In her first start in a major championship Amelia Garvey sits in the top 15 after the opening round at the US Women’s Open. Garvey shot a one-under par round to find herself in 12th place amongst the best in the world at the final major of the year held at the Champions Golf Club in Texas.
She says her first major championship experience was one to remember, albeit the tournament being a little different than usual.
“It was awesome. It was just so fun.
“I was way more excited than nervous, and I honestly think having no crowds has helped me a ton....
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The Canterbury Golf Presidents & Secretaries Day was held at Harewood Golf Club on Friday in warm, norwest conditions and the course in great order.
The event was well supported by Canterbury Club Presidents/Secretaries and Representatives together with Life Members, The Eagles Society, Canterbury Referees Assn, Convenors and the Canterbury Golf Executive. Players were also very fortunate to have the opportunity to speak with SIr Bob Charles who was present at the meal and prizegiving and very generously donated copies of his newly published biography as prizes to the winning President and Secretary. Players also received prize vouchers from Riccarton Park...
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The Annual Canterbury Golf Women's Christmas Tournament was held at Bottle Lake on Friday and the field of 58 ladies played in warm windy conditions with the course in great order.
The Heather Harvey Salver for Best Silver Gross was won by Erin Mulholland, Hawarden with 82.(pictured right)The CDLGA Salver for Best Bronze Gross was won by Maria Jo, Russley with 90.Grade 1 Best Net was won by Nola Marriott, Weedons with 70 and Grade 2 Best Net was won by Pam Maxwell, Weedons with 74
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The Canterbury Golf 9 Hole Mixed Christmas Tournament was held at Waitikiri Golf Course yesterday in very hot, windy conditions with the course looking in great order. A great field of 73 Nine Hole golfers turned out for the last event of their year.
Women Grade 1Best Gross - Adrienne Paterson, Kaiapoi with 49Best Net - Suzanne Taylor, Russley with 36Best Stableford - Kathleen Hema, Rawhiti with 19 points
Women Grade 2Best Gross - Jenny Bartley, Bottle Lake with 56Best Net - Jane Trotter, Russley with 34Best Stableford - Wendy Hollyer, Christchurch with 18 points
Men Best Gross - John Gregan, Rangiora with 52Best...
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The Canterbury Central Christmas Tournament was held at Weedons on Sunday. This annual mixed event has been held since 1974 to recognise the contributions made by the lady members of Canterbury Central Clubs when hosting interclub events.
The format is American Foursomes and Jacqui Planicka (Weedons) and Glenn Hotton (Ellesmere) who finished with a net 66.4 are pictured with the Neil Oliver Trophy which is presented for the best net score.
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Woodward Cup Final
In the final between Russley and Christchurch it was Russley that were out of the blocks early building a nice lead through nine holes. Reid Hilton and Hiroki Miya were in superb form early with Hilton chipping in for eagle on the 4th hole, and was one inch from a hole-in-one on the 9th. Miya made birdie from the trees on the 5th hole. Both went to the turn 3up over Mike Toeke and Jordan Bakermans respectively. They were joined by Regan Kilpatrick, Michael McAuley and Hayato Miya who also had leads at half time. For Christchurch only...
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An amazing end to another big week on the national stage for Canterbury Golf. The Flexi Lease Canterbury Women's Team were at their best throughout the week with dominant wins against Taranaki, Waikato, Tasman, Northland and Manawatu-Whanganui in the round-robin play.
The team are pictured from left Steve Campbell (Manager), Amy Weng, Olive Tapu, Hillary O'Connor, Maddie May, Catherine Bell, Momoka Kobori, Kara Campbell (Assistant Manager).
"The team worked so hard in the semi-final against Bay of Plenty, they such a great side", said Canterbury Women's Captain Hillary O'Connor. "We've stuck to our same processes every day and today was no different".
Bay...
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The rescheduled Men's Interclub Finals Day for Woodward, Blank and Simon Cups are on this Sunday 6 December at Waitikiri Golf Club.
Semi-Final matches for Woodward and Blank Cups will be played in the morning commencing at 8.00am. Finals for these competitions together with the Simon Cup will commence in the afternoon at 1.00pm.
The matches for ther respective competitions are as follows:
Woodward Cup Semi-Finals 8.00am (Final 1.00pm)- Russley vs Avondale - Christchurch vs Pegasus
Blank Cup Semi-Finals 8.00am (Final 1.00pm)- Clearwater vs Coringa - Russley vs Christchurch
Simon Cup Final 1.00pm
- Christchurch vs Russley
There will be some great match-ups in these top-of-the table tussles througout...
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The NZ Women's Interprovincial is underway at Akarana Golf Club.
The Flexi Lease Canterbury Women's Team are pictured, back row from left Kara Cambell (Assistant Manager), Hillary O'Connor, Catherine Bell, Momoka Kobori, Olive Tapu, Amy Weng, Maddie May, Steve Campbell (Manager).
Live scoring is available on the NZ Golf website here.
Round
Match
Results
RD 1
Canterbury v Taranaki
5-0 win
RD 2
Canterbury v Waikato
5-0 win
RD 3
Bye
RD 4
Canterbury v Tasman
5-0 win
RD 5
Canterbury v Auckland
3.5-1.5 loss
RD 6
Canterbury v Northland
5-0 win
RD 7
Canterbury v Manawatu-Whanganui
4.5-0.5 win
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