Andrew Hobbs has thrived on the matchplay trial format, winning all four matches including wins over last year's leading pair at Chisholm Park at the weekend.
Despite ending a three-year drought with a win over Manawatu-Wanganui on Wednesday, Otago still faces the prospect of coming away with the wooden spoon from the Toro women's interprovincial tournament, which continues on the Nelson course this morning.
The Otago team ended a long drought with a 3-2 win over Manawatu-Wanganui in the third round of the women's interprovincial tournament in Nelson yesterday.
Otago's schoolgirl golfers will hold the key to an improved performance in the national women's interprovincial tournament which begins on the Nelson Golf Course this morning.
Vaughan McCall (Gore) finished strongly to beat Tyrone Ratahi (Otago) on the 16th green to win the Otago schoolboys championship at Cromwell yesterday.
Owen Burgess (Russley) led from the start to win gross honours in the New Zealand Eagles under-17 tournament played over 54 holes on the Taieri course over the last two days.
Forty-seven under-17 players will converge on the Taieri course this morning for the first two rounds of the national junior Eagles championship over 54 holes.
St Clair entered the final round of the Otago Coastal men's senior A pennant series with a very healthy lead, but put this year's title beyond doubt with a resounding 6 to 2 win over Otago at St Clair on Saturday.
Otago's golfers showed some of their best form in recent years to come away from the men's triangular series with a clean sweep at Cromwell during the weekend.
Rain and a water-logged Wainouiomata course caused the New Zealand men's under-19 championship to be abandoned on Saturday.
New Plymouth Boys High School successfully defended its national intercollegiate title over 36 holes on the Hutt golf course in Wellington yesterday.
St Clair holds a handy lead in the men's Otago Coastal Senior A pennant series with two rounds to play.
Otago women's selectors have named two schoolgirl golfers in the five-strong women's team to compete in the national interprovincial at the Nelson golf course on October 7 to 11.
Southland caused an upset in the first round of the women's quadrangular golf tournament by beating Canterbury by a 10-to-6 margin on the Chisholm Park golf links yesterday.
Otago beat Taieri by 4.5 to 3.5 games at Taieri on Saturday to keep the Otago Coastal Senior A men's pennant series alive.
The town women golfers had a convincing 8 to 4 win over the Otago country golfers in the annual match which was played over 18 holes on the St Clair course yesterday.
Two of Otago's famous golfing sons have taken up positions in Golf Otago with a view to lifting the standard of the men's game in the province after the team had a lacklustre performance in the national interprovincial championships last year.
North Otago fired in two catch-up games, beating Chisholm Park by 4.5 to 3.5 at North Otago on Saturday, to climb into third place at the halfway stage of the Otago Coastal senior A men's pennant series.
The Otago Club's senior players, as well as the Coastal Senior A pennant series, received a reprieve when Otago beat St Clair 4.5-3.5 at Balmacewen on Saturday.
A magical six-iron approach to within centimetres of the cup gave Cody Harper (Invercargill) an easy birdie three on the final hole to win the South Island matchplay title on the Levels course in Timaru yesterday.
