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Poverty BayTHE golfing stars aligned for the top qualifiers in the 2019 Gisborne Motors Barns-Graham Cup men’s pairs on Saturday.
Richard Foon and Alister Jennings compiled 48 points in the four-ball best-ball stableford format off the championship tees to clinch the No.1 seeding.
They were three points clear of Jim McGregor and Phil Wauchop, followed by a trio on 44 points — Les Gunther and Craig Bauld, Don Griffin and George Brown and Thomas Donovan and Darren Patumaka.
Four-ball best-ball is all about combining. When (or if) one player has a bad hole, the other comes in — a formula Foon and Jennings reproduced almost to perfection.
They were helped by Foon having birdies on four of his 12 shot holes — a contribution of 16 points to the cause — including the first and 18th holes.
Jennings had a birdie-2 for three on the second hole and four three-pointers on holes where Foon had two or less.
Their only blemish was the 11th, where both had a point.
The pair will look to reproduce that sort of teamwork this Saturday in the first round of matchplay. They face Larry Foster and Robin Wells, who snatched the 32nd and bottom qualifying spot with 37 points.
Defending champions Mark Norman and Dave Jenkins comfortably qualified with 43 points and play Dave Pirimona and Stefan Andreassen in the opening round.
Among the pairs to watch are Tene Goldsmith and Glenn Burnside, who were eighth qualifiers. Goldsmith went out the next day and fired 74-9-65, for 43 points, off the white tees to win the division 1 men’s stableford.
Club professional/manager Dave Keown made special mention of the “aeroplane” scoring over the final three holes of BG qualifying . . . 767 being among the more common.
Faye Allen capped her return to 18-hole golf this year with victory in the Oman Cup women’s matchplay yesterday.
Allen, having played 9-hole golf for several seasons, defeated Sue Kemp (31) 2-up in the final.
The 29-handicapper booked a final berth with a win over Vicki Fraser in the semifinals while Kemp, off 31, knocked out Margaret Williams.
Anaru Reedy’s hot form continued on Tuesday with his five sub-par score in the past three weeks. Reedy had seven birdies in a 6-under 66. He is 13-under for his last five rounds, including 24 birdies.
The Gay Young-Basil Payne combination has reaped another piece of silverware — the Captain’s Cup. Young and Payne won the American foursomes net title with a 36-hole total of 133, three ahead of Teresa Lewis and Richard Foon. They added it to their Morley Cup win in March.
WEDNESDAY — Oman Cup women’s matchplay final: F Allen def S Kemp 2-up.
Women’s bisque par: L Holmberg +8, D Kirkpatrick +5.
MONDAY — Oman Cup women’s matchplay semifinals: S Kemp def M Williams, F Allen def V Fraser.
3 Blind Mice women’s competition winner: S Spence.
SUNDAY — Men’s stableford, division 1: T Goldsmith 43, B Morgan 41, J Situ 38, A White 38, T Donovan 37.
Division 2: M Barker 39, B Talbot 37, R Young 37, G Clapham 36, N Jones 36.
Twos: M Norman, J van Helden, R Gibson.
Approach: A White.
SATURDAY — Gisborne Motors Barns-Graham Cup men’s pairs, qualifying, four-ball best-ball stableford: A Jennings/R Foon 48, D Griffin/G Brown 44, T Donovan/D Patumaka 44, W Thompson/M Gemmell 43, H Williams/T Williams 42, D Bush/C Poole 42.
Twos N Jones, A Jennings, H Williams.
Approach: P Goodwin.
THURSDAY (June 13) — Men’s stableford, division 1: J van Helden 39, C Dean 35, I Murphy 34.
Division 2: D Bush 37, P Graham 36, J Williams 32.
Twos: C Poole, B Colbert.
Approach: R Skuse.
SUNDAY (June 9) — Captain’s Cup mixed American foursomes net: G Young B Payne 133 (68, 65) from T Lewis/R Foon 136 (69, 67).
The first round of matchplay for the Barns-Graham Cup men’s pairs is on SATURDAY. The draw is — No.1 tee, 11.15am: A Jennings/R Foon v L Foster/R Wells. 11.23: V Richardson/N Richardson v A Bacon/D Grant. 11.31: T Donovan/D Patumaka v K White/P Grogan. 11.39: A Hayward/M Stewart v V Powdrell/J Rouse. 11.47: L Gunther/C Bauld v R Skuse/B Allen. 11.55: D Bush/C Poole v A Kirkpatrick/G Clapham. 12.03: M Norman/D Jenkins v D Pirimona/S Andreassen. 12.11: L Pollitt/K Daniels v B Morrissey/C Simpson. 12.19 (not in matchplay): B Read/M Smith, O Thompson, D Kirkpatrick.
No.10 tee, 11.15am: R Young/N Jones v J Williams/C Dean. 11.23: C Jeffrey/P Hakiwai v G Burnside/T Goldsmith. 11.31: M Karalus/D Wright v J Situ/B Payne. 11.39: B Brown/R Gibson v D Griffin/G Brown. 11.47: P Clayton/J Pittar v D Situ/E Atherton. 11.55: R Veall/D Mettrick v W Thompson/M Gemmell. 12.03: L Hewson/C Taewa v H Williams/T Williams. 12.11: G Kemp/R Fletcher v P Wauchop/J McGregor.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, June 30, BMS/Boutique On Main Street Tom Shaw Memorial Awapuni Shootout, 27-hole men’s, women’s and mixed pairs competition, 8.30 to 9.45am two-tee start, entry includes lunch, contact pro shop to enter.
