The 2025 Men's Champions of Otago

The 2025 Men's Champions of Otago was held recently at Lower Waitaki Golf Club.

A fresh dusting of snow on the hill tops didn't hold back the 87 man field.

In the gross stableford division, the team from Otago Golf Club consisting of Duncan Croudis, Mike Burrows, and Bruce Grant proved too strong with a  team score of 79. They beat runner-ups Taieri Lakes (Josh Boath, Craig Stringer, and Darren Smeaton) by just 2 points on 77.

Island Park's Michael Minty recorded the low round of the day with even par 72 and 36 Gross Stableford points.

In the nett division, Allan Grange (Toby Allan, Stu Benington, Graham Brown) finished in third place with a team score of 98. In second place, just one point ahead on 99 was the team from Twelve Oaks (Brendon Cross, Matt Butcher, John Stringer). Local favourites Lower Waitaki (Carter Muldrew, Dylan Winter, Gordon Greaney) arose to the top with a score of 100.

Lower Waitaki's Gordon Greaney and North Otago's Allan Lindsay lead the way with 38 stableford points each.