Poverty Bay - East Coast golf roundup

Lee “Polly” Pollitt is never lost for words but instead of vocalising one of the more common words when it comes to foursomes golf — “sorry” — he chose another way to verbalise it. Polly created shirts for fellow Englishman Keith Daniels and himself for the Enterprise Motor Warehouse Poverty Bay men’s open foursomes. On the front was the apology when it went pear-shaped, on the back a compliment for the good stuff along with a Union Jack flag. “Sorry” outnumbered “nice one” in their first round, a 98, but “nice one” came to the fore in round 2, an 87. Pictures supplied

Poverty BayIF bouncing back from adversity is a a reflection of character, Darren Patumaka and Deevon Gray showed plenty of it in the Enterprise Motor Warehouse men’s open foursomes on Saturday . . . or perhaps they were simply beyond caring.

A disastrous opening several holes to the 36-hole strokeplay tournament saw them rack up a morning round of 95 off an 11-handicap.

The afternoon proved a different story, as Gray and Patumaka posted 78 — an improvement of 17 shots — and were rewarded with the prize for best afternoon net.

Paul Rickard and Brad Morgan’s 36-hole gross-winning performance dominated the event, but there were a few other highlights.

Steve Shields’ previous 18 holes of golf before the foursomes was on November 17 of last year.

The 35-handicapper and representative of the sponsors combined with Andy Hayward to win the 36-hole net on 139, and duly presented the trophy to himself.

Glenn Morley and Pete Stewart were joint gross leaders at the halfway stage after shooting 3-over 75 but faded to an 83 in the afternoon — good enough for 144 and third in the net.

Cliff Poole and Vance Richardson were second in the net with 142.

WEDNESDAY — 9-hole women, Sue Bunt Salver: B McIldowie.

Medal: J Ngarimu 52-17-35, R Dymock 64-29-35.

SUNDAY — Men’s stableford, division 1: B Morrissey 39, M Norman 39, G Morley 38, M Thomas 37, A White 37

Division 2: B Payne 39, R Young 38, A Baldwin 37, C Simpson 37, C Christie 36.

SATURDAY — Enterprise Motor Group men’s open foursomes, 36-hole gross: B Morgan/P Rickard 152 on c/b from P Kerekere/W Brown.

36-hole net: S Shields/A Hayward 139, C Poole/V Richardson 142, G Morley/P Stewart 144, P Grogan/J Kerekere 145, R Foon/D Wright 146.

Morning gross: T Goldsmith/G Brown 78.

Afternoon gross: B Colbert/C Jeffrey 81.

Morning net: J Devery/T Donovan 71.5.

Afternoon net: D Gray/D Patumaka 67.

Twos: T Goldsmith/G Brown, L Foster/M Stevens, P Rickard/B Morgan 3, D Mettrick/B Proudfoot, A Abrahams/G Clapham, D Gray/D Patumaka.

THURSDAY (May 3) – Men’s stableford, division 1: C Poole 38, P Butler 37, M Higham 37, C Christie 36, A Abrahams 36.

Division 2: J Williams 42, R Owen 41, S Willock 39, R Skuse 39, R Murphy 39.

Twos: R Owen, I Murphy, G Brown, V Richardson.

Approach: S Murphy.

The first round of matchplay for the Kahlenberg Cup women’s pairs is on Tuesday. The draw is — M Allan/S Kemp v L Holmberg/L Shepherd, S Spence/J Bell v M Powdrell/K Crosby, D Murphy/J MacKinnon v O Thompson/V Fraser, F Pell/T Lewis v J Steele/V Bell.

Byes: M Lane/J Utting, M Colebourne/L Fletcher, I McKinnon/G Young, M Shanks/P Gayford.

Gisborne ParkTHE Benson Cup women’s pairs champions will be crowned on Sunday.

Shirley Paku and Karen McDonald face Jean Foot and Karen Hay in the matchplay final.

Paku and McDonald powered into the final with a 5 and 4 win over Wiki Morrissey and Blanche Walker in the semis.

Foot and Hay beat Tracey Ford and Carney Pipi on the 16th.

The Te Kanawa Cup men’s pairs semifinalists will also be decided on Sunday.

