Park players dominated the men’s gross and stableford.
Dan Collier had the low round of the day — 2-over 74.
Michael Bond won the stableford with 81-15-66, for 42, with Park clubmate Mike Christophers second with 78-10-68, for 40.
Shot of the day came from host course member Stephen Francks, who holed his second from about 130m out on the par-4 10th for a fitting tribute to the tournament organisers.
It was his first hole of the day.
The tournament raised around $2300 for the Halberg Disability Sport Foundation.
Gisborne Eagles also acknowledged the three junior players to represent the district at the under-17 boys and girls NZ championship being held this week on the Manukorihi course at Waitara — brothers David and Marcus Gray, and Vegas Lawler.
After severe air travel disruptions, the trio made it to New Plymouth.
Marcus was the best of the trio after three rounds — shooting 81, 82, 85 off a 4-handicap.
SUNDAY — The Eagles Golfing Society of Gisborne Charity Golf Tournament, women’s gross: L Holmberg 91.
Men’s gross: D Collier 74.
Women’s stableford: A Lincoln 43, M Wesche 36, C Nelson 36, V Bell 34, A Tamanui-Nunn 34, V Fraser 34.
Men’s stableford: M Bond 42, M Christophers 40, Tere Lincoln 40, A Lawler 39, Joel Lincoln 38, M Henwood 38, K Collier 37, S Francks 37, P Stewart 37, B Brown 36, L Hewson 36, S Andreassen 36, K Travers 36.
Bob Grierson Memorial Trophy, team of four combined stableford: D Hall, R Gibson, M Christophers, M Henwood.
Electrinet Park
The 2023-2024 twilight 9-hole weekly competition got under way at Park today and it is bigger and better than ever.
All golfers and non-golfers alike are welcome to play in the Thursday twilight competition which has a new major sponsor — Gordons Pharmacy.
It also has a new and exciting competition on top of its regular features.
The club has installed a simulator in the clubhouse and the twlight season will feature a simulator closest to the pin competition.
Each week, players will get the chance to have go on the simulator for $2 a shot or $5 for five shots. The person who wins the simulator approach each week will qualify for the grand final on the last day of the twilight season — April 4. The winner pockets $500.
The club is also once again running a twilight shootout competition culminating in the grand final on April 4.
The top 10 qualifiers will fight it out in the hole-by-hole knockout strokeplay net final for a $1000 first prize and trophy.
Qualifying is a player’s five best stablefords before Christmas and five top stableford rounds after Christmas for an aggregate total.
The twilight season has weekly prizes for best stableford, best non-golfer, long drive, approach, birdie board, as well as raffles and simulator games.
Players are reminded there are no gimmes.
Patutahi
Adam Brodie, Butch McKenzie and Abbie Davis were the stableford winners on Sunday.
Brodie won the senior men’s competition with 37 points, McKenzie the junior men’s section with 37 and Davis the women’s stableford wtih 35.
SUNDAY — Men’s stableford, up to 14: A Brodie 37, A Hindmarsh 36, T Green 34, P Molloy 34, R Pardoe 34.
15+: B McKenzie 37, S Maynard 36, L Jamieson 35, M King 35, P Briant 34.
Women’s stableford: A Davis 35.
Waikohu
Sonny Ritchie and Penny Rutene turned iron to gold on Sunday.
Rutene won the women’s section of the all-irons stableford with 37 points while Rutene was the “ironman” with 37.
Audrey Tamanui-Nunn and Richard Reeves are the 2023 Baty Cup champions.
The pair totalled 39 points over nine holes to win the combined stableford title.
Sunday — All-irons stableford, men: S Ritchie 37, Chambers 30, K Tamanui 30.
Women: P Rutene 35, A Reeves 34, C Te Rito 33.
Twos: Richard Reeves.
Sunday (Sept 24) — Baty Cup mixed pairs 9-hole stableford: A Tamanui-Nunn/R Reeves 39.
COMING UP: SUNDAY, greens in regulation competition; SATURDAY, Nov 11, fundraising tournament for Catherine Mullooly’s women’s world ewe shearing record attempt, Canadian pairs, men’s open sections, limited to 80 entries, 10.30am cup of tea, 11.30am tee-off, lunch provided, contact Audrey 022-177-2474.
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Fly like . . . an albatross
SIMON Jeune has never had a hole-in-one in his illustrious amateur career but last Thursday he defied odds far greater than the ultimate shot.
Jeunie” sank a 3-wood for two on the 460-metre par-5 fifth at the Poverty Bay course for an albatross or double eagle.
The recently-turned-60-year-old estimated he was about 210 metres out and watched his ball the whole way as it flew straight at the pin, drifted to the right, then rolled around and towards the hole.
“It got closer and closer, then disappeared,” he said. “I said, ‘I think it’s gone in’ . . . it was a thrill to see it all happen.”
It wasn’t long after that he learned that clubmate Brent Colbert — playing in the four in front of him — had had a hole-in-one on the sixth.
It is possible the pair struck their shots in close proximity time-wise, perhaps even simultaneously.
Jeune has been playing golf since the 1970s. He was a member of the famous 1981 Poverty Bay-East Coast team who finished sixth at the national interprovincial tournament at Poverty Bay — still the best finish PBEC have ever had at the annual event.
He won the 2019 Poverty Bay men’s open with one of the finest short-game displays seen in the history of the tournament and is a two-time senior men’s club champion at the Bay, including this year.
The odds of getting a double-eagle far surpass those of making a hole-in-one.
The National Hole-in-One Registry says the odds of “an average” golfer making an ace are 12,500 to 1. For a low handicapper, it drops to 5000 to 1.
The Registry also says the odds of making an albatross are about a million to one — meaning there is more chance of being struck by lightning — but again for players the calibre of Jeune, that is arguably a bit lower.
The most recent albatross recorded in the district was by Andrew Higham, with a 3-iron on the par-5 first hole at Poverty Bay in July 2014.
With albatross ticked off his list, Jeune would love to join the ace club. He’s been close in every way possible.
“You name it . . . right behind the hole, hitting the hole on the full, caving in the side of the hole, ricocheting out of the hole.”
