Gisborne - East Coast golf roundup

TE Puia Springs member Doreen Goldsmith was the star of the Property Brokers women’s Christmas tournament yesterday.

Goldsmith was a runaway winner of the 18-hole stableford after racking up 48 points in her round of 110-48-62 — the best score at the Bay since the new World Handicap System came into force in March.

On a day of excellent scoring, Goldsmith was seven shots clear of a quartet of players — Sue Kemp, Vicki Fraser, Faye Allen and Morag Shanks — with another three players on 40.

A 20-shot swing within two days by Gray Clapham summed up the Beauty and the Beast that is the sport of golf.

Clapham shot 75-13-62, for 46 points, off the championship tees last Thursday — the best round of his 20-plus-years hitting the dimpled ball.

“Gray-zy” had three birdies in his round and nines of 39, 36 and finished eight points ahead of the field.

Three days later the bubble burst with 94 off his new WHS index of 10.4, which had dropped 2.3 from his Thursday round.

Clapham was one of several 40-plussers last Thursday.

Marty Reynolds broke 100 for the first time this year in winning the division 2 stableford with 95-31-64, for 44 points, heading off Reid Fletcher’s 42 and John Aitchison’s 40.

A chunk off next year’s sub is up for grabs at the final of the Primo Cup on Saturday.

Forty golfers — 27 men and13 women — have qualified for the 18-hole final.

The men will be battling for the first prize of $600 for first, $300 for second and $100 for third.

The women are vying for $300, $150 and $50.

The money will be deducted from their 2021 subs.

The club’s AGM is on Monday, November 16 from 5.30pm.

D Goldsmith 48, S Kemp 41, F Allen 41, Morag Shanks 41, K Shaw 40, J Tietjen 40, R Ngatai 39, R Spence 39, I Ngarimu 39, V Harnett 38, D Webb 38, J Steele 38, L Shepherd 38, M Williams 38, L Haisman 37, F Pell 36, V Kyle 36, P Dymock 36, G Roberts 36, C Skuse 36, P Wanklyn 35, J Williams 34.

S Ellwood 22, C McDonald 20, A Tamanui-Nunn 19, J Muir 19, L Brown 19.

J Foot, S Kemp, J Muir.

V Bell, K Shaw, J Muir.

M Pickles.

B Whyte 2, Margot Shanks.

D Twigley 35.

M Thomas 39.

M Thomas.

B Talbot 37, S Andreassen 36, J Jenner 36.

R Grieve 36, B Simpson 34, W Thompson 34.

T Donovan, S Andreassen, W Thompson, R Grieve.

S Andreassen.

G Clapham 46, M Higham 38, V Richardson 38, D Griffin 38.

M Reynolds 44, R Fletcher 42, J Aitchison 40, B Simpson 39.

D Griffin, C Poole, P Clayton.

M Dodgshun.

G Clapham, P Anderson, J Utting, R Spence. A Kirkpatrick, B Talbot, G Young, S Spence. T Goldsmith, C Poole, M Williams, V Bell. T Donovan, B Simpson, C Skuse, M Allan. D Wright, S Andreassen, P Dymock, F Pell. A Hayward, P Butler, V Fletcher, A Gemmell.

M Stewart, J Situ, A Higham, J MacKinnon. L Hewson, J van Helden, C Dean, A Baldwin. D Patumaka, P Hakiwai, D Pirimona, D Atkins. J Holmes, T Sweeney, B Pratt, D Griffin.

HUKANUI Brown, Brian Pohatu and Denise Johnston were the Sunday winners as scoring warmed up over the week.

Brown, off a +1, won the senior men’s net with 65. Pohatu’s 66 was the best of the junior men while Johnston returned 70 to be the best of the women.

Jan Ewart won the women’s net on Tuesday with 94-26-68.

Scoring was impressive in the Friday meat pack nine-hole stableford.

Chris Parker’s 23 pipped Tony Green on countback in the senior division .

That was repeated in the junior division, with David Dodgshun denying Cliff Blumfield on countback after both posted 23.

J Ewart 94-26-68, L Haisman 94-25-69.

R Maloy 14.

H Brown 65, J Priestley 66, T Green 68, H Harris 71, D Russell 73.

B Pohatu 66, A Hindmarsh 68, P Summersby 68, S Pittar 70, A Nimmo 70.

D Johnston 70, H Humble 72.

C Beattie, H Brown, D Russell.

C Parker 23, T Green 23, B McKenzie 21, P Molloy 20, H Harris 19.

D Dodgshun 23, C Blumfield 23, J Tietjen 21, J Blair 20, G Maude 20.

The “Raz” turned up the heat to win the club stableford on Sunday.

Henry Rasmussen’s back nine of 37 anchored his 80-18-62, for 40 points, with Robyn Ngatai and Doreen Goldsmith two points back.

H Rasmussen 40, R Ngatai 38, D Goldsmith 38, J Forrester 36, B Clark 36, H McClutchie 36, P Ngarimu 35, H Miratana 34, J Devery 34, G Roberts 34, I Ngarimu 33.

N Dewes, D Goldsmith.

ZANE Boyle produced a “bounceback” of epic proportion in his stableford-winning Saturday round.

Boyle double-bogeyed the 11th then sank a sand wedge from 20 metres off the par-4 12th green for eagle-2 in a par-laden 1-over 73 for 43 points.

His blue-box-less round featured 14 pars, the eagle, a birdie on the first and two double bogeys.

A Pahina 37, R Grace 37, P Wellard 36.

D Craven 2, P Wellard, R Grace.

D Webb 117-40-77, 33pts on c/b.

Z Boyle 43 from D Craven.

A Nairne, D Craven, Z Boyle.

C Palmer 40, S Pahina 40, R Walford 40, W Brown 37, A Nairne 37, A Reedy 36, P Koorey 36.

A Reedy 72, T Donavon 75.

A White 72, D Meadows 72.

S Toa 89, M Karalus 89.

D Harrison 71, J Collier 73.

J Kerr 85, B Walker 86

M Alley 70, S Maisey 71.

M Theobold 43, W Stowe 41.

B Walker, J Akuhata-Nickerson.

B Morgan, W Stowe.

J Kerr (women), K Ngamanu (men).

D Pirimona, A White, A Reedy, P Rickard, T Donavon, G Marchbank, R Hiko.

IRITANA Ngarimu led Te Puia Springs to the 2020 Poverty Bay women’s pennants title on the Awapuni Links course yesterday.

Ngarimu’s net 72 anchored the Springs’ efforts in the fourth and final round held in conjunction with Poverty Bay’s Christmas tournament.

Heading into the round, Te Puia held a one-point lead over Mahia and the hosts.

However, the Coast women put it together as a team to win the round and advance to 23 team points, four ahead of Mahia.

Waikohu and Poverty Bay were third-equal on 18, followed by Wairoa (17), Electrinet Park (11) and Patutahi (6).