Brad Reynolds and Tony Leggett are up against Gisborne Intermediate student Zach Rolls and Robert Taylor; father and son Danny and Zane Boyle face Mike Hutton and Glen McKinnon; Roger Kelso and Jack Glassford take on Butch Atkins and Wayne McHugh and brothers Sel and Quentin Peneha meet Pete Cameron and Chum Aramakutu.

Electrinet Park results, SUNDAY — Men’s stableford: T Pointon 43, J Collier 40, A Pahina 37.

Twos: A Pahina, S Phillips, G McKinnon.

SATURDAY — Men’s stableford: E Parkin 38, G Hill 37.

WEDNESDAY (May 2) — Fletcher’s Meat Treat women’s tournament, overall net: B Walker 74.

Division 1, gross: J Kerr 86, J Akuhata 98.

Net: W Morrissey 78, J Foot 85.

Stableford: K McDonald 31.

Division 2, gross: P Johansen 96, S Paku 99.

Net: P Shaw 75, L Poananga 80.

Stableford: T Ford 33, M Marino 28.

Approach: K McDonald.

Closest to line on 18: B Walker.

TUESDAY (May 1) — Veteran men’s par: N Jones +5, M Hutton +4, P Nepia +4, A Nairne +3, B Atkins +2, P Mitchell +1, E Parkin +1.

Twos: B Atkins.

The Te Kanawa Cup and Fletcher Cup subsidiary men’s pairs are on SATURDAY and SUNDAY. The draw is — SATURDAY, No.1 tee, 8.42am: P Wellard/C Palmer v P Koorey/ B Huhu.

SUNDAY, No.1 tee, 9am: B Reynolds/T Leggett v Z Rolls/R Taylor. 9.06: Z Boyle/D Boyle v M Hutton/G McKinnon. 9.12: R Kelso/J Glassford v B Atkins/W McHugh. 9.18: S Peneha/Q Peneha v P Cameron/C Aramakutu. 9.24: M Emery/C Brown v S Phillips/W Whangapirita. 9.30: P Nepia/W Tamatea v R Grace/T Pointon. 9.36: E Parkin/H Schreiber v G Hill/A Pahina. 9.42: R Moore/T Hill v D Harrison/B Watene. 9.48: J Bright/R Callaghan v L Lexmond/D Craven.

The Benson Cup women’s pairs matchplay is on SUNDAY. The draw is – No.1 tee, 10am: S Paku/K McDonald v K Hay/J Foot.

WaikohuHE’s been threatening to shoot in the 70s and, on Sunday, Tama Brown carried through on it for the first time since June 2016.

Following rounds of 80 and 81 in recent weeks, 16-handicapper Brown carded 78 to win the men’s net with 62 — seven strokes clear of the field.

SUNDAY — Men’s net: T Brown 62, K Tamanui 69, T Ruru 70, DJ Baty 71.

Women’s putting: V Grace 27, E Wynyard 32, C Te Rito 32, M Tuapawa 32.

Twos: E Wynyard, F Ngatoro.

COMING UP: SUNDAY, men’s stableford, Te Pairi, LGU, putting and stableford for women.

Te Puia SpringsDICK Cook put himself in the running for the Jo Hale Memorial with the score of the day in round 3 on Sunday.

Cook’s 79-17-62 was his best score at Te Puia Springs this year while JB Walsh was a shot back on 63.

Robyn Ngatai’s 64 led the women.

The Te Puia Springs team for the Endeavour men’s interclub pennants at Te Puia Springs on SATURDAY are — Bill Clark, Jim Devery, Nehe Dewes, Ian Sykes, Pete Harrison and JB Walsh.

SUNDAY — Jo Hale Memorial, men’s net: D Cook 62, J Walsh 63, P Ngarimu 64, I Sykes 64, R Walker 66, P Harrison 67, R Smith, J Devery 69, N Truman 71, W Rasmussen 73, N Dewes 74.

Jo Hale, Memorial, also third round of the President’s competition, LGU, putting, women’s net: R Ngatai 64, G Roberts 66, I Ngarimu 75.

Putting: A Cook 31, G Roberts 32, R Ngatai, I Ngarimu, M Puke 33.

Approach: G Roberts.

