Omanu Golf Club in the Bay of Plenty will be the venue for the 2017 New Zealand Mid Amateur Men’s and Women’s Championship.
This is an excellent venue in the heart of Mt Maunganui – a popular beach and golfing destination.
Dates have been for January 13-15, securing a Friday-to-Sunday slot in mid-January in a similar fashion to this year's Mid Am in Mangawhai.
Brad Shilton topped off his best payday as a golfer with a runaway victory in the Harewood Open in Christchurch.
The Auckland professional had the previous week finished third to American Brandt Snedeker in the Fiji International which earned him $A71,000 ($NZ76,000).
New Zealand’s prospects for next year’s Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Wellington look strong following last month’s event in South Korea.
The Royal Wellington Golf Club will host next year’s Asia-Pacific Amateur, the world’s most televised amateur golf event, and anticipation has only been heightened with solid performances by the New Zealanders in South Korea.
New Zealand was tied with the United States when finishing sixth in the Eisenhower Trophy.
The tournament, officially named the world amateur teams’ championship, was held in Mexico last month.
The New Zealand team comprised Luke Toomey, Nick Voke and Ryan Chisnall.
In a format where the best two scores counted towards the team’s score over four rounds, New Zealand finished at 15 under par. That was only four shots shy of second-placed England.
Australia was a runaway winner with a score of 38 under par.
Two brilliant rounds paved the way for club professional Dominic Barson to win the Taranaki Open, the opening event of this season’s Charles Tour.
Barson tied the course record on day two of the tournament when scoring an eight-under par 64 at the New Plymouth Golf Club at Ngamotu.
Developing better and more capable Golf Club managers was the primary focus of the 2016 Golf Managers Association of New Zealand, 7th Biennial Conference that took place inWellington between August 28 and August 30 2016. The Conference attracted a number of New Zealand’s renowned sports and business leaders as presenters and just on 100 golf club manager delegates and golf industry personnel.
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It was another trophy for Lydia Ko’s cabinet.
The latest was the Rolex Annika Major Award as the best performer in the year’s five majors.
The award is named after one of the game’s former greats, Annika Sorenstam and she was on hand to present the trophy to Ko after the year’s final major, The Evian Championship in France last month.
Golfsmith, the largest dedicated golf retailer in North America, has filed for bankruptcy.
Golfsmith previously had 109 stories in the United States and 55 in Canada. It employed about 2300 people. The bankruptcy comes on the heels of Nike announcing it would no longer manufacture golf equipment and would return to its core of apparel and shoes.
In addition, Sports Authority, once the largest US sporting-goods chain, moved to close down after failing to emerge from bankruptcy this year. Sports Chalet, a chain of about 50 locations, also liquidated this year.
It’s not much fun waiting on the practice putting green to see if you have won — just ask Caroline Masson.
Masson scored a brilliant five-under par 67 in the final round of the LPGA Classic in Canada last month to stall off three others who ended up being tied for second.
New Zealand finished in the top half of the field for the Espirito Santo Trophy in Mexico.
The world amateur teams’ event for women, held at Riviera Mayo, was dominated by South Korea.
Michael Campbell is making a comeback.
It won’t be in the open ranks against the likes of Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy or Jason Day — unless something dramatic occurs.
Instead it will be the seniors’ tour for players aged at least 50.
There was a dramatic finish to the women’s division of the New Zealand Under-19 Championship with Focus Jonglikit (pictured) of Waikato prevailing.
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Daniel Hillier went into the final round of the New Zealand Under-19 Championship in Nelson six shots from the lead and virtually out of discussion as a contender.
But like a horse race at Trentham the leaders found the home straight a long one and charging from the back was Hillier.
Six of New Zealand’s top ranked amateur golfers will travel to Korea next month for the eighth edition of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship.
The six are Nick Voke (Auckland), Ryan Chisnall (Tasman), Luke Toomey (Waikato), Nick Coxon (Waikato), Daniel Hillier (Wellington) and Luke Brown (Northland).
A Hong Kong tournament has been added to the PGA Tour of China, making it the tour’s first event outside mainland China.
The event is the Clearwater Bay Open which will be staged at the Clearwater Bay Golf and Country Club from October 31-November 6.
When Justin Rose won the 2013 United States Open he earned more than $US1.4 million in prizemoney. It amounted to virtually $NZ2 million.
But when the Briton won the Olympic gold medal for golf at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil last month there was not a single dollar involved. And it didn’t matter.
Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland, hailed as the most challenging course on the British Open rota, has been given the go-ahead for a major redevelopment of its golf centre, with works due to be completed in time for The Open Championship in 2018.
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New Zealand golfers Danny Lee and Ryan Fox finished their Olympic campaign in Rio de Janeiro on a high note.
Lee shot a solid two under par 69 to finish 27th equal in what was an exciting week for the Kiwi number one golfer.
His round once again involved the odd bad hole mixed in with some exciting shotmaking which included five birdies.