2023 Men’s Champions of Champions

The annual Men’s Champions of Champions event was played recently at Pegasus Golf Club with representatives from 24 different Canterbury Clubs on display. The event offers the opportunity for clubs' Senior, Intermediate, and Junior champions to match up against the other club’s respective winners as well partake in teams events.

In the Teams Gross Stableford, Waitikiri Golf Club claimed victory with a score of 94 with Templeton coming in second with 85 on countback from Clearwater. The Waitikiri team consisted of Cooper Moore (Senior), Mark Roberts (Intermediate), and Dan McCormick (Junior.)

In the Teams Net Stableford event, Hororata was crowned victors with a score of 99 for the men from Glentunnel overcoming Russley by a single point. The Hororata team consisted of Max Edwards (Senior), Steve Stewart (Intermediate), and Allan Wall (Junior.)

In the individual competitions, the Senior Gross Stableford competition was claimed by rising star Cooper Moore who shot a 5under 67 to record 41 stablefords and claim victory. This marks Cooper's last event before he departs for Japan this week to represent New Zealand as part of 4-person U19 Men’s team playing in the Toyota Junior Golf World Cup. In the intermediate grade, Desmond Gong of Templeton claimed the Gross prize with 29 stablefords on countback while Cameron Bartlett of Russley picked up the Junior Gross stabelford award with a score of 25.

Finally, in the individual net stableford categories, the senior prize was claimed by Ashley Watts of Waimairi Beach with a 35, Albert Yee of Coringa won the Intermediate section with a 36 and Bruce Hutchinson of Rangiora took out the Junior prize with a 34.