GOLF ROUNDUP

TE KANAWA CUP CHAMPIONS: Father and son Shannon and Beau Toa made no race of the Te Kanawa Cup men's pairs matchplay final at Electrinet Park on Saturday. Under the team name Tiki Toas, Shannon and Beau eased past Ian Loffler and Steve Webb 6 and 5. Picture supplied

What a difference a day makes.

Beau Toa could not do a thing right when he went out for nine holes on Friday in preparation for the Te Kanawa Cup men's pairs final.

The next day he couldn't do a thing wrong as Beau and father Shannon cruised to victory in the 18-hole handicap matchplay decider.

The Toas, under the team name Tiki Toas, beat Ian Loffler and Steve Webb 6 and 5 to add their names to an illustrious list of Te K winners dating back to 1950.

It appears they are the first father-son combo to achieve it since Jack Glassford and his father, the late Boo, way back in 1961.

Tiki Toas' victory chances, however, were looking decidedly slim on Friday.

Shannon had their tactics sorted out. He thought he could go “toe to toe” with both Loffler and Webb and said to Beau: “I need you to chime in every now and then, use your handicap”.

“We went for nine holes on Friday and he was absolutely useless,” Shannon said. “He was all over the place. He hooked, he sliced, he went anywhwere but the fairway. So when we teed off Saturday, I wasn't too hopeful.

“But I tell you what — he played out of his skin. He basically won all the holes. It was awesome.”

Loffler and Webb were both off 14 handicaps for the final while Shannon was on 10 and Beau 31.

“He hasn't broken 100,” Shannon said of Beau, who only started playing golf regularly in March. “If he had played 18 (on Saturday) he would have.

“He couldn't do anything wrong. On Friday he couldn't do anything right.

“I was really proud of him.”

Loffler put it bluntly.

“We got a hiding. We didn't play as well as we wanted but whatever we seemed to do, Beau cancelled us out.”

Loffler also gave Shannon credit.

“He's pretty consistent as well. They're good guys. It was a good game.”

The Turanganui Cup subsidiary final also produced father-son champions.

Anthony Pahina and son Shaun beat Tom Reynolds and Darrel Gregory 4 and 2.

For Anthony, it completed a trophy treble in the annual competition. He has now won the Te Kanawa Cup (with Geoff Hill in 2017), along with the Fletcher and Turanganui subsidiary cups (with Shaun).

The Te K and Turanganui finals were postponed from a couple of weeks ago. The Fletcher Cup final was played back then. Dan Collier and Ray Walford beat Rodney Moore and Duane Mauheni on the 19th.

The Lowe Brothers Cup went on the line on Sunday for the first time in several years.

Zane Boyle, brothers Luke and Josh Hayes and James Witika combined for 140 points to win the teams' stableford.

They were just one point ahead of Anthony Pahina, Rodney Moore, Dave Rameka and Dan Collier.

SUNDAY — Women's net: R Taiapa 93-18-75.

Twos: R Taiapa.

Lowe Bros Cup men's teams' stableford: Z Boyle/L Hayes/J Hayes/J Witika 140; A Pahina/R Moore/D Rameka/D Collier 139.

Men's stableford: J Collier 38, J Hayes 38, M Henwood 38.

Twos: G McKinnon, A Reedy, M Henwood.

Mark Watts is tracking nicely for this weekend's King of the Coast men's open tournament.

“Wattie” won the net on Sunday with an excellent 73-9-64. He was Gene Kelly on the dance floor, totalling just 25 putts.

SUNDAY — Men's net: M Watts 64, J Sheridan 66, Tere Lincoln 67.

Twos: Tere Lincoln.

Approach: T Adamson.

Putting: M Watts 25.

The King of the Coast men's open is on SATURDAY and SUNDAY. The field is — Greg Hawea, Regan Hindmarsh, Joe Sheridan, Bruce Yates, Tim Adamson, Jeremy Murphy, Rob Fergus, Tim Petro, BJ Sidney, Ben Johnson, Spencer Butt, Thomas Donovan, Hukanui Brown, Eddie Brown, Dwayne Russell, Tom Reynolds, Tuakana August, Max Ratana, Ngawai Amoamo, William Brown, Rongo Pomana, Ash Hindmarsh, Christopher Beattie, Zane Boyle, John Hale, Anaru Reedy, Jason Devery, Murray Yates, Neil Hansen, Tony Akroyd, Tom Hindmarsh, Hamish Harris, Butch McKenzie, Dion Milner, Jase Brown, Athol Glover, Willie Andrews, Richard Mihaere, Mark Watts, Steve Phillips, Ricky Bowen, Wayne Boyd, Reece Fenn, Richard Sewell, Darren Thompson, Allan Carswell, Ray Shields, Rodney Conrad, C Richardson, Peter Wrigley, Toby Williams, Wade Wesche, Wayne Wesche, Bruce Maher, Will Yates, Jim Ash, Dave Waihaki, Tere Lincoln, Andrew Higham, Darren Richarson, Danny Boyle, Taine Lincoln, Percy Milner, Pete Stewart.

Ash Hindmarsh heads to Tolaga Bay for the King of the Coast this weekend on the back of a winning weekend.

