NZ WOMEN'S INTERPROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP
(North Shore)
Round 7, section 1.-
Hawkes Bay-Poverty Bay 4 1/2 Manawatu-Wanganui 1/2 (HB-PB names first). I. van Steenbergen bt C. Dury 2 and 1, L. Akers and L. Herbert all square, T. Kilkolly bt J. Field 3 and 2, K. Hay bt C. Hawe 4 and 3, A. Keelan bt K. White 1 up.
Wellington 3 1/2 Southland 1 1/2. Hee-Jeong Chun bt R. Boniface 7 and 5, A. Smith bt L. Henderson 6 and 5, M. Oliver bt J. Cleland 3 and 2, S. Nicholson and S. Elder all square, L. Andrew lost to K. Lee 1 down.
Waikato-King Country 3 Taranaki 2. J. Storey bt E. Hodson 1 up, W. Shailer bt D. McCallum 3 and 2, S. McDonald lost to C. Wilson 3 and 2, R. Pellow bt V. McEldowney 4 and 3, D. Wells lost to C. Hill 3 and 2.
Final points: Waikato-King Country 12, 24 individual games; Wellington 10, 20; Hawkes Bay-Poverty Bay 6, 17; Taranaki 5, 11; Manawatu-Wanganui 4, 11; Southland 3, 10; South Canterbury 2, 11.
Section 2.-
Auckland 4 Canterbury 1. C. Nahi lost to N. Wallace 2 down, B. Holford bt B. Walsh 3 and 1, E. Chung bt C. Bates 2 and 1, Leun Ji Lim bt N. Woodgate 7 and 5, Yu Jin Bang bt G. Jeong 2 and 1.
Bay of Plenty-Thames Valley 5 Tasman 0. T. Howard bt M. Tapp 6 and 5, B. Ormsby bt J. Drummond 4 and 3, P. Newbrook bt G. Atkins 4 and 3, T. TeRiini bt A. Boyce 2 and 1, H. Labery bt Sharleen Marfell 2 and 1.
North Harbour 3 Otago 2. A. Boon lost to W. Hawkes 1 down, B. Park bt A. Hawkes 3 and 2, N. Storck bt L. McRae 3 and 2, C. Dobbyn bt S. Wilson 3 and 2, C. Baird lost to T. Lamb 4 and 3.
Final points: Bay of Plenty-Thames Valley 11, 23 games; Auckland 9, 19; North Harbour 8, 16; Canterbury 7, 16; Otago 4, 13; Northland 3, 10; Tasman 0, 5.
Semifinal draw: Waikato-King Country v Auckland, Bay of Plenty-Thames Valley v Wellington.
SOUTHERN CROSS CUP
(Wairakei)
Final round.-
NZ 4 1/2 South Africa 1 1/2, NZ names first, singles: T. Wilkinson all square with L. Oosthuizen, S. Hunt bt N. Le Grange 4 and 3, E. Lee bt J. van der Merwe 3 and 1, G. Paddison bt T. Aiken 3 and 1.
Foursomes: Paddison/Wilkinson bt Oosthuizen/van der Merwe 2 and 1, Lee/Hunt lost to Aiken/Le Grange 7 and 5.
Australia 5 1/2 Argentina 1/2, Australian names first, singles: A. Groom bt P. Lopez 3 and 1, S. Bowditch bt C. Carranza 1 up, L. Hickmott all square with J. Madero, M. Fraser bt Jaimes Nougues 4 and 3.
Foursomes: Bowditch/Hickmott bt Lopez/Nougues 4 and 3, Fraser/Green bt Carranza/Madero 4 and 3.
Final standings: Australia 2 1/2 points (12 1/2 individual matches) 1, New Zealand 2 (10 1/2) 2, Argentina 1 (6) 3, South Africa 1/2 (7) 4.
LAS VEGAS CLASSIC
(Las Vegas, Nevada)
Leading scores after second round of 90-hole tournament, at the Southern Highlands Golf Club (par-72) and the TPC at the Canyons (par-71), US unless stated.- Tom Lehman 63 62
127: Fred Couples 63 64
129: Chris DiMarco 68 61, John Daly 67 62
130: Craig Parry (Australia) 64 66
131: Robert Allenby (Australia) 66 65, Bob Estes 65 66, Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 64 67
132: Steve Flesch 65 67
133: Scott McCarron 68 65, Tom Pernice jun 64 69, Russ Cochran 67 66, Pete Jordan 67 66, Joe Durant 67 66
134: Greg Kraft 69 65, Cameron Beckman 67 67, Jim Carter 65 69, David Morland IV (Canada) 69 65, Michael Muehr 68 66, Chris Riley 69 65, Andrew Magee 67 67, Jason Gore 66 68, Joe Ogilvie 64 70, Davis Love III 69 65, Joel Edwards 71 63, Charles Howell III 66 68, Lee Janzen 67 67, Scott Verplank 67 67.
Also.- Grant Waite (NZ) 70 68
142: Craig Perks (NZ) 74 68
WORLD MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
(Wentworth, London)
First round: Padraig Harrington (Ireland) bt Nick Faldo (England) 9 and 8. (Harrington plays Darren Clarke (Nth Ireland) in 2nd round); Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) bt Adam Scott (Australia) 4 and 3. (Bjorn plays Lee Westwood (England) in 2nd round; Ian Woosnam (Wales) bt Retief Goosen (S Africa) 4 and 3. (Woosnam plays Colin Montgomerie (Scotland) in 2nd round; Sam Torrance (Scotland) bt Seve Ballesteros (Spain) 3 and 2. (Torrance plays Vijay Singh (Fiji) in 2nd round.
CANNES OPEN
(Cannes, France)
Leading scores after first round, par 72, Britain unless stated.- Lucas Parsons (Australia)
64: David Park
65: Henrik Bjornstad (Norway), Andrew Marshall
66: Roger Wessels (S Africa), Wayne Riley (Australia), Jeremy Robinson, Warren Bennett
67: Jorge Berendt (Argentina), Van Phillips, Paul Eales, Steven O'Hara, Johan Rystrom (Sweden), Stephen Dodd, Fredrik Henge (Sweden)
68: Bradley Dredge, Mark Pilkington, Lionel Alexandre (France), Dennis Edlund (Sweden), Scott Gardiner (Australia), Anders Forsbrand (Sweden), Robert Coles, Shaun Webster, Carl Suneson (Spain)
69: David Dixon, Jose Manuel Carriles (Spain), Matthew Blackey, Raphael Jacquelin (France), Daren Lee, Jean Francois Remesy (France), Peter Hanson (Sweden), Alastair Forsyth, Neil Cheetham, Roger Winchester, Thomas Levet (France), Soren Kjeldsen (Denmark), Ignacio Garrido (Spain), Olle Karlsson (Sweden)
Golf
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.