A sensational late Saturday afternoon surge from New Zealand’s Daniel Hiller has handed him a golden opportunity to claim the 105th New Zealand Open at Millbrook Resort.
Stunning practice-round weather gave way to rain on the opening day of the championship, as temperatures plummeted and forced players to play improvised and resourceful golf in challenging conditions at Millbrook Resort near Queenstown.
Defending NZ Open champion Ryan Peake is not normally one to get too emotional, but he admits his return this week to Millbrook Resort, the scene of his life-changing win 12 months ago, has provoked plenty of feelings.
A wet Queenstown summer has produced juicier than normal rough for the New Zealand Open at Millbrook Resort this week and it’s already forced hometown favourite Ben Campbell into a strategy change as he tries to win his national title for the first time.
It’s a huge week in the Order of Merit race with 760 points going to the winner – four times the points on offer most weeks on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia season.
New Zealand Open champion Ryan Peake admits he has struggled to match that life-changing victory as he prepares to tee it up at the Mercuries Taiwan Masters.
Two years after he became an ordained monk, Sadom Kaewkanjana is assured of returning to the Open Championship after securing a spot at Royal Portrush via his victory at the Asian Tour’s Kolon Korea Open on Sunday.
Golf can be a cruel and complex game, particularly at the elite level. Sergio Garcia, after 26 years as a pro, was reminded horribly when he came within three feet of securing a place in the Open Championship at the Asian Tour’s International Series Macau in China.
PGA Tour star Min Woo Lee made a moving phone call to Ryan Peake hours before the former bikie gang member and prison inmate transformed his life to win the New Zealand Open.
Australian Golf Digest
