2016 TOURNAMENT WRAP UP

Hendry makes History on the Jennian Homes Charles Tour

Michael Hendry has won the 2016 Lawnmaster Classic for the second consecutive year and now holds the record for most wins on the Jennian Homes Charles Tour.

Hendry jumps ahead of veteran Doug Holloway with six victories on the tour and if he returns to play here in New Zealand it would be no surprise if he was to add to his tally.

“It’s immensely satisfying, I want to be regarded as one of New Zealand’s best when I hang up my boots,” said Hendry.

The more tournaments you win locally the more times your name is on trophies and the more you put you name into that good grouping so really, really happy to have another win.”

His sixth title didn’t come easy this afternoon with Josh Geary consistently nipping at his heals in a real dog fight.

After 22 holes of frustrating even par golf, Hendry finally got a roll on with four birdies in five holes to close out the front nine.

“I definitely struggled on the greens yesterday, so it was nice to make a solid birdie on five which gave me more confidence and then a little buffer as well.”

Josh Geary then came to the party with consecutive birdies on 13, 14 and 15 to be locked up with Hendry coming down the stretch which the hundred plus Manawatu Golf Club faithful’s were relishing.

Hendry then showed why he has the most Jennian Homes Charles Tour victories next to his name with convincing birdies on 15, 17 and 18 to win in style.

“When Josh applied some pressure on the back nine, it was a lot of fun. It was a bit of a ding dong battle out there and thankfully I made a few more birdies than he did,” smiled the Lawnmaster Classic Champion.

Chantelle Cassidy has just completed her second Jennian Homes Charles Tour victory in a row after holding off nearest rival Amelia Garvey in clinical fashion.

Trailing the Lawnmaster Classic by one shot overnight, Garvey struck early to put pressure on Cassidy, but Cassidy then put together a near perfect final showing all how to hold onto a lead with professionalism.

“It feels good to win another Jennian Homes Charles Tour event!” said Cassidy

“I have played Lawnmaster a couple of times and come so close, but now I have got the win. I made crucial birdies and just tried to stay focused throughout the day.”

“My game is improving since Riversdale and it’s just getting better and better, so we will see how we go at the strokeplay next week.”

Cassidy has become a force in the women’s field and is slowly building with each tournament she enters. It will be exciting to see all these girls go head to head at the National Strokeplay Championship next week hosted by the Christchurch Golf Club.

The week in the mighty Manawatu started with an early hurdle with rain forcing day one to be abandoned. However, from then on it was nothing but beauty as the weather and more importantly the golf turned it on. Locals may have only seen 54 holes, but they were treated to some of the best golf you will witness in the New Zealand.

