Golf

TOWER INTERPROVINCIAL MEN'S TOURNAMENT

(Ngamotu, New Plymouth)

Round five.-

Canterbury 4 Auckland 1 (Canterbury names first): M. Peter bt A. Lawson 3 and 2, M. Walkington bt G. Sisson 5 and 4, A. Hobbs bt C. Osborne 3 and 2, A. Doyle bt F. Schwanner 2-up, E. Lee lost to L. Holzer 3 and 2.

Bay of Plenty 2 1/2 Northland 2 1/2 (BoP names first): J. An lost to I. Power 1 down, G. Kinghorn and M. Perrin all square, A. McNair and J. Hay all square, N. Davey bt S. 0'Shea 1-up, K. Skellern and A. Tait all square.

Southland 1 1/2 Wellington 3 1/2 (Southland names first): S. Rutherford bt L. Scott 3 and 1, G. Creedy lost to P. Smithson 3 and 2, E. Clark lost to S. Richards 6 and 4, W. Ruru lost to R. Hislop 6 and 5, S. Kim and J. Cane all square.

Taranaki 2 Hawkes Bay 3 (Taranaki names first): B. Martelletti and N. Radonich all square, J. Kearns bt D. Holloway 3 and 2, N. Bennett lost to G. Penrose 2 and 1, M. Martin lost to D. Turley 6 and 4, R. MacRae and R. Squire all square.

Manawatu-Wanganui 5 Poverty Bay-East Coast 0 (Manawatu-Wanganui names first): H. Robertson bt D. Milner 7 and 6, R. Kauika bt S. Donnelly 6 and 5, C. van der Nagel bt S. Jenkins 2 and 1, M. Wells bt T. Akroyd 2-up, T. Wilkinson bt C. Jeffrey 8 and 6.

North Harbour 4 Aorangi 1 (North Harbour names first): J. Carmichael bt C. Dickens 4 and 3, S. Johnson bt M. Scott 6 and 4, P. Mosley bt M. Rawson 3 and 2, S. Sullivan bt M. Davis 5 and 4, C. Johns lost to D. Perham 4 and 3.

Waikato 2 1/2 Otago 2 1/2 (Waikato names first): E. Woolf bt C. Idour 7 and 6, M. Purser bt C. Palmer 2 and 1, G. Millin lost to B. McEwan 3 and 2, B. Shilton lost to B. Grant 3 and 2, M. Holten and B. Gallie all square.

Tasman, bye.

Points: Waikato 3 1/2 (15 1/2 individual games), Hawkes Bay 3 (16), Wellington 3 (14 1/2), Otago 3 (13 1/2), North Harbour 3 (11 1/2), Canterbury 3 (10 1/2), Bay of Plenty 2 1/2 (13), Manawatu-Wanganui 2 1/2 (13), Southland 2 (10), Tasman 2 (9), Auckland 2 (8 1/2), Northland 1 1/2 (7 1/2), Taranaki 1 (10), Aorangi 0 (4), Poverty Bay-East Coast 0 (3 1/2).


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AUSTRALIAN OPEN

(Grand club, Gold Coast)

Leading round-one scores, par-71, 6182m (a-denotes amateur, Australian unless stated).-

66: E. Els (South Africa), R. Pampling.

67: B. Andrews.

68: M. Wright, B. Ogle, P. Lonard.

69: S. Laycock, M. Cain, S. Hend, S. Bouvier, S. Appleby, S. Gardiner.

70: B. Kennedy.

71: A. McKenzie (a), M. Pearce (NZ), G. Paddison (NZ), G. Chalmers, R. Allenby, K. Woodbine, G. Ogilvy, N. O'Hern.

72: J. Sutherland, C. Jones, A. Buckle (a), T. Price, C. Parry, G. Dodd, M. Brown (NZ), A. Le Vesconte, R. Green, M. Long (NZ), L. McKechnie, T. Christie (NZ).

Also.-

73: R. Lee (NZ), P. Devenport (NZ)

76: M. Pettigrew (NZ).

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ASIAN OPEN

(Taiwan)

Leading first-round scores, par-72.-

68: S. Delagrange (France)

69: T. Johnstone (Zimbabwe), G. Clark (Britain), J. Spence (Britain)

70: B. Lane (Britain), J. Maria Olazabal (Spain), G. Evans (Britain), M. Angel Jimenez (Spain), S. Scahill (NZ)

Also.-

72: M. Campbell (NZ)

73: E. Boult (NZ).