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BRUCE Duncan survived six putt-offs to win the club’s summer 9-hole shootout elimination final.
Ten players teed off the first hole and the one with the worst net was culled each hole.
If there were two or more players tied on the worst net, a putt-off decided who would stay and who would go.
Duncan was in the putt-off action from the start. He, Zac Horomia and Pete Stevenson bumbled their way to big scores on the par-5 first and went into a putt-off.
Duncan and Stevenson survived although in Stevenson’s case it wasn’t for long.
He went out on the second, followed by Trent Higgs (No.3), Ginger Watts (No.4), Dan Maitai (No.5), John Hale (No.6), Tere Lincoln (No.7) and Joe Lincoln (No.8).
That left 31-handicapper Duncan and Mark Watts, off 9, who had done well to progress past the first hole after hitting his second shot out of bounds.
“Bruce’s second shot (on the ninth) hit a tree,” said eye witness Hale. “Wattie had a good second but went over the green and it let Bruce in.
“Bruce putted for five and that was good enough.”
The winner pocketed $300, the runner-up $105 and the rest, said Hale, “got zilch”.
BJ Sidney adapted best to a different version of the course in the 18-hole cross-country medal on Sunday.
Sidney won with 67, one ahead of Joe Sheridan.
SIMON Pittar says he had never been close to shooting his age until Monday.
The 83-year-old wasn’t thinking about it at all but when he added up his card at the end of his round, it read 85-23-62.
“I got a bit lucky,” he claimed of a score which won him the men’s net.
On reflection, a couple of holes — one near the start, the other at the end — proved costly.
Pittar teed off the third and made par, but triple-bogeyed the par-4 fourth. From there it was either pars or bogeys until the second hole
(his last) where he finished with
double-bogey 6.
The age-shooting mission gets slightly easier next month when Pittar turns 84.
Sai Eder enjoyed a successful week. He won the junior division of the meat pack 9-hole stableford on Friday and the junior men’s 18-hole net on Sunday, and was second in the men’s net on Monday.
Chris Beattie eagled the par-5 10th and had five birdies, including holes 1 to 3, in a superb round of 2-under-68-5-63, which won him the senior men’s net on Sunday.
Materoa Philip continued the hot scoring on Tuesday, winning the women’s stableford with 93-27-66, for 41 points.
Women’s stableford: M Philip 93-27-66, 41; J Smith 101-33-68, 39.
Men’s net: S Pittar 62, S Eder 66, J Brown 70, D Gordon 70.
Women’s net: A Haisman 70, R Burgess 72.
Men’s net, senior division: C Beattie 63, S Pohatu 67, O Willimott 68, J Blair 69, B Cameron 70.
S Eder 62, I Tietjen 63, D Quinn 67, P Johnston 68, M Smith 70.
D Johnston 70, L Haisman 71.
B Cameron, P Hokianga, P Clayton.
C Beattie.
Meat pack 9-hole stableford, senior division: G Brown 22, M Stock 19, B Cameron 19, J Brown 19, A Nimmo 18.
Junior division: S Eder 23, D Tarry 22, I Tietjen 22, H Humble 21, B Tietjen 20.
KATH Papuni believed it was “all over” as she walked towards the 14th tee in the final of the Agnes Attwood Trophy on Saturday.
The defending champion had just watched opponent Di Webb sink “a great, big putt” to half the 13th and stay 4-up in their handicap match.
She thought ‘that’s me’ but that at least the match would finish close to the car park.
Never say never.
Papuni, giving Webb three shots over the match, proceeded to win the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th to square it, then won the 18th to complete a stunning comeback victory.
“It was very lucky,” she said. “Di was playing so well. I thought after 13 that was it.”
She was wrong.
Papuni defeated Karen Hay in the semifinals while Webb knocked on Jean Foot.
Phil Nepia could not break 90 off the white tees on January 26. Four days later he nearly broke 80 off the championship blues.
Nepia won the men’s stableford on Saturday with 80-13-67, for 41 points — mixing 10 pars with eight birdies.
Chic Brown slipped under 80 for the first time since November 2019 in winning the Tuesday veterans’ stableford last week with 79-12-67, for 41 points.
Wiki Morrissey (38pts)
Women’s stableford: W Morrissey 38.
T Leggett 39, Z Boyle 38, T Pointon 38, G McKinnon 37.
D Boyle, T Reynolds.
Men’s stableford: P Nepia 41.
D Boyle, T Reynolds.
Agnes Attwood women’s matchplay final: K Papuni def D Webb.
Women’s mid-week open day stableford: J Muir 40 on c/b from S Paku, W Morrissey.
J Foot.
