LIVE RESULTS FROM THE GOLF OPEN(5.42pm) American Bobby Gates has won the 2010 Michael Hill NZ Open:
Round 4
Scores (a- denotes amateur):
274: Robert Gates (USA) 65 67 68 74.
275: Andrew Dodt (AUS) 65 68 70 72.
276: Jamie Lovemark (USA) 70 69 69 68.
277: Michael Curtain (AUS) 69 68 68 72.
278: Mark Hensby (AUS) 71 70 66 71.
279: Casey Wittenberg (USA) 72 69 70 68.
280: Kevin Kisner (USA) 69 69 72 70, Martin Piller (USA) 71 66 72 71.
281: Jim Carter (USA) 72 70 71 68, Scott Dunlap (USA) 70 70 72 69, James Hahn (KOR) 75 66 71 69, Gavin Coles (AUS) 72 70 70 69, Josh Geary (NZL) 69 69 73 70, Andrew Buckle (AUS) 67 72 72 70, Kevin Chappell (USA) 70 66 71 74.
282: Won Joon Lee (AUS) 68 74 70 70, Barrett Jarosch (CAN) 69 69 71 73, Phil Tataurangi (NZL) 69 68 71 74.
283: Jeff Gallagher (USA) 69 69 74 71, Bradley Iles (NZL) 71 67 72 73, Brendan Steele (USA) 72 70 68 73, Tag Ridings (USA) 69 70 69 75.
284: Mark Anderson (USA) 74 68 70 72, Matt Jager (am, AUS) 68 73 70 73, Scott Gardiner (AUS) 70 67 73 74, Rob Oppenheim (USA) 72 68 70 74, D.J. Brigman (USA) 66 69 74 75.
285: Paul Gow (AUS) 70 71 71 73, Alistair Presnell (AUS) 70 71 69 75, Kelly Grunewald (USA) 68 71 69 77, Matthew Griffin (AUS) 67 70 70 78.
286: Andrew Tschudin (AUS) 71 71 74 70, Dave Schultz (USA) 67 71 75 73, Jon Mills (CAN) 68 69 75 74, Keegan Bradley (USA) 69 71 72 74, Adam Bland (AUS) 69 73 70 74.
287: Ashley Hall (AUS) 72 70 74 71, Kyle Stanley (USA) 70 69 75 73, Brian Smock (USA) 69 71 74 73, Ryan Haller (AUS) 67 70 75 75, Justin Hicks (USA) 69 69 74 75, Stephen Dartnall (AUS) 69 72 71 75, Jeff Brehaut (USA) 69 71 71 76, Michael Wright (AUS) 67 71 72 77, Aaron Watkins (USA) 71 67 72 77, Darron Stiles (USA) 67 69 73 78.
288: Jin Park (USA) 69 73 72 74, Jason Gore (USA) 70 72 70 76, Michael Sims (BMU) 72 68 71 77, Jarrod Lyle (AUS) 69 68 73 78, Peter O'Malley (AUS) 70 69 71 78, David Smail (NZL) 65 74 71 78, Andrew Martin (AUS) 71 70 68 79.
289: Ted Brown (USA) 71 70 75 73, Jay Delsing (USA) 70 70 74 75, Gareth Paddison (NZL) 72 70 70 77, Chris Kirk (USA) 68 73 69 79.
290: Jason Norris (AUS) 73 69 75 73, Jess Daley (USA) 71 71 72 76, Ryan Armour (USA) 72 69 71 78.
291: Terry Pilkadaris (AUS) 70 70 78 73, Scott Stallings (USA) 72 69 76 74, Andrew Bonhomme (AUS) 66 75 75 75, Nick Flanagan (AUS) 67 75 72 77.
294: Adam Crawford (AUS) 68 74 80 72.
297: Bryan DeCorso (CAN) 71 71 75 80.
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31 Jan 2010
LONGTIME leader Bobby Gates prevailed in a tense finish to the Michael Hill New Zealand Golf Open -- winning his debut Nationwide Tour event by a single shot.