COMING UP: SATURDAY, Endeavour men’s interclub pennants, 11am tee-off; SUNDAY, men’s haggle, first round of Captain’s competition, LGU, putting for women.

Tolaga BayTHE Queen of the Coast women’s open tournament is on Saturday. Morning tea at 9.30am, tee-off at 10am. Two divisions as well as twos, long drives and approaches. Lunch is included in entry fee. Inquiries/entries to Letty Poananga or Anthea Lincoln.

The men’s four-ball matchplay is on Sunday.

PatutahiPAT Molloy was the man left blowing the smoke from the barrels of his Colt .45s at the end of a record-breaking Patutahi Golf Club men’s shootout final on Saturday.

Molloy beat Peter Johnston in a putt-off on the 18th green to be the last man standing of the 19 who teed off the first.

The 19 were those who qualified from 35 entries, easily the highest number to enter a shootout over the years.

George Brown was knocked out on the 17th, leaving 13-handicapper Molloy and Johnston, off a 17, to fight out the net title.

The shootout finalists in order of elimination were — Kelvyn Donovan (1st), Dave Quinn (2nd), Tony Green (3rd), Simon Pittar (4th), Chris Beattie (5th), Gary Watson (6th), Cecil Brown (7th), Jon Maynard (8th), Mike de Luze (9th), Kevin Philip (10th), Ashley Hindmarsh (11th), Wayne Baty (12th), Selwyn Pohatu (13th), Brian Wallace (14th), Butch McKenzie (15th), Dave Skudder (16th) and George Brown (17th).

TUESDAY — Rickard Cup first round, women’s net: M Alley 90-21-69, R Burgess 102-33-69, J Ewart 94-23-71.

SUNDAY — Men’s stableford, senior division: W Baty 44, S Skudder 39, S Pohatu 39.

Junior division: G Tattersfield 38, G Watson 38, J Maynard 38.

Women’s stableford: J Pohatu 31.

Jackpot: W Baty.

Twos: W Baty, B Wallace.

FRIDAY — Meat pack nine-hole stableford, senior division: B McKenzie 21, E Brown 20, B Williams 20, A Blakeman 20, A Brodie 20.

Junior division: J Graham 24, R Chrisp 22, D Tarry 20, D Humphrey 20.

MahiaTHE “KING of New Zealand seniors golf”, Rod Barltrop, graced Mahia with his presence last weekend and made it a winning one.

Barltrop, a former New Zealand representative, the 1974 New Zealand amateur champion and multiple winner of New Zealand and Australian senior amateur titles, played in the Na PutePuti South African ambrose tournament.

The Royal Wellington member combined with nephew Sam Barltrop and James Quinn to post a net 60 and win on countback from locals Tom Hema, Gid Pitman and Bruce Maher.

Rod Barltrop also played the next day, shooting 75-4-71, for 37 points, to place second in the stableford behind Anthony Steel (39).

Mahia women’s club captain Maraea Wesche said the 66 players in the Pete and Jill Smyth-sponsored tournament “couldn’t have asked for a better day”.

“We even had Jill Smyth’s family come from Auckland to play.”

Wesche said one player described it as “the best little golf club I have ever been to” . . . a compliment that made all the hard work put in that much more worthwhile.

SUNDAY — Men’s stableford: A Steel 39, R Barltrop 37, B Maher 32.

SATURDAY — Na Puteputi South African ambrose: R Barltrop/S Barltrop/J Quinn 60; T Hema/G Pitman/B Maher 60; F Wesche/N McRoberts/S McRoberts 62; D Bremner/B Fraser/P Jelbert 63; L Tana/S Tana/B Jury 65; H Billington/S Billington/R Billington 65; M Lunny/L Humphries/M Hamlin 66; B Lewis/A Cassidy/V McQueen 66.

Approaches: E Westwood (women), S Barltrop (men).

Tahunga

THE Tahunga men’s open is on Saturday, May 19.There are gross, net and stableford sections, along with approaches, long drives and twos.

Morning tea is at 10.30am and tee-off is at 11am. Barbecue to follow.

Inquiries to Tom Sherratt (867-0807) or email tahunga@golf.co.nz

Note, the club does not have eftpos.