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MICHAEL HILL NZ OPEN WINNER ROBERT GATES - MARCH 2010
GATES TAKES
NEW ZEALAND
OPEN TITLE IN
TENSE FINISH
Robert Gates saw a six-shot lead with 11
holes to play whittled away by Australian
                                             Jamie Lovemark, whose four-under 68
                                             matched the best of the day.
                                                                                          hazard and suffering more mishaps
                                                                                          before holing out.
                                                                                                                                        “I felt good enough out there though it
                                                                                                                                        might not look like it. I hit almost every
                                                                                                                                                                                     gives me encouragement that I’m doing
                                                                                                                                                                                     things right.’’
Andrew Dodt in the final round of the                                                                                                   shot where I was looking to hit it – the
                                             Victorian Michael Curtain dropped three      Even then the Australian was not                                                           Dodt was gracious in defeat, saying
Michael Hill New Zealand Open, but the                                                                                                  only mishit was at 16 when it went into
                                             shots in four holes midway through the       finished. He holed a 22ft birdie putt at                                                   he had met Gates for the first time on
2m American stood tall down the final                                                                                                   the water.’’
                                             round to finish alone in fourth place on     the last, ensuring the American could                                                      Saturday. “He’s a great guy and I’m
two holes to win by a shot.
                                             11-under 277, a shot ahead of fellow         not afford to miss his 3 footer forpar. The   “It was tough conditions and the wind        happy for him – I wish him all the best.’’
It was the first Nationwide Tour event       Victorian, Mark Hensby. The leading          putt was true from time it left the putter.   made it a great challenge. Andrew            Dodt, an Asian Tour player for the last
for the 24-year-old Florida-raised,          New Zealander for the third time the                                                       started to make putts when he needed
                                                                                          “It was no more than three feet and I hit                                                  two years, said he never gave up even
Texas-based Gates and, apart from            tournament has been played at The Hills                                                    to and it tightened up quick but in the
                                                                                          a great chip (from back of 18th green).                                                    when trailing by six shots, but added
the first purse of $US108,000 in the         was Mount Maunganui’s Josh Gearry,                                                         end I was happy how it ended up.’’
                                                                                          I told Andrew’s caddy before he putted                                                     that he “missed heaps of putts.’
$US600,000 tournament, the rookie            whose two-under 70 left him seven-
professional has earned a full exemption                                                  it that he was going to make it because       Gates said just winning was more             “If someone said I’d be second at the
                                             under and in a tie for ninth.                                                              satisfying than any of the rewards that
on the United States secondary tour for                                                   he had played great all day and I have                                                     end of the week I’d be pretty happy with
two years and a three-year exemption         When Gates had his first double-bogey        to give him a lot of credit.                  accompanied it.                              that.’’
on the Australasian Tour.                    of the tournament on the par-3 16th hole                                                   “The trophy is nice and the cheque helps,
                                                                                          “He fought very hard and made a great                                                      He said his disaster at the 17th was the
                                             – his tee shot went into the hazard – he                                                   but just knowing this week that I was        result of a” terrible tee shot’’.
Despite a four-over back nine of 39 and                                                   putt at the last and I really had to focus.
                                             was caught by Dodt, who parred the hole                                                    able to play against some of the greatest
a final round of two-over 74, Gates held                                                  I can’t tell you how many three-footers
                                             after almost finding the creek himself.                                                    golfers in the world and I was the best
off Dodt, who had a disastrous double-                                                    I’ve hit in my life-time, but that’s one I
bogey on the par-17th after drawing          The swing went the other way on the          will definitely remember. I practice them
level with the leader after 70 holes, by a   penultimate hole, Gates holing an 8ft        a lot and I told myself it’s just another
shot, finishing on 14-under 274, a stroke    par putt after driving into the hazard and   three-footer so get up there and hit it
ahead of Dodt and two clear of American      Dodt dropping two after finding the same     straight in and it went in,’’ Gates said.
MICHAEL HILL NZ OPEN WINNER ROBERT GATES - MARCH 2010
LEGENDARY GOLFER LIVES UP TO EXPECTATIONS
England’s Laura Davies came to the Pegasus New Zealand Women’s               turn with the 24-year-old Kemp having had three birdies on the front       a bet. She didn’t know if he had followed her sage advice.