His playing partner Andrew Dodt of Australia heaped the pressure on the American, joining him in the lead ahead of the 17th -- but Gates, playing in his first event as a Nationwide player, fought back to claim a narrow victory as Dodt pushed the self-destruct button.
Dodt »»
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31 Jan 2010
Prime Minister John Key got into the swing of a Central Otago summer, swapping Cabinet papers for a golf club to officially open Millbrook Resort’s new Coronet Nine golf course today.
Key was joined by heavyweights of the tourism and golfing sectors at an opening ceremony on the tee of the par-4 319m fourth hole, with views to Coronet Peak in the background.
They included Millbrook Resort owner Eichii Ishii, five-times British Golf Open »»
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Final third-round scores from the NZ Open:
200: Robert Gates (USA) 65 67 68.
203: Andrew Dodt (AUS) 65 68 70.
205: Michael Curtain (AUS) 69 68 68.
207: Mark Hensby (AUS) 71 70 66, Matthew Griffin (AUS) 67 70 70, Kevin Chappell (USA) 70 66 71. »»
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30 Jan 2010
Those ahead of him in tomorrow’s final round are a mix of raw rookies and emerging talents – fourth-placed Mark Hensby has contended in majors.
You do the maths.
Aussie Hensby, 37, who played President’s Cup golf in 2006, has fallen off the radar in the past couple of years. Poor form with his putter and a rotator-cuff injury on his right shoulder in May 2008 – putting him on the sidelines for eight months – »»
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30 Jan 2010
Two mental errors late in the day may have dashed New Zealand’s Phil Tataurangi’s chances of winning the Michael Hill New Zealand Open at Queenstown.
Standing on the 16th tee, Tataurangi was 10 under and only five shots behind American Robert Gates, but two bogeys compared with two birdies by Gates means the New Zealander now trails the leader by eight shots going into the final round tomorrow.
Tataurangi, in a tie »»
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29 Jan 2010
Australian Peter O’Malley has birdied four consecutive holes to charge up the leaderboard during the early stages of the third round of the Michael Hill New Zealand Open near Queenstown.
O’Malley, the 1995 NZ Open champion, has moved to nine under through 42 holes, to be tied for fourth, four shots behind overnight leader American Robert Gates, who birdied his first hole today.
After pars on the first two holes, »»
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29 Jan 2010
Phil Tataurangi used his inside knowledge of the Hills course to lead the New Zealand charge midway through the second round at the Michael Hill New Zealand Open in Queenstown.
His four-under 68 has lifted him into a tie for sixth at 137, seven under the card and five behind leader American Robert Gates. Three New Zealanders, Josh Geary (69-69), Bradley Iles (71-67) and overnight co-leader David Smail, +1 today through nine holes, are a stroke »»
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29 Jan 2010
Brad Iles shot a five-under-par 67 today in a round of rediscovery.
One of the emerging stars of the New Zealand scene, Iles reckoned he had come into this week’s Michael Hill New Zealand Golf Open playing “terrible” golf.
But after shooting the lights out today, Iles was in the unusual position of ruing missed chances in a bogey-free round – improving four shots on his first-round 71 and believing he could have gone »»
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29 Jan 2010
NZ OPEN FIRST-ROUND SCORES:
65: David Smail (NZL), Robert Gates (USA), Andrew Dodt (AUS).
66: D.J. Brigman (USA), Andrew Bonhomme (AUS).
67: Andrew Buckle (AUS), Matthew Griffin (AUS), Dave Schultz (USA), Daniel Summerhays (USA), Darron Stiles (USA), Nick Flanagan (AUS), Michael Wright (AUS), Ryan Haller (AUS).
68: Chris Kirk (USA), Won Joon Lee (AUS), Bronson La'Cassie (AUS), Kelly Grunewald (USA), Matt Jager (am, AUS), Stephen Leaney »»
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28 Jan 2010
Organisers of a kids’ golf initiative named after disgraced world No 1 Tiger Woods will review its name choice.
Junior Tiger – New Zealand Golf’s nationwide kids’ programme – is on display at the NZ Open’s Main Street hospitality area at The Hills golf course.
The mini course offers a range of fun golf activities aimed at getting youngsters into the sport.
