2021 Pro-Drive Hamilton Waikato Men's Masters Championships

The annual Pro-Drive Hamilton Men’s Waikato Masters was held on Saturday 7th August at the Waikare Golf Club. The event was two rounds played over one day with morning and afternoon sessions. This year’s competition had a full field of 96 players.

The forecast predicted scattered showers throughout the day and that is exactly what we had with rain getting very heavy at times. This made playing conditions very difficult with shots getting nearly zero roll.

After round one, five players were tied for top spot after carding two over 72’s and another three players were one shot back.

In the nett competition Waikato Representative player Wybo Veldman and Callum Murchison (Remuera) had the clubhouse lead after round one with a two-over par nett 72.

After some much-needed food and water, the men were back out on the course ready for round two. Three Waikato locals, Mike Leeper (Matamata), Wybo Veldman (Hamilton) and Jordan Rangihika (Ngaruawahia) all finished tied for third with scores of seven over par 147. Ben Westgate (Titirangi) finished in second place after he replicated his score from the morning round to finish four over par after back-to-back 72’s. Rob Simmonds (Muriwai) came storming home with the low round of the day an even par 70 to follow on from his morning round 73 and win by one shot. Having finished runner-up last year, he managed to go one better and claim first prize.

In the nett competition last year’s runner-up Michael Bone (Waitakere) beat last year’s winner Wybo Veldman on countback after they both shot seven over par nett 147.

Waikato Golf would like to acknowledge and pass on a huge thank you to Pro-Drive Hamilton for their continued sponsorship of this time-honoured event and pass on their appreciation to Waikare Golf Club for their continued support in making their Golf club available for this event.