Open with a star billing and showed why when winning the $400,000            nine to Davies’ two.
                                                                                                                                                        Kemp, as she did last year, finished joint runner-up after a one-under
co-sanctioned European and Australasian Tour event by two shots at
                                                                             They were level after Davies birdied the 12th hole and the                 71, her third sub-par round.
Pegasus Town, near Christchurch.
                                                                             Englishwoman took the lead when Kemp bogeyed after failing to get          “She (Davies) was always going to be a tough competitor to beat so
Davies had four birdies and never dropped a shot in her closing              up and down from a bunker. Davies holed what she called a “crucial         if I could pick someone to be in a match-play battle she would be the
round of four-under 68 to finish nine-under par, a win worth $60,000         putt’’ for birdie at the par-5 16th to increase her lead to two and felt   one – I knew Laura would be the one to beat.
but more importantly for her it brought her victories world-wide to          then that two pars would be enough to win.
73 and meant New Zealand was another country she had ticked off                                                                                         Kemp shared second with first-round leader, Marianne Skarpnord,
the list.                                                                    That proved correct, Davies playing the last hole, a par-5 of 460m         of Norway, and Sweden’s Pernilla Lindberg, who shot a sensational
                                                                             conservatively, hitting a No 5 iron off the tee, then a No. 6 iron and     course record of nine-under 63 with 10 birdies.
Not that the win will stop her from returning next year to defend            sand wedge to the green and two-putting.
her crown. “I love to play and love to win – that’s what keeps me                                                                                       Last year’s champion, Gwladys Nocera (France), and Georgina
motivated,’’ she said. She has won in the United States, most European       “I was happy to make par and if she (Kemp) was good enough to eagle        Simpson (England) were tied for fifth on five-under 283 and in a group
countries, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.                                it then we would go to a play-off.’’                                       of six on 284 and tied for seventh was the outstanding little 12-year-
                                                                                                                                                        old from the Pupuke club in North Harbour, Lydia Ko, who finished with
“India and Portugal are among the few places I’ve been to and not            Davies contested the inaugural New Zealand Open at Clearwater last         a 69 – her third sub-par round – to be the best of the New Zealanders.
won and if I get a chance to play in South Africa I’d go there,’’ said the   year, but found the course, with its amount of water and out-of-bounds
46-year-old global golf traveller.                                           areas, “blew her mind’’.
Davies started the final round in second place at five-under par, a shot     She liked Pegasus at first sight and, seeing she was at 12 to one on an
behind Australia’s Sarah Kemp and she had fallen to two behind at the        on-line betting site back home, rang her brother to say she was worth
MICHAEL HILL NZ OPEN WINNER ROBERT GATES - MARCH 2010
New Zealand golfers dominate                                              LEE, SMAIL AWARDED GOLFERS OF THE YEAR
Trans Tasman Seniors golf                                                 Danny Lee and David Smail            He completed another successful       Auckland’s Cecilia Cho is the       The full list of awards are:
New Zealand produced an overwhelming effort to dominate                   picked up the major trophies         year on the Japan Tour, finishing     female amateur of the year. She
                                                                                                                                                                                         Bob Charles Scholarship: Duncan
their Trans Tasman Seniors golf international against Australia           at the 2009 New Zealand              17th on the money list with five      was the leader in the order of
                                                                                                                                                                                         Croudis
in Christchurch.                                                          Golf Awards.                         top-10s, and was three times          merit and won the New Zealand
                                                                                                                                                     Amateur among 15 individual         2009 NZ Golf Female Amateur of
They retained the Sanctuary Cove Cup in thoroughly convincing                                                  runner-up. Smail was fifth on the
                                                                          Lee took out the New Zealand                                                                                   the Year - Cecilia Cho
fashion 18-6 at Clearwater Resort.                                                                             Australasian Tour Order of Merit      titles won in 2009. Cho, then 14,
                                                                          Golfer of the Year for 2009, while                                                                             2009 NZG Male Amateur of the
                                                                                                               with his best showings being a        was the leading New Zealander,
New Zealand won the singles 9½ to 2½ after winning both                   Smail won the award for the PGA                                                                                Year - Peter Spearman-Burn
                                                                                                               share of second at the NZPGA          amateur or professional, at last
foursomes and fourball competition, which means the overall               of New Zealand Professional                                                                                    2009 PGA Academy - Trainee of
                                                                                                               and tied for eighth at the Moonah     year’s inaugural New Zealand
honours were shared two each with Australia winning in 2007 and           Golfer of the Year.                                                                                            the Year - Jeremy Carlsen
                                                                                                               Classic – both Nationwide co-         Women’s Open, finishing in a
2008 and the Kiwis in 2009 and in 2010.                                                                                                                                                  2009 PGA Club Professional
                                                                          Lee, the 2008 US Amateur             sanctioned events.                    share of 14th place.
