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Results: Metlifecare 5 Course Classic

Sarah Head

Winners Bryan Tohill (North Shore) Div 2, Taylor Scott (Ngaruawahia) Div 1 with Metlifecare Representative Jo Coates-Reid, then Women’s Div 1 winner Marian Kingham (Hamilton) and Div 2 winner Masami Umezu (Titirangi).

Three hundred players took part in the Metlifecare 5 Course Classic played at Mount Maunganui, Omanu, Omokoroa, Tauranga and Te Puke Golf Courses. 

This was the 24thyear for the longest standing multi course stableford event which for the past 20 years had been sponsored by EVES Realty.

Metlifecare have 5 retirement villages in the Western Bay so made a great fit as naming right sponsor. Players came from over 80 clubs in New Zealand as well as a big contingent from Australia and the Cook Islands along with 8 other countries.  

Divison 1 Winner Taylor Scott from Nagruawahia.

Scoring was much closer in all divisions, but the outstanding performer was Taylor Scott from Ngaruawahia. On Day one he came in with 25 points then broke 80 for the first time in life on Tuesday was steady on Wednesday before managing 43 points on Thursday then scorched around Tauranga with a 68 off a 12 handicap. So he broke 80 and 70 for the first time in the same week and the best thing about it was Taylor was not a “burglar” as his previous record attested to.

Top 10 Results as follows:

Division 1 Men.

  1. Taylor Scott Ngaruawahia 198 (22 44 36 43 49)

  2. Tipene Wairepo Te Kowhai   188

  3. David Taipari Hauraki 187

  4. Joel Nancarrow Australia 184

  5. Shane Roughsedge Australia 184

  6. Jjohn Dudson Cambridge 184

  7. Bob Perkins Fairview 183

  8. Ross Stanway Tauranga 181

  9. Daniel Webb Cook Islands 181

  10. Geoff Brooks Otaki 181

Division2 Men.

  1. Bryan Tohill Northshore 202 (36 41 42 43 40)

  2. David Thompson Mt. Maunganui 197

  3. Dennis McKenzie Apiti 196

  4. Larney Palmer Maraenui 194

  5. Royden Trask Omanu 191

  6. Ngawai Amoamo Opotiki 187

  7. Hugh Kingham Hamilton 187

  8. John Woodward Onewhero 185

  9. Bill Marshall Whangamata 185

  10. Wayne Cairns Maungakiekie 184

Division 3 Men

  1. Chris McGovern Manawatu 201(43 35 41 46 36  )

  2. Stan Mathews Otumoetai 200

  3. Doug Harvey Tauranga 195

  4. Ming Tiang North Shore 187

  5. James Hunter Porangahau 185

  6. Graeme Aitken Paraparaumu 184

  7. Jack Lloyd Judgeford 183

  8. Robert Pringle Australia 183

  9. Danny Waerea Buckley 182

  10. Mark Robinson Australia 182

Division 1 Women

  1. Marian Kingham Hamilton 186 ( 33 42 37 37 37)

  2. Sue Faulke Boulcott’s Farm 181

  3. Anne Woodward Pukekohe 175

  4. Heok Tan Titirangi 172

  5. Michele Furness Manaia 171

  6. Carolyn Koch Manaia 171

  7. Kim Teng Malaysia 170

  8. Jacqui Urlich Cook Islands 170

  9. Jackie Higgins Manaia 168

  10. Christina Tiang North Shore 168

Division 2 Women

  1. Masami Umezu Titirangi 186 (38 33 38 41 36)

  2. Katrina Burrow Redwood Park 185

  3. Heather Craig Rangitikei 177

  4. Dinny Gibbs Manaia 175

  5. Julie Cargill Buckley 172

  6. Audrey Messenger Te Marua 171

  7. Vivienne Blackmore Manor Park 168

  8. Susie Hwang Pupuke 168

  9. Helen Donald Puketitiri 168

  10. Sharon Duthie Mayfield 167