morrissey (No.9), Kath Papuni (No.10), Jo Kerr (No.11), Margaret Alley (No.12), Di Webb (No.13), Tracey Ford (No.14), Jean Foot (No.15), Barbara Woods (No.16), Carney Pipi (No.17), Rebecca Walford (No.18).
TONY File is no Brooks Koepka.
But when he unleashed a drive off the 18th tee in the men’s shootout final on Saturday, a few of his golfing cohorts’ jaws dropped.
According to one of them, they had never seen File hit it so far down the 18th fairway. He then pitched his second shot from about 80 metres to 12-feet past the pin and two-putted for par and victory.
It was a popular and hard-earned win for “Filey”, who had his share of dramas on the front nine.
File survived those and continued on his merry way to reach the 18th tee alongside “Mr Shootout” himself, Bo Huhu.
Huhu has a superb shootout record. He was runner-up in 2012, won it in 2014, was runner-up in 2015 and won it again in 2017. A bogey on the 18th, however, ended his hopes.
Glen McKinnon’s campaign ended 17 holes earlier. For the second year running McKinnon was first to go and it is understood a T-shirt is going to be made for him with a No.1 on the front and back.
Order of elimination was — Glen McKinnon (No.1), Mason Emery (No.2), Ray Grace (No.3), Anthony Pahina (No.4), Jack Glassford (No.5), Ray Walford (No.6), Dave Harrison (No.7), Rod Moore (No.8), Brad Reynolds (No.9), Dave Rameka (No.10), John Charles (No.11), defending champion Zane Boyle (No.12), Steve Phillips (No.13), Cliff Nepe (No.14), Geoff Hill (No.15), Zach Rolls (No.16), Tony Leggett (No.17), Bo Huhu (No.18).
Electrinet Park results, SUNDAY — Men’s stableford: B Huhu 41, H White 39.
Approach: G Hill.
Women’s best third shot: T Ford.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, Electrinet Park Christmas tournament.
Poverty BayBRAD Morgan would have missed a barn door with a bazooka from 20-feet in the 2013 19-man shootout final.
On Sunday he could have shot the legs off a mosquito with a rubber band from a rugby field away.
Six years after an inglorious, big-night-out-affected exit on the first hole of the annual elimination final, Morgan was crowned champion of the Andy Abrahams-sponsored 2019 edition.
The plumber knocked out teacher Stefan Andreassen on the 18th hole of the handicap strokeplay event in which 19 players tee off the first hole and a player is eliminated each hole until only one remains.
Despite his 2013 infamy, Morgan went into the 2019 final with experience and a solid recent history.
He followed up 2013 with a third hole demise in 2014, warranting Golf Course Roundup to state “at that rate it will take him another eight years to win it”.
Not quite. Morgan made it to the 13th in 2015 and the 14th in 2016 and 2017, so was tracking nicely upwards.
The 10-handicapper put his early shootout history well and truly to bed by sponging up the pressure when it counted most.
That included a chip-off against Neil Mackie on the 10th and another chip-off also involving Andreassen and chief sponsor Abrahams on the 17th — Abrahams folding with a shank.
Andreassen played magnificently until the last hole. He was 1-under the card for his round when he teed off, but put his drive into the right-hand donga, then sent his second shot into the scrub of oblivion, and conceded defeat.
Some suggested Morgan’s win and $500 cash prize was karma for the voluntary work he has done on the course, including rebuilding the pump shed.
Having suffered the ignominy of being ejected on the first hole in the past, Morgan no doubt had sympathy for and could certainly relate to this year’s first-hurdle faller.
Peter Goodwin, the 2012 shootout champion, won a chip-off to make the 2019 final only to crumble on the first hole with a nine.
Order of elimination was — Peter Goodwin (No.1), Dudley Meadows (No.2), top seed Murray Smith (No.3), Stu Harbottle (No.4), Harvey Johanson (No.5), Dave Pirimona (No.6), John Pittar (No.7), Tuki Sweeney (No.8), Thomas Donovan (No.9), Neil Mackie (No.10), Tene Goldsmith (No.11), Gray Clapham (No.12), Bruce Talbot (No.13), Andy Hayward (No.14), Bill Allen (No.15), Warwick Thompson (No.16). Andy Abrahams (No.17), Stefan Andreassen (No.18).
WELCOME back Gay.
Nanny duties overseas for several weeks have been of no detriment to the golf of Gay Young, who claimed her fourth Kevin Hollis Glass 19-woman shootout title on Sunday.
Young has only had a couple of rounds since returning home but once again showed her liking for this event.
A bogey on the 18th was good enough for 16-handicapper Young to fend off June MacKinnon as the last two women remaining.
It was a turn-back-the-clock moment as the same two were involved in the title-deciding hole of the 2016 final — MacKinnon winning a chip-off.
Marg Colebourne, the 2013 winner, settled for third this year — a triple-bogey on the 17th ending her hopes.
It proved a profitable day for Young and husband Ron. Gay collected $240 for her win while Ron won over $200 after achieving the “Sunday School” jackpot of having two or more stableford points on every hole of his round.
A feature of this year’s final was a 13-player putt-off on the fourth hole where the worst score was a net par. Vicki Fraser was the unlucky 13th.
Kirsty Shaw was the first to go while top qualifier Ellen Ball departed on the 11th.