Mens scores after Final Round - Sun 20 Mar 2016 - Manawatu GC, Par 72
199 Michael Hendry (P) 61 72 66
201 Josh Geary (P) 66 68 67
203 James Beale (P) 65 69 69
204 Nick Gillespie (P) 68 70 66, Steven Heyes (P) 67 68 69
205 James Betts (P) 71 67 67, Tae Koh (P) 67 70 68
206 Dongwoo Kang (P, South Korea) 66 74 66, Joonsang Chung (P) 71 67 68, Cameron Jones (Muriwai) 68 68 70, Woonchul Na (P) 66 70 70, Brad Hayward (P) 68 68 70, Gareth Paddison (P) 68 65 73
208 Ryan Chisnall (Greenacres) 70 70 68, Markopolo Fullepp (New Zealand) 70 70 68, Mark Hutson (Muriwai) 67 72 69, Peter Lee (P) 70 68 70
209 Doug Holloway (P) 70 69 70, Victor Janin (P) 68 66 75
210 Steven Kuggeleijn (Riverside) 70 74 66, Daniel Hillier (Manor Park) 70 73 67, Kerry Mountcastle (Masterton) 71 70 69, Kieran Muir (P) 70 70 70, Dominic Barson (P) 73 66 71, Pieter Zwart (P) 67 69 74, Sam An (P) 69 65 76
211 Harry Bateman (P) 70 71 70, Brad Shilton (P) 74 66 71
212 Andrew Henare (P) 70 70 72, Daniel Graham (P) 71 66 75, Ben Slaven (Royal Wellington) 67 69 76
213 Taylor Gill (Bay of Islands Kerikeri Incorporated) 75 70 68, Junior Tatana (Foxton) 71 73 69, Grant Moorhead (P) 70 73 70, Ho Jun Sung (St. Andrews of Hamilton (Hamilton)) 71 71 71, Brian Joe (Titirangi) 66 75 72, Regan McConaghty (Manawatu) 73 68 72
214 Chang Gi Lee (Pupuke) 72 73 69, Hayden Beard (P) 71 74 69, Shaun Jones (P) 70 71 73
215 Shaun Campbell (Omanu) 73 72 70, Harry Hillier (Te Puke) 73 71 71, Jordan Golding (Omanu) 75 68 72
216 Martin Pettigrew (P) 70 73 73, Greg Shaw (Manawatu) 67 72 77
217 Nathan Kim (Akarana) 70 76 71, Johnny Tynan (Titirangi) 72 74 71, James Devlin (P) 71 75 71, Luke Brown (Muriwai) 75 69 73, Reid Perry (Manawatu) 70 73 74, Dean Sipson (P) 72 70 75

Womens scores after Final Round - Sun 20 Mar 2016 - Manawatu GC, Par 73
209 Chantelle Cassidy (Riverside) 71 67 71
211 Amelia Garvey (Kaiapoi) 71 68 72
216 Momoka Kobori (Rangiora) 73 71 72
217 Sumin Lee (P, South Korea) 75 70 72
218 Brittney Dryland (Titirangi) 75 71 72
219 Grace Senior (Wairakei International Golf Course) 71 73 75
220 Ela Grimwood (Gulf Harbour Country Club) 74 75 71
222 Hillary O'Connor (Russley) 71 74 77
227 Alanna Campbell (Omanu) 76 75 76
155 Shani White (Gulf Harbour Country Club) 78 77
229 Rose Zheng (Pakuranga) 71 74 84
231 Darae Chung (Shandon) 74 81 76
233 Yena Chang (Akarana) 79 75 79
157 Bridget Connolly (Waitemata) 77 80
158 Silvia Brunotti (Gulf Harbour Country Club) 81 77, Tara Raj (Wanganui) 80 78
161 Sonia (Se Eun) Bak (Whitford Park) 78 83
162 Emmalee Morrell (Tauranga) 81 81
163 Jenna Gainford (P) 81 82
164 Tania Hook (Manawatu) 78 86
165 Subin Wui (Pupuke) 81 84
170 Jill Hall (Rangitikei) 85 85
174 Mudra Lakhani (Manawatu) 88 86

 

The 2015 Tournament Wrap-up

Mike Hendry and Wenyung Keh claimed the Lawnmaster Classic on Sunday 22 March, easing ahead of the rest of their respective field’s with comfortable three and four shot victories respectively.
 
Hendry, who had led since the start of the tournament, started slowly bogeying his second hole before turning on a master class throughout the middle of the round.   A burst of six birdies in nine holes saw Hendry take control of the tournament midway through the final round.  Hendry’s nearest challenger Josh Geary, who bogeyed the first, was unable to keep pace.   He managed two birdies through the same period, but it wasn’t enough as Hendry burst clear.
 
Hendry had the luxury of being able to par the final six holes as local amateur Josh Munn finished with a flourish.  Munn got to twenty under par to set the clubhouse lead and join Geary in second place, also claiming leading amateur honors.  He will also take a great deal of confidence into next weeks New Zealand Stroke Play following his excellent final round score of 63.  The fireworks started for Munn with a birdie on the 14th followed by a chip in for eagle on the 15th and a birdie on the 16th before thrilling the large gallery with a final chip in for an eagle two on the 18th hole.