Hero of the singles was Wanganui green keeper Barry Shannon who           Champion, was the only New                                                                                     Champion - Garth Domigan
found a real affinity with the greens at Clearwater. Leading off on the                                        Talented Dunedin teenager             The other awards went to Jeremy
                                                                          Zealander to gain a win on a                                               Carlsen (Cape Kidnappers) as the    2009 PGA Order of Merit Winner -
final morning, Shannon came from behind with eight one-putts from                                              Duncan Croudis was awarded
                                                                          major tour in 2009, when he took                                           NZPGA Trainee of the Year, Garth    Michael Hendry
his final nine greens to win 2 and 1 over Denis Dale (NSW) to set the                                          the Sir Bob Charles Scholarship
                                                                          out the Johnnie Walker Classic in                                          Domigan (Wanaka) who was            2009 PGA Professional Player of
New Zealanders on their winning path.                                                                          which is awarded annually and
                                                                          Perth. Lee, 18 at the time, became                                         Club Professional champion, and     the Year - David Smail
Starting with a five-point advantage, New Zealand needed four                                                  established with funds donated
                                                                          the youngest player to win on the                                          Michael Hendry (North Harbour)      Supreme Award, 2009 New
wins from today’s 12 singles that was secured, fittingly, by local                                             by Sir Bob.
                                                                          Australasian and European Tours,                                           who was the NZPGA Order of Merit    Zealand Golfer of the Year - Danny
Christchurch golfer Ian Donaldson who beat South Australia’s John         and the first amateur to win that    The scholarship is aimed              winner.                             Lee
Beaumont 2up to ensure the Kiwis overall victory.                         title in more than a decade.         at assisting New Zealand’s
Their other singles wins went to Eric Brodie (Wairakei), Ron                                                   most promising golfers and
Olivecrona (Waikanae), Andrew McKechnie (Hamilton), Owen                  The young New Zealander went on
                                                                                                               golf students, to further their
Kendall (Mt Maunganui), Murray Martin (New Plymouth), Rodney              to turn professional amid some
                                                                                                               education while they develop
Barltrop (Royal Wellington) and Phil Mosley (Muriwai), with Arthur        fanfare, making six of 11 cuts
                                                                                                               their golfing skills. They can also
Parkin all square against Canberra’s Tony Gover.                          on the PGA Tour including a tie
                                                                                                               be used to pursue specific golf
Five players – Donaldson, Brodie, McKechnie, Mosley and Martin –          for seventh at the AT&T National
                                                                                                               educational goals.
won all three matches.                                                    but he missed qualifying at the
                                                                          US Qualifying School. Lee moved      Croudis, 18, is the New Zealand
Day 2 scores, singles, New Zealand 9½ Australia 2½ (New Zealand
                                                                          to the European Tour where his       Under-19 champion and second in
names first): Barry Shannon bt Denis Dale 2 and 1, Frank Borren
                                                                          Johnnie Walker Classic win gave      his age group at the Aaron Baddeley
lost to Ross Percy 1 down, Eric Brodie bt Greg Corben 1up, Ron
                                                                          him exempt status.                   World Junior Championships. He
Olivecrona bt Chris Tatt 2 and 1, Ian Donaldson bt John Beaumont
2up, John Sanders lost to Brian Sams 2 and 1, Andrew McKechnie                                                 will begin studies for a Bachelor
                                                                          Smail      completed       another
bt Chris Coats 3 and 2, Owen Kendall bt Stefan Albinski 1up, Arthur                                            of Commerce at Otago University
                                                                          outstanding season, finishing
Parkin and Tony Gover all square, Murray Martin bt Bill Banks 2 and                                            this year.
