A sensational birdie-birdie finish has given Inia Logan the South Island under-19 and under-17 titles in a three-round championship which finished on the Coringa course in Christchurch yesterday.
The Otago men's under-19 team took control as it opened up an eight-shot lead over Canterbury on the second day of competition in the South Island age-group tournament at the Coringa course in Christchurch yesterday.
The Southland women's team retained the Salisbury Cup with an emphatic win over Otago in the annual match on the Otatara course in Invercargill on Sunday.
Newcomer Island Park posted its first win in the metropolitan men's senior A pennant series, beating Taieri 4.5 1.5 on the Island Park course yesterday morning.
Australian professional Tarquin MacManus and Tauranga amateur Karl Knedler qualified to compete in the New Zealand Open after winning the final qualifier in ideal conditions on the Cromwell golf course yesterday.
Denzel Ieremia (St Andrews) celebrated his 19th birthday in style winning the South Island men's championship by 10strokes over four rounds in fine conditions at St Clair during the weekend.
Momoka Kobori (Rangiora) led from the outset to win the South Island women's golf championship which was played in fine conditions over four rounds at St Clair during the weekend.
One of the most impressive fields seen in Otago for several years will tee off in the South Island men's and women's championships on the St Clair course tomorrow.
The Chisholm Park golf course is being damaged by a plague of rabbits, leaving burrows and scrapes all over the course.
Nick Borren (Otago), Sungwoo Han (Queenstown) and Scott Hellier (Gore) have all qualified to compete in the next stage of qualifying for the New Zealand Open after heading a 14-strong field in windy conditions at Chisholm Park yesterday.
A handful of hopefuls will tee off at Chisholm Park this morning with the aim of qualifying for the New Zealand Open at The Hills and Millbrook in March.
Otago golf can only lament the departure of James Anstiss (Queenstown) after he romped to a five-shot win in the Otago men's championship over 72 holes at Balmacewen during the weekend.
Otago's top golfers will be playing for pride and the title when they tee off in the province's strokeplay championships at Balmacewen this weekend.
The six golfers who represented Otago and finished second in the New Zealand interprovincial tournament in Hamilton earlier this month dominate the senior order of merit list for 2014.
Duncan Croudis (Otago) and Brent McEwan (St Clair) have been selected in the Otago two-man team to compete in the Grant Clements Memorial tournament to be played at Mount Maunganui on February 14-15.
Conor Jamison (Chisholm Park) came from behind to beat Cromwell junior Inia Logan on the second playoff hole of the final to win the Otago schoolboys' matchplay title at Chisholm Park yesterday afternoon.
Ten days after finishing second in the national interprovincial tournament in Hamilton, the Otago men's team has received a severe blow with the news No 2 James Anstiss will be unavailable for the next three years.
Otago remains unbeaten after the second day of competition in the Toro men's interprovincial tournament being played on the North Shore course this week.
Auckland repeated history on Saturday by overcoming a spirited North Harbour side to win the New Zealand women's interprovincial at the Riverside Golf Club in Hamilton.
Home side Waikato was the final team to book its place in the semifinals of the New Zealand women's interprovincial at the Riverside Golf Club in Hamilton.
