GOLF ROUNDUP

PRIDE OF WAIKOHU: Larry Green (right) led the Waikohu charge at the 85th Māori National Golf Tournament held in Taupō earlier this month. Green was overall net winner in the masters men's division and was presented the Ngati Awa Trophy. Off a 16-handicap, he carded a net total of 280 (68, 76, 66, 70) on the Tauhara course. He is pictured with Waikohu stalwarts Ella Wynyard and Ike Ruru after the prizegiving. Wynyard also had a successful tournament. She won the golden girls' stableford with 138 points. Wynyard, off a 22 handicap, had net rounds of 71, 73, 76, 75. Hunter Edwards, of Rotorua's Lakeview course, won the women's matchplay title while Kyle Maihi, of Royal Auckland and Grange, won the men's matchplay crown. Picture supplied

Glynn Williams led the way as Electrinet Park beat their Poverty Bay counterparts in a veteran stableford team clash on Tuesday.

Williams had 39 points — the best of the men — as Park averaged 31.7 to the Bay's 31.5.

Kino White's 36 topped the women.

Qualifying for the Power Connections men's shootout started this week.

Format is a player's best three net scores off blue tees and best three off the whites.

The top 19 players advance to the 18-hole elimination final on November 18.

The Summer Cup is also under way. The format is two rounds of stableford off the blue tees between January 17 and 31.

The Handicap Cup has also started. The format is one qualifying round (off the blue tees between Jan 17 and Jan 31), followed by matchplay (blue tees) in sections.

For the shootout, Summer Cup and Handicap Cup, before playing a qualifying round, a player's scorecard must be either stamped at the office or by Evan Parkin or a committee member.

However, for the Summer Cup, players can notify it is a qualifying card via the Gizzy Park Facebook messenger page by writing Summer Cup in the event space and posting a photo of the card

Cards for all three competitions must be handed in at the office afterwards or put in the scorecard dropbox. They cannot be entered via the dotgolf app.

SUNDAY — Men's stableford: L Hayes 40, I Loffler 40.

Approach: A Pahina.

COMING UP: SATURDAY, AGM, 9am, followed by Colin Campbell mixed drawn pairs and Captain's Cup mixed drawn pairs; SUNDAY, Gisborne Thistle AFC and Judy O'Rourke Memorial Trophy open tournament, two-tee start, inquiries to Ron Young 027 608 6060 or the Park office 867 9849; THURSDAY, Jan 24, Park vets golf, report at 9.45am for 10am start; WEDNESDAY, Jan 25, mid-week women's season starts.

It took Clive Dean nearly nine months to break 80 in 2022 and that was the only time he did it that year.

It took him just 12 days in 2023.

CD fired 78-10-68 to win the division 1 men's stableford with 40 points last Thursday.

Other than the odd fallen branch, Poverty Bay came through the storm relatively unscathed.

The course is in great condition and is proving more of a challenge than usual this time of year — the gnarly rough in particular testing those who venture off the beaten track.

That has been reflected in some modest scoring. Other than Dean's success, winning efforts in the pro's comps have been in the 30s — Dave Mettrick (39pts). Thursday, division 2 men); Glen Udall (37, div 1) and Stu Harbottle (38, div 2) on Saturday; and Brent Colbert (36, div 1) and Lee “Pikey” Hewson (38, div 2) on Sunday.

SUNDAY — Men's stableford, division 1: B Colbert 36, A Battistella 36, A White 36.

Division 2: L Hewson 38, L Pollitt 34, J Leaf 34, J Holmes 33.

Approach: A White.

SATURDAY — Men's stableford, division 1: G Udall 37, A Abrahams 36, C Simpson 35, P Butler 34.

Division 2: S Harbottle 38, J Rowe 38, M Downie 37, B Read 35, J McGregor 35, D Bush 35.

Twos: A Battistella, S Harbottle, G Morley, J Rowe, G Brown.

Approach: S Harbottle.

THURSDAY (Jan 12) — Men's stableford, division 1: C Dean 40, J Van Helden 36, C Poole 36.

Division 2: D Mettrick 38, B Allen 34, P Graham 33.

Twos: A Abrahams, B Allen, B Colbert.

Approach: P Butler.

Ben Cameron and Butch McKenzie led the way in the Summer Cup men's net on Sunday.

Cameron won the senior division with 76-9-67 while McKenzie's 69 won the junior division.

SUNDAY — Summer Cup, men's net, senior division: B Cameron 67, J Priestley 68, P Hokianga 69, S Pohatu 69.

Junior division: B McKenzie 69, B Pohatu 71, R Nichol 73, C Taylor 73.

Twos: B Tietjen, J Priestley.

FRIDAY — Meat pack 9-hole stableford, senior division: L Owen 19, T Reynolds 19, T Reeves 18, D Russell 18, L Jamieson 18 on c/b.

Junior division: G Maude 21, K Torrey 20, R Nichol 18, N Bunting 18, D Somerton 17 on c/b.

Dudley Reeves set a sizzling pace in the Summer Cup as he awaits his first official handicap.

Reeves posted 105-54-51 to open up a Grand Canyon-like gap between himself and second-placed Te Rata Ritchie (67).

Val Grace's more modest net 74 put her one shot ahead of Audrey Tamanui-Nunn.

SUNDAY — Summer Cup net, round 1, men: Dudley Reeves 51, T Ritchie 67, P Milner 70, S Reeves 70.

Women: V Grace 74, A Tamanui-Nunn 75, E Wynyard 76

Twos: Richard Reeves

COMING UP: SUNDAY, Summer Cup, round 2.