                                                                          2009 as New Zealand’s only
1, Rodney Barltrop bt Grahame MacDonald 3 and 2, Phil Mosley bt           player inside the world’s top 100,   Peter Spearman-Burn (Wellington)
Ian Read 5 and 4.                                                         ranked at No 95. The Waikato         was awarded the male amateur
Foursomes: New Zealand 4½ Australia 1½. Fourball: New Zealand             golfer qualified for three of the    of the year. He was leader of
4 Australia 2.                                                            four majors in 2009 (British         the Order of Merit, winner North
Final score: New Zealand 18 Australia 6.                                  Open, US Open and USPGA),            Island Amateur and South Island
                                                                          making the cut in the PGA            Amateur and a quarterfinalist at
                                                                          Championship.                        the NZ Amateur.
MICHAEL HILL NZ OPEN WINNER ROBERT GATES - MARCH 2010
Nick Gillespie                                                                                               Zoe Brake

                                                                                                                             Cho wins
                                                                                                                             Australian
                                                                                                                             Amateur
                                                                                                                             Stroke Play
Lydia Ko                                                                                               Andrew Stewart
                                                                                                                             title
                                                                                                                             Rising kiwi star Cecilia Cho overcame
                                                                                                                             a host of challengers to win the
Gillespie, Stewart, Ko and Brake                                                                                             Srixon Australian Women’s Stroke
                                                                                                                             Play Championship by one stroke at

claim Stroke Play golf honours                                                                                               Cottesloe Golf Club in Perth.
                                                                                                                             It was Cho’s first international
New Zealand representative Andrew         North Island Golf Championship in        old Lydia Ko (Pupuke) celebrated her      appearance for New Zealand since
Stewart dominated to take out the South   Wellington.                              recent New Zealand citizenship in style   gaining her citizenship last month.
Island Amateur Golf Championship in                                                winning the North Island Stroke Play
                                          Brake, the current New Zealand
Dunedin for the first time while Nick                                              Championship in Taupo.
                                          Strokeplay Champion took out the
Gillespie withstood the rain, wind and    South Island Stroke Play Championship
local experience to claim his second      in Dunedin while the brilliant 12 year
MICHAEL HILL NZ OPEN WINNER ROBERT GATES - MARCH 2010
Barltrop                                             Final leading scores, Omanu GC, par 72                Young golf stars to make
claims fourth                                        209 Rodney Barltrop (Royal Wellington) 68 71 70
                                                                                                           New Zealand debut against Australia
New Zealand                                          216   Arthur Parkin (Maungakiekie) 69 74 73
                                                                                                                                                 They are joined by Auckland’s
                                                                                                                                                 Ryan Fox and Tauranga’s in-form
                                                                                                                                                                                      all scores for the overall Trans
                                                                                                                                                                                      Tasman Cup.

Seniors golf
                                                                                                                                                 Andrew Stewart.
                                                     217   Michael Barltrop (Royal Auckland) 72 71 74                                                                                 New Zealand won three of the
                                                                                                           Exciting young Korean-born            The senior women’s team is           four individual trophies in the
crown                                                218
                                                           Ken Hankin (Titirangi) 75 72 71
                                                           Reginald Fleet (Gulf Harbour) 74 71 73
                                                                                                           golfers Cecilia Cho and Lydia Ko
                                                                                                           will make their debuts for New
                                                                                                                                                 headed by Whakatane’s Zoe
                                                                                                                                                 Brake, who won the recent South
                                                                                                                                                                                      inaugural year but were pipped
                                                                                                                                                                                      overall 24½ to 23½ in 2007
The venerable king of Seniors golf in New Zealand,                                                         Zealand in next month’s Trans         Island Amateur in impressive         in Canberra, with Australia
                                                           Eric Brodie (Wairakei International) 75 73 71
Rodney Barltrop added another national title to                                                            Tasman Cup against Australia in       fashion. She is joined by            dominating 25-15 in the weather
                                                     219   John Sanders (Christchurch) 74 70 75
his war chest in Mt Maunganui.                                                                             Wellington.                           Northland’s Caroline Bon, the        shortened event at Royal
                                                           Frank Borren (Paraparaumu) 67 77 75
                                                                                                                                                 runner-up at the South Island’s,     Wellington in 2008 and 33-15 at
Barltrop fired a two-under par 70 to finish                                                                New Zealand Golf hopes their          Emily Perry (Lochiel), last year’s   Royal Canberra last year.