Order of elimination was — Kirsty Shaw (No.1), Jan Utting (No.2), Odette Thompson (No.3), Vicki Fraser (No.4), Pauline Zame (No.5), Sharon Bramwell (No.6), Colleen Skuse (No.7), Anne Gemmell (No.8), defending champion Teresa Lewis (No.9), Anne Witters (No.10), Ellen Ball (No.11), Mary Allan (No.12), Jan Steele (No.13), Lynne Holmberg (No.14), Margaret Williams (No.15), Viv Bell (No.16), Marg Colebourne (No.17), June MacKinnon (No.18).
HAMISH Williams and Don McFadyen joined a rare club within the space of three days — the “50-pointers”.
Williams had not broken 90, leet alone 80, in over 20 rounds when he teed off last Thursday.
He stormed to 79-21-58, for 50 points, to win the division 2 men’s stableford.
McFadyen ended a sub-90 drought on the Poverty Bay course dating back to March 2009 in winning the division 2 men’s stableford on Saturday with 88-30-58, for 50 points.
TUESDAY — Veteran men’s stableford: D Mettrick 31, S Williams 41, W Thompson 41.
Twos: S Williams, R Veall.
Most golf: J Rouse.
Sunday — Men’s stableford, division 1: M Norman 43, A White 42, P Anderson 38, A Reedy 38.
Division 2: C Simpson 42, R Young 41, K Travers 40, K White 40, L Gunther 40.
Twos: A Reedy 2, P Anderson.
Approach: A Reedy.
Jackpot: A Reedy.
SATURDAY — Men’s stableford, division 1: M Thomas 44, J Situ 38, W Brown 38.
Division 2: D McFadyen 50, R Phillips 45, H Williams 39 .
Twos: D Jenkins.
Approach: M Thomas.
Thursday (Nov 14) — Men’s stableford, division 1: C Dean 40, J Jenner 39, P Butler 39, M Dodgshun 38, T Donovan 38.
Division 2: H Williams 50, H Johanson 44, J Williams 43, B Allen 41, D Mettrick 39, S Willock 39.
Twos: S Willock, D Mettrick, P Butler.
Approach: P Butler.
Tolaga BayTHERE’S only so many putt-offs you can survive.
Joe Lincoln got through at least six before succumbing at the death in the shootout on Sunday.
Bruce Yates emerged the champion, beating Lincoln in a putt-off — early casualty Jerry Murphy saying “maybe one putt-off too many but a great effort”.
John Hale finished third.
Zak Horomia was the first to go in the 13-man field, followed by Tony Sharp, Murphy, Trent Higgs, Scott Cranswick, Mickey Grant, Pete Stevenson, Mat Jefferd, Tere Lincoln, Taine Lincoln, Hale and Joe Lincoln.
Coming up: SUNDAY, Dec 1, Tolaga Bay Christmas tournament, 8.15am and 12.15pm tee-offs, all welcome, inquiries to Jeremy Murphy 021 485 658
WaikohuVAL Grace was a clearcut winner of the women’s net on Sunday.
Grace posted 68, four shots clear of Ella Wynyard and Marg Tuapawa.
Percy Milner’s 70 was the best of the men on countback from Kahu Tamanui.
SUNDAY — Women’s: V Grace 68, E Wynyard 72, M Tuapawa 72.
Men’s net: P Milner 70, K Tamanui 70, L Green 75.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, no club competition.
PatutahiCECIL Brown had one of the rounds of the year at Patutahi on Sunday.
Brown won the junior men’s net with 81-25-56. He had nines of 44, 37 and consecutive pars from the 12th to 18th holes.
It was his best round since an 81 in April of 2018, although that was off a 19-handicap.
Dwayne Russell’s return to regular golf has quickly resulted in single-figure handicap status.
The former professional rugby player, now working for Poverty Bay Rugby Football Union, won the senior men’s net on Sunday with 2-over 72-9-63.
Lorraine Haisman won the women’s net on Sunday with 64, then topped the field again on Tuesday with 69.
TUESDAY — Women’s net: L Haisman 94-25-69, R Maloy 103-32-71.
SUNDAY — Men’s net, senior division: D Russell 63, S Pohatu 63, H Harris 64, J Devery 65, C Beattie 65.
Junior division: C Brown 56, G Tattersfield 61, A Hindmarsh 62, D Maloy 63, J Blair 66.
Women’s net: L Haisman 64, D Johnston 64, A Stills-Hindmarsh 66 on c/b.
Twos: D Russell, R Pohatu, J Priestley, J Blair.
Jackpot: R Pohatu.
FRIDAY — Meat pack nine-hole stableford, senior division: H Harris 22, H Pomana 21, T Brodie 21, O Willimott, J Blair 19, G Tattersfield 19, R Pohatu 19, D Johnston 19.
Junior division: D Skudder 22, C Brown 22, D Tarry 22, D Humphrey 21, J Tietjen 20, C Kirkpatrick 20.
Te Puia SpringsJACK Miratana ventured into the 80s to win the Musgrave Cup stableford title on Sunday.
Miratana shot 86-28-58, for 43 points, and also booked his place in the semifinals of this Sunday’s Makarika Cup men’s matchplay.
He faces faces Pete Ngarimu while Peter Harrison meets Jim Devery in the other semi.
SUNDAY — Musgrave Cup winner: J Miratana.
Makarika Cup men’s matchplay: P Harrison def J Forrester, J Devery def K Waitoa.
Stableford: J Miratana 43, P Ngarimu 41, N Truman 41, H Rasmussen 39, P Harrison 38, N Dewes 37, G Roberts 36, H McClutchie 35, I Sykes 35.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, Makarika Cup men’s matchplay semifinals.
Golf Roundup compiled and edited by Chris Taewa. If you have a story, tournament to promote or results you wish to have printed, contact the Gisborne herald at 860-0633 or email sports@gisborneherald.co.nz