Otago GC crowned Champions of Otago

Otago Golf Club are the Champions of Otago after winning the team’s gross event, with Chisolm Links winning the nett.

Otago Golf Club are the Champions of Otago after winning the team’s gross event, with Chisolm Links winning the nett.

25 clubs from across Otago were welcomed by sunshine on Sunday 13 August, and the Balmacewen course played well given the wet weather the region has had in recent weeks.

The gross division was closely contested – highlighted by Otago Golf Club team captain Brandon Hodgson look of surprise when they were announced as the winners with a combined 86 Stableford points. Hodgson led with 36, John Gilmore recorded 24, and Chris Pearse-Smith finished with 26 to get the popular club over the line.

They beat Wanaka by a single point following Hamish Ireland’s 39 points along with Huw Davies’s 22 and 12-year-old youngster Raphael Anderson’s 24 points.

Third place was St Clair GC.

Winners of the Nett section were Chisholm Links – Harold Spronker lead the way with 37 points, Neville Findlay 35, and Senior Club Champion, Blair Liffiton, 29, for team total of 101.

Just as was in the gross section, it was a one-shot win over Lawrance GC team of, Mark Cameron 35 points, Ryan Banks 33 and another young players in the field in 12-year-old Ben Brown 32, for total of 100 points.