                                                           Wybo Veldman (Hamilton) 72 76 72
on seven-under par 209 for 54 holes to win the       220                                                   inclusion will help boost the Kiwi    top amateur in the Charles Tour,
                                                           Michael Leitch (Maungakiekie) 75 72 73                                                                                     The teams are:
New Zealand Seniors Championship at Omanu                                                                  line-up which will chase overall      and Nelson’s Lisa Wright, who has
Golf Club.                                                 Murray Brown (Russley) 74 75 72                 honours for the first time in the     impressed with bold showings at      Men, Senior:
                                                     221   Denis Dale (Australia) 73 75 73                 fourth Trans Tasman Cup to be         both the North Island and South      Ben Campbell (Masterton),
The Royal Wellington club player finished
                                                           David Izzard (Akarana) 76 71 74                 played at Royal Wellington Golf       Island amateurs.                     Ryan Fox (Auckland),
seven shots clear of Auckland’s Arthur Parkin,
                                                                                                           Club on 29–30 April.                                                       Nick Gillespie (Royal Wellington),
the former hockey international, with a further          J ohn Small (Peninsula) 77 74 71                                                       Cho and Ko head the junior
shot back to his younger brother Michael                                                                   The pair, who dominated much                                               Andrew Stewart (Omokoroa).
                                                          Phillip Hunter (Ngaruawahia) 76 72 74                                                  women’s team with Manukau’s
Barltrop.                                            222 John Batley (Titirangi) 76 71 75                  of the women’s amateur scene          Liv Cheng and Waikato’s Erin         Junior:
                                                          David Wilkinson (Napier) 74 72 76                last year, have both gained           Hawe, while the junior boy’s         Keelan Kilpatrick (Russley),
Titirangi’s Ken Hankin shared fourth place with
Gulf Harbour’s Reginald Field on two-over par 218.        Tony Treen (Titirangi) 73 71 78                  their citizenship in recent           team consists of an all-South        Tim Leonard (Timaru),
                                                                                                           weeks. Ko (Pupuke), the North         Island group of Keelan Kilpatrick,   Vaughan McCall (Gore),
Barltrop was never seriously threatened, playing         John Brooky (Otaki) 78 74 71                     Island Amateur champion, turns                                             Mark O’Malley (Timaru).
                                                                                                                                                 North Island Under-19 champion
the best golf under pressure with two birdies        223 Barry Shannon (Wanganui) 74 74 75                 13 in April while Cho (Pakuranga),                                         Manager: John Gatley (Hamilton)
                                                                                                                                                 Vaughan McCall and the Timaru
and two bogeys on the outward nine along with             Owen Kendall (Mt.Maunganui) 76 73 74             15, won the New Zealand Amateur       pair of Tim Leonard and Mark         Women, Senior:
a superb seven pars and two birdies coming                                                                 title over Ko, one of 15 individual
                                                     224 Neale Pitches (Royal Wellington) 73 77 74                                               O’Malley.                            Caroline Bon (Northland),
home.                                                                                                      titles she won in 2009.                                                    Zoe Brake (Whakatane),
                                                                                                                                                 The two day event incorporates
His brother closed within three shots after nine         J ohn Rademakers (Kaituna) 74 79 72              They will compete in the junior                                            Emily Perry (Lochiel),
                                                                                                                                                 singles and foursomes on the
holes but faltered with three bogeys in four              Kenneth Dixon (Peninsula) 76 73 76               women’s team, which has been                                               Lisa Wright (Nelson).