Patutahi remains heavy and a good test of golf but Hindmarsh managed 80-10-70, for 36 points, to win Sunday's stableford.

SUNDAY — Stableford: A Hindmarsh 36, H Harris 34, T Green 34, P Hokianga 34 on c/b.

FRIDAY — Meat pack 9-hole stableford, senior division: T Hindmarsh 18, H Harris 18, D Russell 18.

Junior division: R Pardoe 18, Bn Williams 17, D Maloy 17.

Coming Up: SUNDAY, club championships, first round of qualifying.

Electrinet Park duo Karen Hay and Jean Foot took home the silverware with a dominant performance in the Taste One First Light Frozen women's 27-hole Canadian open foursomes yesterday.

The veteran pair combined for a net score of 110 — seven strokes ahead of runners-up Birgitt Whyte and Maxine Francois.

Vicky Fraser and Sally Spence were third on 11.

Defending champion William Brown set the pace in the opening round of the Dodgshun Cup men's gross competition on Saturday.

Brown shot 2-over 74 in the first of four strokeplay rounds from which players count their best three scores.

It wasn't the three birdies that stood out on Brown's card, rather a rare double bogey 7 on the fifth hole.

Brown has had more birdies — and a bunch of eagles — on the fifth in recent years.

In fact, Golf Roundup up gave up searching Brown's WHS handicap index records to find the last time he had a seven on the hole.

Brown, who won division 1 of the 2021 Dodgshun Cup with a 5-under total of 211, ended Saturday's opener three strokes ahead of three players — Stefan Andreassen, Simon Jeune and Andrew Higham.

Richard Foon was in a class of his own in division 2. His 80 was seven strokes clear of defending champion John van Helden.

Duncan Bush is even further ahead in division 3. He shot 89 to be eight ahead of Murray Smith.

WEDNESDAY — Taste One First Light Frozen women's 27-hole Canadian open foursomes, 27-hole net: K Hay/J Foot 110, B Whyte/M Francois 117, V Fraser/S Spence 118, L Steel/P Denigan 120, M Colebourne/B Woods 123, K Shaw/T Lewis 124, R Hiko/V Kyle 124, J Utting/L Holmberg 124, J Kerr/K White 126.

9-holers' net: S Armstrong/C Mackie 44, C McDonald/S Ellwood 46, L Plowman/R Dymock 48.

Approaches: J Utting, B Woods.

Closest to flag on 11 (9-holers): J Loffler.

Closest to line on 10: M Allan.

Best shots on 18: J Kerr/K White, P Dymock/J Smith, C Mackie/S Armstrong.

Twos: O Thompson/R Spence, J Utting/L Holmberg, K White/J Kerr, M Colebourne/B Woods.

Sunday — Men's stableford, division 1: N Richardson 42, M Norman 40, C Taewa 39, P Stewart 38, A White 37.

Division 2: D Hall 36, C Simpson 36, D Pirimona 36, B Simpson 35, K Travers 35.

Twos: N Richardson, P Kerekere, C Simpson, B Talbot.

Approach: B Talbot.

Saturday — Dodgshun Cup men's competition, round 1, twos: R Foon, S Andreassen, M Dodgshun, P Humphreys, B Colbert, M Allen.

Approach: P Humphreys.

THURSDAY (July 21) — Men's stableford, division 1: T Williams 40, I Murphy 38, R Moleta 37, M Dodgshun 35, A White 35, J Devery 35.

Division 2: G Clapham 38, M Gemmell 36, R Fletcher 35.

The Women's Handicap Cup final went down to the wire on Sunday.

Hazel Miratana pipped Georgina Roberts 1-up and her 34 points was also enough for a countback win in the women's stableford.

James Forrester enjoyed a successful day, winning his Makarika Cup men's match against Nehe Dewes and finishing second in the men's stableford with 37 points.

Henry Rasmussen won the stableford on countback from Forrester.

SUNDAY — Women's Handicap Cup matchplay final; H Miratana def G Roberts 1-up.

Women's stableford: H Miratana 34, H McClutchie 34, M Puke 31, G Roberts 30, I Ngarimu 30, P Summersby 30.

Men's stableford: H Ramussen 37, J Forrester 37, D Goldsmith 36, I Logan 35, P Harrison 35, P Ngarimu 31.

Richard Reeves won the men's all-irons stableford on Sunday with 37 points.

Val Grace's 32 was best of the women.

SUNDAY — All-irons stableford, men: R Reeves 37, L Green 35, S Te Rito 33, T Brown 31.

Women: V Grace 32, A Tamanui-Nunn 31.

Twos: T Brown.

COMING UP: SUNDAY, club competition.

Elaine Westwood threatened to break 90 for the first time in several years on Sunday.

She settled for 91-23-68, which comfortably topped the LGU and placed her second in the results of the Aces competition involving men and women.

SUNDAY — LGU: E Westwood 91-23-68, L Steel 96-21-73, P Denigan 80.

Aces competition, net: Wayne Wesche 67, E Westwood 68, G Pitman 72.

Bluck putting: G Pitman 24.

COMING UP: SUNDAY, Carter Cup.