Golf: Chun and Osborne earn starts

Auckland professionals Kevin Chun and Clarke Osborne and Australians Paul Marantz and Peter Wilson earned starts in the NZ PGA Championship at Clearwater after heading the pre-qualifying field at Shirley (Christchurch) yesterday.

Chun, a New Zealand Eisenhower amateur representative in 2004, fired the best round, a six-under 66, while Marantz carded 67 and Wilson and Osborne both had 68.

No playoff was needed with only four spots available for the 57 who attempted to pre-qualify at the Christchurch Golf Club.