Top qualifier Terry Kim will play Harry Smith while Connor Ross will take on Joseph Hancock in the semifinals of the Otago schools championship on Chisholm Links this morning.
Terry Kim played solidly in gusting winds at Chisholm Links yesterday to qualify in top position in the Otago schools championships.
Canterbury finished strongly, winning all five games against Bay of Plenty in the final to take the title in the Toro women's interprovincial tournament which finished on the Ashburton course on Saturday.
Otago No1 Duncan Croudis may have played his last game as an amateur in the national interprovincial in Invercargill last week as he makes a deliberate move to embark on a professional career.
With one round of section play to go, three teams have already booked places in the semifinals.
The Waikato women's team is on target to emulate the men's team and win the Toro interprovincial tournament which continues on the Ashburton golf course today.
Canterbury in section one and Manawatu-Wanganui in section two are the only teams to post two wins on the first day of the women's national interprovincial in fine conditions in Ashburton yesterday.
The Otago men's golf team was once again the bridesmaid when it lost the final of the interprovincial tournament to Waikato in wet and windy conditions on the Otatara course in Invercargill on Saturday afternoon.
The Otago men's golf team beat Northland by 3 to 1 on the Otatara course in Invercargill yesterday morning to take top spot in section two and ensure a place in the semifinals of the Toro interprovincial this morning.
Otago continued on its winning way yesterday, beating Hawkes Bay 4-1 in the fifth round of the men's national interprovincial tournament on the Otatara Links in Invercargill yesterday.
Otago hit the lead in section two with three wins from three outings in the men's national interprovincial tournament after two victories in scorching conditions on the Otatara course near Invercargill yesterday.
Otago made a solid start with a 4-1 win over Taranaki in the second round of the national men's interprovincial tournament on the Otatara course in Invercargill yesterday.
Otago will be out to score the double when the top quintet tees off against Taranaki this afternoon in the 2015 national interprovincial tournament on the Otatara course in Invercargill.
Chisholm Links will host next year's Freyberg Masters tournament despite doubts its fairways will not be up to scratch.
The Otago selectors have rewarded the quintet which won the SBS interprovincial strokeplay championship at Otatara in Invercargill during the weekend and retained the same five for the Toro match play event on the same course on December 1-5.
Otago ended a 35-year drought when the top men's quintet won the SBS Invitational team tournament on the Otatara course in Invercargill during the weekend.
The challenge for the Otago men's golf team will be to improve its stroke play performance in Invercargill this weekend.
Bay of Plenty scored six points and 27 games to win the Freyberg Masters (over-40) men's interprovincial tournament on the Ngamotu course in New Plymouth yesterday.
The Otago masters (over-40) men's golf team has plummeted out of contention, losing both games on the penultimate day of competition at the Freyberg Masters tournament on the Ngamotu course in New Plymouth yesterday.
The Otago men's masters (over 40) team halved with Northland in the Freyberg Rosebowl on the Ngamotu course in New Plymouth yesterday.
