Aorangi Golf - Holmes and Hayes Finals

Holmes and Hayes Finals

The Hayes final saw the defending champions, Timaru take on their second Tinwald team of the day in Tinwald A. This was destined to be a tight battle and although the end score line might not have shown this, it was tight with most matches getting to the 17th and 18th holes. Dan Perham showed his class and beat Nigel Heney on the 17th in a battle of the numbers ones whilst Travis Cook signed off a perfect season with his tenth win. The fourball went Timaru’s way which meant Timaru only needed one more point and with Damian Rodgers 1up playing the last hole, the victory was secured in Timaru’s favour much to relief and adulation from the players after a taxing day! Timaru’s number four and Club Captain Dave McEwing will be extremely proud of this moment which will rank highly in his golfing achievements. Well done to Timaru for making it back-to-back, a truly impressive achievement.

The Hayes final saw Temuka take on Pleasant Point where the precursor match in the season went the way of Pleasant Point. Temuka would’ve been aware of this and started extremely well to ensure their best chance of victory. Dave Cornelius, who will debut for the Aorangi Masters side in a couple of weeks played spirited golf and was well under par in the high winds against Marcus Tessier to claim the first points for Temuka. Another win to Ed Nolloth for Temuka, plus the fourball took them to five points and just a half point away from victory but a win to Blair Struthers ensured their hopes were still alive. It came down to the match between young Mac Kelliher and Masters rep Kevin Teahan. Kevin holed a clutch 10 footer on the 17th hole and then calmy rolled in a testy 6 footer on the last to edge out the young fella and ensure the Hayes Cup went to Temuka for 2022