Waikato Age Groups Championships 2022

The 2022 Waikato Age Group Championships were held on the 18th and 19th of July at Cambridge Golf Club. This tournament is run across 36 holes over two days and is split into three age groups, Under 14 Boys and Girls, Under 16 Boys and Girls, and Under 19 Boys and Girls.

In the Under 14 Girls division, Teresa Wang from North Shore shot a two-round score of 7 over par, 151 to best our last years winner Grace Kim by 6 shots. Our third place winner on countback at 157 was Hope Wang from Whitford Park.

In the U14 Boys, Samuel Ding played two solid rounds with scores of 73 and 72 to finish 1 over for the tournament and winning over Ishaan Shah from Remuera who finished with 147. Oliver Kiing was another 2 shots back in third place.

In the U16 Girls was a tight finish but it was Chloe Lam from Remuera who just managed to hold on to her lead after shooting rounds of 73 and 81 to finished at 154, a 1 shot win over Emma Zheng who finished 155. Hunter Edwards as another 2 shots back in third place.

The U16 Boys with 27 in this division was a battle from the beginning. Ryan Xie, from Remuera kept his composure and shot rounds of 71, 68 to take the win 4 shots clear of the closest competition, Robby Turnball, who put in a fine effort with scores of 68 and 75 to take second place and Hunter Ussher from Whangamata was our third place finisher at 145.

The U19 Girls division was lead by Amy Han with scores of 74, 74 to finish 3 shots clear of Suwanna McPhee from Cambridge. Rebekah Blackwell-Chin from Remuera finished in third place with a total score 153, 5 shots off the lead.

The U19 Boys division started with a bang! Nathan Clark from Tauranga set the course on fire with a round of 62, 10 under that had the whole clubhouse in awe! It was starting day two where the competition really started to heat up. Jordan Jones from Pakaurang was 8 shots behind Clark starting the day however he pulled out some magic tricks and shot 64, total score of 134 and had a long wait to see where he'd finish. Clark managed to finish -1, 71 for a total score 133 and winning by 1 shot. Our third place went to Shinju Aoki from North Shore with two solid rounds of 69, 69.