Veteran men’s stableford: C Brown 41, H Schreiber 41, D Te Maro 39, W Brown 36, L Green 36, A Reedy 35, P Mitchell 35, R McGann 35.
R Walford, P Wellard, P Nepia. G Hill, R Moore, A Pahina, T Hill. 8am: T Sweeney, T Cummings, B Atkinson, T Leggett. D Jenkins, J Reid, M van der Velde, A Putnam. J Mollenaar, R Griffiths, B Griffiths, R McGregor. T Versteeg, P Hogan, M Tofts, M Crawford. B Walker, R Taiapa, W Morrissey, M Marino.
J Foot, J MacKinnon, T Ford, M Vette. A Tamanui-Nunn, V Grace, E Wynyard, M Tuapawa. I Ruru, H Robin, A Ruru, F Ngatoro. B Clark, T Rangi, B Morrissey, T Kupenga. C Nepe, D Harrison, D Rameka, L Vette.
G McKinnon, B Lowry, A Hayward, R Brott. J Halley, A Phillips, K Humphries. Wayne Wesche, Wade Wesche, M Wesche, P Bremner. D Cook, I Sykes, R Ngatai, J Puha.
R Kelso, M Bremner, D Coulter, W Chung. C Aramakutu, S Phillips, S Pittar, G Watson. D Milner, M Watts, E Hindmarsh, D Craven.N Jenkins, T Reeves, M Jefferd, D Maitai. G Nickerson, T Donovan, R Grace, U Chambers. B Cox, B Single, A Reedy, J Situ. B Woods, S Sweeney, T Karaitiana, T Aramakutu.
S Robertson, J Kerr, G Watts, H Moses. S Paku, K Papuni, J Morley. D Hill, R Lolohea, T Ure, P Lolohea. T Lewis, M Taihuka, T Ruru, L Green. T Smith, P Milner, K Tamanui, J Moses.
T Lister, M Mead, G Cunningham, R Ladd. M Emery, R McGann, L Lexmond. B Crowley, Y Carroll, W Albert. D Goldsmith, H Blackler, D Kamizona, H McClutchie.
A HORROR-story nine holes at Mahia last weekend were laid to rest with a victorious rebound on Sunday.
Simon Jeune staggered like a Kiwi after a day at Oktoberbest to 11-over 47 for the front nine holes at the Wharerata Shield on the Mahia links.
The 2019 Poverty Bay Open champion rediscovered his swing and seven days later returned to the red zone scoring-wise.
Jeune shot 1-under 71-1-70, for 38 points, to win the division 1 men’s stableford.
Mark Higham ventured into sub-80 territory at Poverty Bay for the first time in over a year. His 78-10-68, for 40 points, won him the division 1 men’s stableford last Thursday.
Other competition winners over the week were Mark Thomas (39pts, div 2, Thursday); Brian Read (39, div 2, Saturday); Alex Kirkpatrick (36pts, div 1, Saturday) and Phil Grogan (37pts, div 2, Sunday).
Men’s stableford, division 1: S Jeune 38, R Gibson 37, M Jefferson 36.
Division 2: P Grogan 37, R Johnstone 36, D Hall 35.
Twos: P Rickard.
Approach: B Morgan.
Men’s stableford, division 1: A Kirkpatrick 36, D Bush 36, G Morley 35.
Division 2: B Read 39, B Allen 38, D Wright 37.
Twos: D Mettrick, G Morley.
Approach: P Clayton.
Men’s stableford, division 1: M Higham 40, I Murphy 39, N Mackie 38, B Colbert 37.
Division 2: M Thomas 39, H Johanson 38, G Eriksen 37, D Bush 36.
Twos: D Bush.
Approach: D Bush.
WAIKOHU members are making success at the National Maori Golf Tournament a habit.
Ike Ruru and Ella Wynyard collected major titles at the recent 84th nationals held on the Taupo-Tauhara and neighbouring Centennial courses.
Wynyard was presented the Ngati Porou Trophy as winner of the golden girls’ net.
Ruru won the masters division 2 net.
Clubmate Percy Milner got to the final of the intermediate men’s plate.
At last year’s nationals, Waikohu’s Larry Green won the masters stableford and Val Grace the golden girls’ stableford.
GISBORNE East Coast Golfers Society’s AGM is to be held at Poverty Bay Golf Club on Tuesday, February 9.
The AGM will precede the prize-giving for the vets’ second tournament of the year.
Players are advised to report at 10am for a 10.30am start.
Cards will be drawn to determine playing groups.
GEC Vets face a busy year culminating in the New Zealand Veteran Golfers Association nationals at Poverty Bay in December.
Names are being taken for the clash with Bay of Plenty vets at Ohope and Opotiki on March 8 and 9.
Contact GEC Vets chairman Jon Jenner if you are interested.