Nick Gillespie.
Auckland-based professional Nick Gillespie made a triumphant return to his former Hastings Golf Club yesterday.
One of 30 professionals playing in the Toshiba Pro-Am, Gillespie, shot a six-under par 66 on the Bridge Pa course and will take a three shot lead into today's final round. The tournament, which began
with a sponsors ambrose event on Monday, is Gillespie's first at the club, he represented from 2006-2010, in three years.
"I had a pretty solid round. I didn't make a bogey and I had a couple of birdies which helped," Gillespie recalled.
While Gillespie's round was impressive it was still three shots short of his best at the club, 63, which he has shot on a couple of occasions.
"I'll try and do the same tomorrow," Gillespie said before heading off to enjoy some hospitality from former clubmate Stu Duff.
