Golf: Fox shows signs of things to come
Golf: Fox shows signs of things to come
Michael Hendry took the honours but another New Zealander made a significant impression at The Hills at the weekend.
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Plans for expanded, three-course tournament
Plans for expanded, three-course tournament
The inaugural NZ PGA Pro-am Championship brought more than 9000 people through the gates at The Hills over the four-day tournament and organisers have a new three-course format planned for next year.
Golf: Quadruple bogey, but Hendry survives
Golf: Quadruple bogey, but Hendry survives
Michael Hendry knew the 16th hole would be tricky, but the NZ PGA Championship winner wasn't prepared for the Hollywood drama that almost cost him the prize.
Golf: Martin retains lead in NZ PGA
Golf: Martin retains lead in NZ PGA
Australians Andrew Martin and Brody Ninyette spent the entire day partnered up on the golf course and came out of day three of the PGA Championship within a shot of each other.
Golf: Martin 'pretty happy' with five-shot lead
Golf: Martin 'pretty happy' with five-shot lead
Upsets and surprises came from the PGA Championship leaderboard yesterday as 62 of the tournament's professionals tore through to make the final cut, but it was Australian Andrew Martin who finished clear in front.
Golf: Yippee, a hole in one – but what a difference a day makes
Golf: Yippee, a hole in one – but what a difference a day makes
Australia's Andrew Kelly was a day early when he sank a hole in one on the 10th green at The Hills yesterday.
Golf: Brown holds Aussies at bay
Golf: Brown holds Aussies at bay
New Zealand's Mark Brown goes into day two of the NZ PGA Championship today in the lead after a fine morning at The Hills yesterday.
Plenty of action at pro-am
Plenty of action at pro-am
It is no secret the golf professionals enjoy Queenstown as one of the foremost golfing centres in New Zealand, but this week's pro-am championship is shaping up to be one for the crowds as well.
Central Otago School Champs, Cromwell, March 28
Central Otago School Champs, Cromwell, March 28
Golf: Quality play expected at new-format tournament
Golf: Quality play expected at new-format tournament
New Zealand golf welcomes its newest arrival today, as 132 professionals tee off in the inaugural NZ PGA Pro-Am Championship.
Pros to give golf guidance to young fans
Pros to give golf guidance to young fans
Keen young golfers will get the chance to get up close to their professional golf heroes this week, during the PGA Championship to start at The Hills tomorrow.
Business set to boom
Business set to boom
Arrowtown businesses are preparing for a golfing frenzy as The Hills' inaugural PGA championship and celebrity golf tournament begins tomorrow.
Golf: Paddison says PGA anyone's
Golf: Paddison says PGA anyone's
As play looms for the New Zealand PGA Championship, New Zealand's leader on the order of merit table hopes the groundsmen get it just right for the tournament start tomorrow.
Golf: High hopes held for inaugural event
Golf: High hopes held for inaugural event
Some of Australasian golf's top-ranked players and one Hollywood star flew into Queenstown yesterday ahead of the New Zealand PGA Championship starting at The Hills on Thursday.
Back for the high and the scenery
Back for the high and the scenery
Some might say she is crazy coming back for more, but last year's 160km Northburn Ultra marathon race winner says she is a sucker for punishment.
Contractors to revisit 'unsightly' new-look road
Contractors to revisit 'unsightly' new-look road
The project manager working for the Queenstown Lakes District Council on Arrowtown's Adamson Dr admits construction could have been done differently.
Cycling: Horgan rapt to win Oceania time trial title
Cycling: Horgan rapt to win Oceania time trial title
Despite being surrounded by green and gold at the starting line, Christchurch cyclists Samuel Horgan and Paul Odlin dominated the podium in Queenstown yesterday for the Oceania road championship time trial.
Give way explained
Give way explained
Queenstown has its fair share of overseas drivers adjusting to New Zealand road rules so the Queenstown Times thought it may be a good time to explain the new give-way changes to be introduced next weekend.
Pilot declined CAA interview over Queenstown incident
Pilot declined CAA interview over Queenstown incident
The pilot charged with careless use of an aircraft in an outbound flight from Queenstown almost two years ago declined to be interviewed by the Civil Aviation Authority about the incident, the authority's general manager told the Queenstown District Court this morning.
Expert witnesses disagree over anti-ice procedure
Expert witnesses disagree over anti-ice procedure
A disagreement between three expert witnesses on whether anti-icing procedures should have been carried out dominated court proceedings yesterday in Queenstown in the prosecution of a pilot charged with operating his Pacific Blue Boeing 737 jet carelessly.