Golf

TOWER MEN'S INTERPROVINCIAL
(Ngamotu, New Plymouth)

Round six.-

Otago 4 1/2 Poverty Bay-East Coast 1/2 (Otago names first): C. Idour bt D. Milner 3/2, C. Palmer and S. Donnelly all square, B. McEwan bt S. Jenkins 1 up, B. Grant bt T. Akroyd 4/3, B. Gallie bt C. Jeffrey 5/4.

Bay of Plenty 3 Manawatu-Wanganui 2: (J. An bt H. Robertson 6/4, G. Kinghorn lost to R. Kauika 3/2, A. McNair bt C. van der Nagel 2/1, N. Davey bt M. Wells 4/3, K. Skellern lost to T. Wilkinson 2/1.

Taranaki 3 Southland 2: (B. Martelletti lost to S. Rutherford 2 down, J. Kearns bt G. Creedy 6/5, N. Bennett bt E. Clark 2/1, M. Martin bt W. Ruru 3/1, R. MacRae lost to S. Kim 2/1.

Tasman 0 Waikato 5: (C. Taylor lost to E. Woolf 5/4, N. Riddell lost to M. Purser 3/2, A. Woolley lost to G. Millin 3/1, W. Bowie lost to B. Shilton 6/5, G. Delany lost to M. Holten 1 down.

North Harbour 1 Auckland 4: (J. Carmichael lost to A. Lawson 1 down, S. Johnson bt G. Sisson 5/3, P. Mosley lost to C. Osborne 1 down, S. Sullivan lost to F. Schwanner 1 down, C. Johns lost to L. Holzer 2 down.

Canterbury 1 1/2 Wellington 3 1/2: (M. Peter lost to L. Scott 5/4, M. Walkington bt P. Smithson 3/2, A. Hobbs lost to S. Richards 3/1, A. Doyle and R Hislop all square, E. Lee lost to J. Cane 4/3.

Byes: Northland, Hawkes Bay, Aorangi.

Points: Waikato 4 1/2 points, 20 1/2 individual games, Wellington 4 (18), Otago 4 (18), Bay of Plenty 3 1/2 (16), Manawatu-Wanganui 3 1/2 (15), Hawkes Bay 3 (16), Auckland 3 (12 1/2), North Harbour 3 (12 1/2), Canterbury 3 (12), Taranaki 2 (13), Southland 2 (12), Tasman 2 (9), Northland 1 1/2 (7 1/2), Aorangi 0 (4), Poverty Bay-East Coast 0 (4).

Today's draw: Aorangi v Hawkes Bay, Northland v Otago, Tasman v Manawatu-Wanganui, Bay of Plenty v Waikato.

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AUSTRALIAN OPEN (Gold Coast)

Early scores after round two, par 71, 6182m, a=amateur).-

136: G. Ogilvy (Vic) 71 65.

139: S. Appleby (Vic) 69 70.

140: P. Lonard (NSW) 68 72, B. Rumford (WA) 73 67

142: B. Andrews (Qld) 67 75.

143: M. Ecob (NSW) 73 70, T. Bjorn (Denmark) 76 67, A. Scott (Qld) 73 70, N. O'Hern (WA) 71 72.

144: M. Brown (NZ) 72 72.

146: M. Long (NZ) 72 74.

T. Christie (NZ) 72 74.

147: M. Etherington (NSW) 73 74, P. Devenport (NZ) 73 74, D. Diaz (Vic) 73 74, J. Riley (Qld) 79 68, S. Jeffress (NSW) 74 73.