Golf
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Third round of the opening tournament the Dubai Desert Classic on the DP World Tour and two kiwis in the top 3.
Daniel Hillier leading by 2 shots at 13 under par through 8 holes and Ryan Fox sitting in third at 10 under par through 11 holes. Some big names in the field including defending champion Rory McIlroy, Tyrell Hatton, Adam Scott, Min Woo Lee etc plus Jon Rahm and Victor Hovland who both missed the cut.
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And neither kiwi went too well last night. Hillier -1 for the round and 2nd overall, Fox shooting par and ending up back in 10th. Whilst I'm sure both will be happy enough with it as a start to the season, both squandered opportunities. Hillier also really does not seem too confident with wedge in hand at the moment.
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NZ Open week!
Still not a fan of the split course approach but a pretty decent field this year. No Fox or Kobori however our kiwi LIV boys Danny Lee and Ben Campbell are back for it, along with Steve Alker, Dan Hillier and the more local kiwi players like Mike Hendry (won the Race to Tieke last week). Nick Voke also here and playing ripper golf at the moment, winning Webex Series in Sydney yesterday. Luke Kwon has even accepted the invite but not sure he will make the cut. Good selection of Aus and asian players too are turning up. Josh Bai, Robby Turnbull and Cooper Moore are 3 young amateurs to follow.
Sky have the coverage. All 4 days from 2.30pm
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NZ Open week!
Still not a fan of the split course approach but a pretty decent field this year. No Fox or Kobori however our kiwi LIV boys Danny Lee and Ben Campbell are back for it, along with Steve Alker, Dan Hillier and the more local kiwi players like Mike Hendry (won the Race to Tieke last week). Nick Voke also here and playing ripper golf at the moment, winning Webex Series in Sydney yesterday. Luke Kwon has even accepted the invite but not sure he will make the cut. Good selection of Aus and asian players too are turning up. Josh Bai, Robby Turnbull and Cooper Moore are 3 young amateurs to follow.
Sky have the coverage. All 4 days from 2.30pm
NZ Open week!
Still not a fan of the split course approach but a pretty decent field this year. No Fox or Kobori however our kiwi LIV boys Danny Lee and Ben Campbell are back for it, along with Steve Alker, Dan Hillier and the more local kiwi players like Mike Hendry (won the Race to Tieke last week). Nick Voke also here and playing ripper golf at the moment, winning Webex Series in Sydney yesterday. Luke Kwon has even accepted the invite but not sure he will make the cut. Good selection of Aus and asian players too are turning up. Josh Bai, Robby Turnbull and Cooper Moore are 3 young amateurs to follow.
Sky have the coverage. All 4 days from 2.30pm
Would be nice to have a Kiwi win it. Hasn't been a Kiwi winner for a few years now.
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Round 1 and 2 tee times
https://nzopen.com/tournament-info/tee-times/Amatuer hackers in this year include Richie McCaw, Hayden Paddon., Grant Elliot, Jeff Wilson (probably the best of them) and Stephen Fleming. Plenty of corporate/business names in there too.
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Round 1 and 2 tee times
https://nzopen.com/tournament-info/tee-times/Amatuer hackers in this year include Richie McCaw, Hayden Paddon., Grant Elliot, Jeff Wilson (probably the best of them) and Stephen Fleming. Plenty of corporate/business names in there too.
@JK McCaw is playing with the Waitangi Pro, who won the NZ PGA last year.
TV1 news did a piece on a young fella Kingston Taylor-Voyle who qualified, from the Manukorihi Golf Club in Taranaki.
https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/15/teenage-golfer-buzzing-as-he-heads-for-nz-open-debut/
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@JK I like that you can jump on dotgolf and see thier scores, he musta played some good golf at Taupo to qualify, 67, 71, 75, 69...I've not played there but it is rated highly and looks tough.
@taniwharugby said in Golf:
@JK I like that you can jump on dotgolf and see thier scores, he musta played some good golf at Taupo to qualify, 67, 71, 75, 69...I've not played there but it is rated highly and looks tough.
Yeah if thats Centennial its not easy at all. Good golfing and hope he goes well.
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Watched that link and seems a pretty cool and relaxed young fella. These new ages golf kids are sure built different. Don’t seem tk be phased by much at all.
Cooper Moore is even younger at 16 and went toe to toe with Mike Hendry to almost win the race to Tieke a few weeks back.
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Pretty cool edition of the NZ Open despite the kiwis failing to feature.
Well done to Ryan Peake to win that. Quite some back story!
@JK yeah it is a great redemption story, and only got to NZ on Tuesday after needing a special Visa, hope he gets his entry to the UK sorted!
