Gisborne - East Coast golf roundup

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

Tolaga BayALL 18 holes were needed to decide the Bartram Cup men’s finalists on Sunday.

Trent Higgs beat Jerry Murphy 1-up while Neil Hansen pipped Joe Lincoln by the same margin.

The King of the Coast men’s open is at Tolaga Bay this weekend. As of Tuesday, there were three spots available.

SUNDAY — Bartram Cup men’s matchplay semifinals: T Higgs def J Murphy 1-up, N Hansen def Joe Lincoln 1-up.

Men’s stableford: M Jefferd 41, T Sharp 40, N Hansen 39, J Lincoln 36, S Cranswick 34.

Twos J Hale, D Milner.

The field for the King of the Coast men’s open on SATURDAY/SUNDAY is — N Cassidy, K Cortesi, L Perry, J Hale, R Pomana, D Weston, M Watts, T Hawea, G Hawea, M McLaughlan, R Bowen, W Boyd, D Thompson, B Watts, A Carswell, R Shields, R Sewell, R Fenn, N Hansen, J Rangihika, J Butler, M Huriwaka, N Amoamo, T August, G Perawiti, P Clayton, T Petro, M Steele, P Milner, B Johnson, T Williams, J Tauariki, W Williams, H Harris, R Murray, T Sweeney, T Lincoln, J Ash, L Wesche, B Maher, Wade Wesche, Wayne Wesche, M Grant, D Milner, B Yates, H Brown, E Brown Jr, W Brown, P Bremner, T Akroyd, T Donovan, A Higham, D Boyle, Z Boyle, T Trowell, P Kerekere, T Tawera, A Hindmarsh, B McKenzie, A Chandra, E Glover.

WaikohuPERCY Milner enjoyed a productive Sunday of golf. Milner won the men’s pairs matchplay final — alongside Kahu Tamanui — the men’s stableford with 41 points and had a two.

SUNDAY — Stableford: P Milner 41, I Ruru 37, T Brown 36, E Wynyard 36, M Tuapawa 35, A Tamanui-Nunn 34.

Twos: P Milner.

Men’s pairs matchplay final: P Milner/K Tamanui def T Brown/T Smith.

Flight: I Ruru/T Ruru def L Green/U Chambers.

COMING UP: SUNDAY, all-irons competition, 11am tee-off.

Te Puia SpringsNEHE Dewes and John Puha claimed the Busby Tray men’s matchplay crown on Sunday.

The Dewes/Puha combo outgunned Pete Ngarimu and Jim Devery in the final.

SUNDAY — Third and final round of captain’s competition/LGU: H McClutchie 101-36-65, H Miratana 95-28-67, G Roberts 86-16-70.

Putting: G Roberts 30, H Miratana 34, R Ngatai 36, I Ngarimu 36.

Men’s stableford: H Rasmussen 38, N Truman 37, P Ngarimu 35, K Waitoa 35, P Harrison/R Smith 34, J Forrester 30.

Busby Tray men’s pairs matchplay final: N Dewes/J Puha def J Devery/P Ngarimu.

COMING UP: SUNDAY, Handicap Cup women’s competition, round 1, haggle for men.

Gisborne ParkWHAKATANE-based former Gisborne man Tim Trowell warmed up for the King of the Coast at Tolaga Bay this weekend with victory at Gisborne Park on Saturday.

Trowell won the men’s stableforrd with 80-12-68, for 40 points.

Derek Craven (38 points) and Lil McFlinn were the Sunday stableford winners, with Craven also collecting the approach.

SUNDAY — Women’s stableford: L McFlinn 38.

Men’s stableford: D Craven 38, Z Boyle 37, S Phillips 36 on c/b

Twos: M Emery, C Pipi.

Approach: D Craven.

Men’s best second shot: D Boyle.

Women’s best third shot: J Kerr.

Saturday — Men’s stableford: T Trowell 40.

Poverty BayTHINGS could only get better for Brad Morgan after his first hole on Sunday.

They did . . . career-best round better.

Morgan overcame a disastrous triple bogey 8 on the first and a double bogey on the fourth to fire 3-over 75-9-66, for 42 points.

His first hole antics provided a 19th-hole story for his Sunday School cohorts — three tee boxes in the one hole. After hitting from the conventional tee box, his second shot saw his ball end up on the second hole tee box and his third landed on the third hole tee box.

Morgan was 5-over after six holes but played the next 12 holes 2-under, including a back nine of 1-under 35.

His efforts won him the division 1 stableford and the Sunday School loot for top stableford score.

Andrew Higham sent a subtle warning to his opponents at this weekend’s King of the Coast at Tolaga Bay. A regular among the KoTC frontrunners, Higham indicated he is in good touch with his first sub-par round at Poverty Bay for the year — 71-3-68 — on Saturday, which won him the division 1 men’s stableford (40 points).

A snowman (8) on the third hole didn’t stop Cyril Payn from winning division 2 with 82-14-68, for 41.

Neil Mackie won the latest round of the Thursday Throne. His 76-10-66 put him 6-up on the card and headed off Brent Colbert (+5), who also had to settle for runner-up honours on Sunday (41 points).

SUNDAY — Men’s stableford, division 1: B Morgan 42, B Colbert 41, P Stewart 39, P Anderson 39.

Division 2: K Travers 40, L Pollitt 36, L Ball 36, K White 35.

Twos: P Stewart

Approach: N Jones.

SATURDAY — Men’s stableford, division 1: A Higham 40, A Hayward 39, D Situ 37, B Colbert 37, V Richardson 37, S Andreassen 37.

Division 2: C Payn 41, D Wright 39.

Twos: T Donovan, V Richardson, C Christie, S Andreassen

Approach: V Richardson.

THURSDAY (July 18) — Thursday Throne men’s par: N Mackie +6, B Colbert +5, B Read +5, M Higham +4, J van Helden +3, S Willock +3, H Williams +3, B Simpson +3, S Andreassen +2.

Twos: A Reedy, P Anderson.

Approach: A Reedy.

PatutahiPETER Johnston gave a sign of things to come in the meat pack nine-hole stableford on Friday.

Johnston won the senior division with 23 points, then showed he could convert it to 18-hole success on Sunday by winning the junior division with 79-15-64.

Dave Somerton posted the nine-hole score of the week, winning the junior men’s division of the meat pack stableford with 26 points.

SUNDAY — Men’s net, senior division: T Green 65, T Akroyd 66, C Beattie 66.

Junior division: P Johnston 64, A Hindmarsh 66, H Harris 66.

Women’s stableford: L Haisman 79.

Twos: R Hindmarsh 2, T Akroyd.

Jackpot: R Hindmarsh, T Akroyd.

FRIDAY — Meat pack nine-hole stableford, senior division: P Johnston 22, P Varey 21, A Hindmarsh 21, H Brown 20, R Pohatu 19, W Brown 19.

Junior division: D Somerton 26, C Newman 23, C Brown 22, B Williams 22, D Tarry 21, C Kirkpatrick 21.

MahiaWATCH out Tolaga Bay.

Wayne Wesche warmed up for his assault on the King of the Coast men’s open at Tolaga Bay with a hot round in the men’s net at the weekend.

Wesche carded 78-16-62 to head off Joe Tihore on countback. Kevin Mitchell was third on 66, followed by Bernie Crowley on 70.