                                                     225                                                                                         each day. The players compete
holes at the start of the back nine.                      Chris Coats (Royal Queensland) 74 74 77          the Achilles heel in the New                                               Junior:
                                                                                                                                                 for individual trophies – Sloan
                                                          Hugh Harrison (Takapau) 72 77 76                 Zealand campaign for Trans                                                 Liv Cheng (Manukau),
Parkin started slowly, fighting back from two                                                                                                    Morpeth Trophy (senior men),
early dropped shots for his one-over 73.                 J an Borren (Paraparaumu) 77 77 72               Tasman rivalry.                       Tasman Cup (senior women),           Cecilia Cho (Pakuranga),
                                                          Howard Broun (Canada) 75 76 75                                                         Clare Higson Trophy (junior men)     Erin Hawe (Walton),
It was Barltrop’s fourth New Zealand Seniors         226                                                   The senior men’s side is led by
                                                          Ken Holyoake (Gulf Harbour) 74 75                                                      and Junior Tasman Trophy (junior     Lydia Ko (Pupuke).
crown, after winning in 1999, 2000 and 2004                                                                Masterton’s Ben Campbell, and
to go with his three Australian titles and                Adrian Campbell (Te Puke) 75 71 80               also features the return of Nick      women) as well as combining          Manager: Libby Steele (Taupo).
two Asia Pacific Seniors wins. The former                                                                  Gillespie who forced a recall
                                                         Stuart Atkins (Feilding) 77 78 72
New Zealand Amateur champion also led New                                                                  after a welcome return to form in
                                                     227 Grahame MacDonald (Australia) 72 81 74
Zealand to a commanding win in their Trans                                                                 recent months including victory
                                                          Sang Ho Lee (Huapai) 75 78 74
Tasman International last week in Christchurch.                                                            in the South Island Amateur.
MICHAEL HILL NZ OPEN WINNER ROBERT GATES - MARCH 2010
MATCH PLAY CARDS FOR HANDICAPPPING
One of the beauties of our sport is that    So back to the clubhouse debate then.          As with the rules we play without           Match finishes early, but holes               nine. The result is that those with an 18
we have a handicap system that allows       How do you assess the unfinished holes,        supervision of a referee or umpire          still played                                  hole handicap must now put in cards if
players of all ages, abilities and socio-   or the holes that you don’t play when the      and some integrity is required. The same    To date a match must reach 13 holes before    they are only playing 9 holes, and they
economic backgrounds to play Golf           match finishes early?                          situation exists when we assess what        a card is required for handicap purposes.     can be added to other 9 hole scores to
together on an equitable basis. NZ Golf                                                    we might have completed the hole in.        If a player finishes a match on the 13th,     make an 18 hole score for handicapping
                                            Unfinished holes / conceded strokes
is charged with keeping the game and                                                                                                   on occasion (Interclub, Pennants, Club        purposes.
handicapping system as uniform as           A player who starts but does not               Holes not played or not played under        Champs) the player will stop immediately.
                                            complete a hole or is conceded a               the Rules of Golf                           In this case the remaining holes 14 – 18      There will be more information to follow
possible and there are various aspects
                                            stroke, must record for handicap               If a player does not play a hole the        are par plus handicap strokes they are        in this regard, but it does mean that for
that form the classic clubhouse debate.
                                            purposes the most likely score. The            score for that hole for handicap purposes   entitled to receive on the unplayed holes     matches that finish before the 13th hole,
Match play cards, course ratings and
                                            most likely score consists of the              shall be par plus any handicap strokes      – i.e. equivalent to two Stableford points.   players are required to submit a score
stroke holes are three topics that come
                                            number of strokes already taken plus,          the player is entitled to receive on the                                                  card representing the first 9 holes they
to mind.                                                                                                                               If a player elects to play the remaining
                                            in the player’s best judgement, the            hole - i.e. equivalent to two Stableford                                                  have played.
                                                                                                                                       holes 14 – 18 the scores to record are
In regard to match play cards, there        number of strokes that the player              points.                                     the number of strokes taken in playing
have been hours of discussion at Board,     would need to complete the hole from                                                                                                     The underlying principle behind all
                                                                                                                                       each hole.
Council and District meetings, but the      that position more than half the time.         The score, when recorded, should be                                                       scores being entered is to keep our
policy we retain is that ALL scores in      This number may not exceed the                 circled, or, where individually printed     New 9 hole scoring                            handicap index reflective of our true
both stroke and match play MUST be          player’s ESC limit - i.e. equivalent to zero   scorecards are used, defined in the         Now that we provide 9 hole handicaps,         playing ability. We hope this simple
entered for handicap purposes.              Stableford points.                             appropriate way for that scoring system.    courses have separate ratings for each        explanation helps you in the future.

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