Shani Arona, No 2 in the Otago women's golf team which finished seventh in the national interprovincial last week, scored 75 and 72 to win the provincial champion of champions title at Arrowtown yesterday.
It was a rags-to-riches story for Otago women's golf when the top quintet finished with six points and 14 games and then won a play-off with Canterbury to finish seventh in the women's interprovincial on the Grange course in Auckland at the weekend.
The Otago women's team finished this year's interprovincial tournament in style, posting two emphatic wins in its final appearance on the Grange course in Auckland yesterday.
Otago posted its first win in four years by beating neighbours Southland 3-2 in the third round of the women's interprovincial tournament on the Grange course in Auckland yesterday morning.
Duncan Croudis (Otago) continued his winning way by beating Cameron Grant (Ashburton) 4 and 3 to win the Otago schoolboys title in Cromwell yesterday.
Andrew Stewart (Omokoroa) looked to have slipped from contention in the Taieri Classic after carding 75 and 79 in the first two rounds on Saturday, but he bounced back with rounds of 69 and 68 yesterday to secure the win.
Thomas Facer (Otago) took gross honours by winning a play-off from Brad Nicholson (Arrowtown) after both finished tied on 2-over-par 144 in the Chisholm Park men's tournament yesterday.
The selection of four young golfers is the feature of the Otago women's team which will compete in the New Zealand interprovincial tournament to be played on The Grange course in Auckland from October 6 to 10.
Brent McEwan (St Clair) made an impressive return to the top of Otago golf, blitzing the field in the final round to win the North Otago tournament played over 72 holes in Oamaru at the weekend.
With rounds of 71, 74 and 70, Duncan Croudis (Otago) finished 1-under-par on 215 to win the New Zealand men's under-19 championship by two shots from Andrew Priestley (Waitemata) and Ryan Chisnall (Greenacres) on the North Shore course at Albany yesterday.
Kristin School, from North Harbour, won the national secondary schools golf final, finishing three shots ahead of Macleans College (Auckland) on the Manukau course yesterday.
The Otago Golf Club team of Duncan Croudis, James Ayling and Chris Marslin finished with 88 gross stableford points to win the Otago Champion of Champions final over 18 holes in North Otago on Sunday.
Otago's country golfers convincingly beat the top town team in Wanaka on Sunday, winning 15.5-8.5.
After an absence of more than 110 years a St Andrews Cross trophy was returned to the Otago Golf Club last week.
Daniel Perham (Highfield) came out of "retirement" to beat Timaru schoolboy Tim Leonard in the final to win the South Island senior matchplay title on the Levels course in Timaru yesterday.
Cody Harper (Invercargill) is well on the way to defending his title with two good wins on the first day of matches in the South Island matchplay championship on the Levels course in Timaru yesterday.
A strong team effort gave the Otago girls' team the winners' medals in the South Island age-group interprovincial tournament which was reduced to one round in Methven at the weekend.
After an evenly-matched contest over two rounds on the Oreti Sands course in Invercargill on Sunday, the Otago and Southland women's teams tied the fixture 8-8 allowing Southland to retain the Salisbury Cup.
With rounds of 72, 67 and 67, Vaughan McCall (Gore) added the South Island Under-19 title to his recent string of wins, finishing 10-under-par on the Levels course in Timaru over the past three days.
The top Taieri quartet won the Otago district final of the national interclub event by a single stroke from Chisholm Park in the 18 hole event which was played at Taieri yesterday.