NZ Golf also runs a »»
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28 Jan 2010
Telecom’s nationwide XT network meltdown continues to short-circuit businesses in the hub of the NZ Open.
Despite assurances that the problems would be fixed after yesterday’s crash, many Eftpos terminals, computers and phones are still down on Main Street at The Hills golf course.
Telecom’s network glitch – the second in as many months – disrupts months of planning for local and national »»
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28 Jan 2010
KIWI David Smail is getting his his confidence back -- and he's pretty sure there's much more to come over the next three days of the New Zealand Golf Open.
Smail, who wrote off his own chances ahead of the tournament despite being the highest-ranked player in the field, bounced back to form with two birdies in his first two holes of yesterday's opening round at The Hills course near Queenstown yesterday.
It set him on his course for a tie for »»
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28 Jan 2010
FORMER PGA Tour winner Jason Gore, one of the drawcards at the Michael Hill New Zealand Open tournament at The Hills course near Queenstown, was in the embarrassing position of trailing the field after nine holes.
Teeing off the 10th in the afternoon, Gore bogeyed the 12th and 13th holes and after a double-bogey at the 16th he turned in four-over par 40 on a day where scoring matched the hot weather and found himself last of the 156-strong »»
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28 Jan 2010
Welcome to your spiritual home, DJ.
American DJ Brigman lists his favourite movie as Top Gun and his favourite place to visit as Queenstown.
Brigman warmed up for his opening-round 66 – six under par – at The Hills course in Arrowtown with a tandem hang-gliding flight on Wednesday in Queenstown, the self-proclaimed adrenaline sports capital of the world.
"I went hang-gliding yesterday hoping that would free me »»
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27 Jan 2010
New Zealand’s top ranked golfer David Smail will tee off in the NZ Open early tomorrow morning uncertain of the quality of his game.
Having missed playing at Clearwater at the New Zealand PGA Championships last weekend because of sponsor commitments, Smail said he would have liked to have been at The Hills on Monday, rather than late Tuesday, and had a chance to play a couple of rounds in advance of the Open.
“I have been »»
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27 Jan 2010
Colombian Manny Villegas hopes this week’s NZ Open will provide a passage to gaining a card on the United States PGA’s secondary Nationwide Tour.
Villegas, 25, a player without a tour to date, aims to follow in the footsteps of his illustrious elder brother Camilo, 28, a well-performed professional on the mainstream tour.
Manny has a sponsor’s invite into the NZ Open, but his first venture on the course has already »»
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21 Jan 2010
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Final shot: Local golf pro Ben Gallie hopes to claim a spot in the NZ Open
It’s a long shot but Queenstown golf pro Ben Gallie is having a last-ditch crack at qualifying for the NZ Open.
The 31-year-old heads to Christchurch this weekend to compete in the one-round sprint at Russley Golf Club on Monday. »»
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07 Jan 2010
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A Southland rugby great will become a golfing water boy at this month’s NZ Open.
Former All Black and current Southland manager Leicester Rutledge will volunteer his time to help out with the January 28-31 event at The Hills by delivering bottles of water to competitors on the course. »»
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31 Dec 2009
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Matt Douglas (left) and Tane Gent are raking in the coin these school holidays.
Take that literally – these hardworking teens are raking up gravel, smoothing out sand bunkers and clearing out ponds in their summer holiday earner at The Hills golf course.
Both are on the greenkeeping payroll leading into the Michael Hill NZ Golf Open from January 28-31, each pocketing a couple of hundred bucks for their toil. »»
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23 Dec 2009
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IN A covered shed on The Hills golf course, Alan Spencer is tinkering with the pocket-sized carts that will keep the NZ Open’s volunteers connected.
Expect to see more than 70 of these golf carts whizzing around behind the scenes during the January 28-31 event at The Hills. »»
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17 Dec 2009
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Mega-jeweller Michael Hill sparkles in wacky new Sky TV adverts for the upcoming New Zealand Open golf championship.
Mountain Scene has had a sneak preview of the commercials for the tournament, being staged at The Hills course near Arrowtown from January 28-31. »»
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