Hayden Meikle: Golf can't cure a hangover
Hayden Meikle: Golf can't cure a hangover
My head is throbbing and it's not from writing about golf for eight consecutive days.
Hayden Meikle
League: Ageless Warriors skipper still trying to improve his game
League: Ageless Warriors skipper still trying to improve his game
Otago Daily Times sports editor Hayden Meikle today starts a monthly series in which he meets the great and good of New Zealand sport. He begins the series with a chat to Warriors captain Steve Price.
Golf: Caddy steps into keep Alker on course
Golf: Caddy steps into keep Alker on course
Steve Alker had Johnny on the spot to thank yesterday.
Hayden Meikle: Top 10 Nationwide Tour facts
Hayden Meikle: Top 10 Nationwide Tour facts
Neither you nor I knew much at all about this Nationwide Tour before the start of this week.
Golf: Charles in trouble, Lee coming back
Golf: Charles in trouble, Lee coming back
Danny Lee is hovering near the cut zone but Sir Bob Charles looks certain to bow out of the New Zealand Open later today.
Golf: Illness behind him, Demsey earns spot at head of field
Golf: Illness behind him, Demsey earns spot at head of field
Six years ago, Todd Demsey was undergoing brain surgery to begin the removal of a tumour.
Golf: Back in the land of mortals
Golf: Back in the land of mortals
What, no miracle? Danny Lee proved a timely reminder of his mere mortality as he carded a respectable if unspectacular one-under-par 71 at the New Zealand Open yesterday.
Golf: American defies wind to share lead
Golf: American defies wind to share lead
Alex Prugh disobeyed the laws of golf yesterday.
Hayden Meikle: This seems such a cruel game
Hayden Meikle: This seems such a cruel game
I knew golf was cruel but it took the first round of the New Zealand Open to really expose it to me.
Golf: Wind affects afternoon Open field
Golf: Wind affects afternoon Open field
Gusty wind has made it difficult for the afternoon field to have an impact on the first day of the New Zealand Open.
Golf: Lee favourite but contenders aplenty line up
Golf: Lee favourite but contenders aplenty line up
Everyone is hoping to see something special from Danny Lee, but any number of American and Australian golfers are lining up to make their own noise at the New Zealand Open.
Golf: Open's boy in the back room
Golf: Open's boy in the back room
Michael Hill saved the New Zealand Open but Bob Tuohy has the job of making sure it doesn't sink again.
Golf: Tour can be brutal, but Aussie battler loves it
Golf: Tour can be brutal, but Aussie battler loves it
Australian Michael Moore is in his debut season on the Australasian Tour and is about to play in his first New Zealand Open. Sports editor Hayden Meikle talks to the little Aussie battler.
Hayden Meikle: Welcome to the Arctic south
Hayden Meikle: Welcome to the Arctic south
Go follow the golf, they said.
Golf: Keen for Kiwi to take title
Golf: Keen for Kiwi to take title
Mahal Pearce was the last New Zealander to win the New Zealand Open but he suspects the drought is about to break.
Golf: Hunter Haas hungry for another taste of the PGA
Golf: Hunter Haas hungry for another taste of the PGA
Hunter Haas has tasted the rare air of the PGA Tour and is "starving" to get back to the top.
Hayden Meikle: First glimpse of the new Tiger
Hayden Meikle: First glimpse of the new Tiger
It was the excited little Asian lady running past me that provided the obvious sign Danny Lee was not far away.
Golf: Pender set to join top players in Arrowtown
Golf: Pender set to join top players in Arrowtown
Tauranga golfer Jared Pender has qualified for the New Zealand Open a week after getting into the New Zealand PGA through the same route.
Golf: Paddison hopes to put putting right
Golf: Paddison hopes to put putting right
Gareth Paddison hopes a wayward putter will come right in time to mount a serious tilt at the New Zealand Open this week.
Golf: Isenhour hoping to enjoy his Arrowtown trip
Golf: Isenhour hoping to enjoy his Arrowtown trip
Tripp Isenhour has the sort of name that suggest a golfing personality and he hopes to show a game to match at The Hills this week.