PatutahiDEAN Pohatu was the standout golfer in weekend play.
Pohatu won the senior men’s net on Sunday with 62 while John Neilson had a two in his junior men’s division-winning 65.
TUESDAY — Meade Cup, women’s net: M Philip 102-30-72, S Robertson 91-18-73.
SUNDAY — Men’s net, senior division: D Pohatu 62, T Green 64, G Brown 65, W Baty 65.
Junior division: J Neilson 65, G Tattersfield 66, P Hokianga 67, M Pohatu 68.
Women’s net: S Gray 75.
Twos: J Neilson, J Brown, W Brown, T Green.
FRIDAY — Meat pack nine-hole stableford: M Broad 22, T Green 22, W MacLellan 21, J Graham 20 on c/b.
The Patutahi men’s open tournament, featuring the Bryan Johnson Memorial Trophy, is on SUNDAY. Morning tea followed by tee-off at 11am. Members to bring a plate. Inquiries to George Brown 027 370 9869.
Gisborne ParkBO Huhu, Danny Boyle and Dave Rameka are the top seeds for the Men’s Handicap Cup.
Huhu, fresh from his Te Kanawa Cup men’s pairs title win alongside Pete Koorey, grabbed the No.1 seeding in the senior men’s division with 79-9-70.
Boyle’s net 70 topped intermediate qualifying and Rameka headed the junior field with 69.
SUNDAY — Men’s net: S Phillips 74, M Hutton 74, T Leggett 75.
SATURDAY — Men’s net: B Huhu 79-9-70.
Twos: R Walford, B Huhu.
WEDNESDAY (June 12) — Women’s stableford: J Muir 37.
Drawn two: L McFlinn.
SATURDAY — LGU, silver division: W Morrissey 73.
Bronze I: P Johanson 66.
Bronze II: M Alley 77.
Twos: K Papuni, B Walker.
WaikohuPERCY Milner and mother Audrey Tamanui-Nunn filled the top two slots in qualifying for the Coates and McLean trophies on Sunday.
Percy finished with a net 86 for the two rounds of 12 holes of qualifying — one ahead of his mum.
Ella Wynyard (87) and Tama Brown (88) filled the other Coates semifinal spots.
Qualifiers fifth to eighth contest the McLean trophy.
SUNDAY — Coates/McLean trophies qualifying: P Milner 86, A Milner 87, E Wynyard 87, T Brown 88, K Tamanui 89, I Ruru 91, M Tuapawa 93, T Ruru 94, L Green 95, T Smith 96, V Grace 97, C Ruru 98.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, free day; SATURDAY, July 6, Coates and McLean trophies, semifinals and finals.
MahiaRAIN had a late say but golf was the ultimate winner at the Northern Hawke’s Bay women’s 27-hole open tournament on Saturday.
Twenty-eight players competed in the pairs format, comprising nine holes of best-ball net, nine holes of Canadian foursomes and nine of ambrose.
A fresh southerly tested the field but the weather was fine until the last five holes when the heavens opened up.
Home-course pair Fairlane Wesche and Ngapera McRoberts were convincing overall winners. Their joint forces produced net 99, well clear of Poverty Bay/Mahia combo MJ Bloem and Maria Wesche on 104.5 and third-placed Gisborne Park duo Mihi Marino and Jean Foot on 104.75.
SATURDAY — Northern Hawke’s Bay women’s 27-hole open, net: F Wesche/N McRoberts 99; MJ Bloem/Maria Wesche 104.5; M Marino/J Foot 104.75; J Kerr/L Holmberg 108; M Colebourne/V Fraser 110.2; T Smith/L Tana 112.9; H McClutchie/G Roberts 113; Maraea Wesche/S Adams 113.63; T Paku/S McRoberts 115.12; Margot Shanks/J MacKinnon 116.5; R Hiko/J Winiata 118.
Twos: M Fergus, S Maestrom.
Longest putt on No.5: M Marino.
Best second shot on No.7: MJ Bloem, Maria Wesche.
Approach on No.2: M Fergus, S Maestrom.
Closest to line on No.9: M Colebourne, V Fraser.
Te Puia SpringsJACK Miratana was 13 strokes better than the previous weekend in winning the men’s net on Sunday.
Miratana won with 90-28-62 while 81-year-old Nehe Dewes added to his age-breaking list in finishing runner-up with 78-14-64.
SUNDAY — Men’s net: J Miratana 90-28-62, N Dewes 78-14-64, J Puha 94-29-65, P Ngarimu 66, P Harrison 67, N Truman 68, J Babbington-Welsh 71, H Rasmussen 72.
Women’s first round of Captain’s competition, LGU: G Roberts 83-16-67, F Walker 69, H Miratana 72.
Putting: F Walker 31, G Roberts 34, A Cook 35.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, Busby Tray men’s pairs, haggle for women.
Tolaga BayTERE Lincoln and John Hale proved too good for Trent Higgs and Zac Horomia in the men’s four-ball final on Sunday.
The pairs shook hands on the 15th while Joe Lincoln was winning the net with 64 and the putting with 26.
SUNDAY — Men’s net: Joe Lincoln 64, N Hansen 65, J Murphy 68, M Grant 68, S Cranswick 70, T Higgs 70, C O’Sullivan 70.
Putting: Joe Lincoln 26,T Higgs 30.
Twos: N Hansen, M Grant, Taine Lincoln, R Pomana, Tere Lincoln.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, stableford; SATURDAY/SUNDAY, July 27-28, King of the Coast men’s open tournament, entry inquiries to Jeremy Murphy 021 485 658 or email maikaikastn@gmail.com