Hendry was pleased to win his fifth Charles Tour title.
 
“It’s been a while since I have won a golf tournament so this feels good.  It was a good ding dong battle on the front nine but a birdie on 12 put me in a good position.  This is such a tight golf course off the tee, if you miss the fairways you’re in the trees.  There are some tough tee shots out there, so I just made sure I made the right mistakes when I made any” said Hendry.
 
Meanwhile in the Women’s event Wenyung Keh claimed her first Charles Tour despite a late charge from Julianne Alvarez.  Starting the day seven shots behind Keh, Alvarez needed a fast start and got exactly what she was after.  With the women’s competition starting on the tenth hole Alvarez immediately birdied her first hole of the day.  Five birdies on the front nine saw the pressure applied before a bogey on her 11th hole put paid to any real chance leaving the door ajar to Keh who streaked away.  The classy young amateur from the Pakuranga Golf Club reeled off five birdies over her first 16 holes opening up a large gap and having the luxury of dropping a shot on her penultimate hole, finishing with a four shot victory.
 
Keh who claimed her first title was pleased to have her sister on the bag today.  “It was great to have my little sister Siyi on the bag.  Having her there really helps me control my nerves and now I have a Charles Tour title under my belt just like my older sister Munchin.”
 
“I'm really looking forward to next week and hopefully I can add the New Zealand Stroke Play title to this one”, said Keh.  

Final Men’s Scores (Par 72)
265 Michael Hendry (P) 64 64 70 67
268 Joshua Munn (Manawatu) 68 69 68 63, Josh Geary (P) 67 67 64 70
271 Luke Toomey (Lochiel) 69 72 64 66
272 Tae Koh (Manukau) 65 67 74 66
273 Peter Lee (P) 69 71 63 70
275 Mark Brown (P) 68 72 70 65
276 Brad Shilton (P) 69 70 69 68, Dominic Barson (P) 71 68 68 69, Brad Hayward (P) 67 69 69 71
277 Ryan Chisnall (Greenacres) 71 70 70 66, Nicholas Borren (Otago) 72 70 68 67, Kieran Muir (P) 67 71 69 70
278 Doug Holloway (P) 72 72 66 68, Mark Purser (P) 71 70 69 68, James Beale (North Shore) 72 71 67 68
279 Blair Riordan (P) 70 75 67 67, Daniel Pearce (P) 76 70 66 67, Dongwoo Kang (P, South Korea) 68 73 68 70
280 Ben Campbell (P) 74 69 72 65, Lachie McDonald (Marton) 69 69 75 67, Harry Bateman (P) 69 72 72 67
281 Troy Ropiha (P) 69 68 73 71, Nick Gillespie (P) 72 67 69 73, Vaughan McCall (Gore) 69 69 69 74
282 Tyler Hodge (Levin Inc.) 72 73 71 66, Hayden Beard (P) 76 70 67 69, Pieter Zwart (P) 71 74 68 69, Daniel Hillier (Manor Park) 69 68 74 71
283 Sean Roach (P) 72 74 70 67, Nick Coxon (Narrows) 68 70 75 70, Sam An (P) 70 69 70 74
284 Dylan Higgins (P, Australia) 70 71 69 74
285 Bailey Smith (Mt Maunganui) 74 72 72 67, Wesley Jeon (Whitford Park) 70 72 72 71, Fraser Wilkin (P) 73 72 68 72
286 Denzel Ieremia (St. Andrews of Hamilton (Hamilton)) 73 67 81 65, Henry Spring (Whakatane) 72 69 76 69, Daniel Graham (Lochiel) 69 72 74 71, Jonathan Cane (Manor Park) 70 74 71 71, Kadin Neho (Whangarei) 71 72 72 71, Cameron Grant (Ashburton) 72 69 71 74, Cody Harper (New Zealand) 70 72 70 74
287 Chang Gi Lee (Pupuke) 70 72 72 73, Cameron Jones (North Shore) 70 72 71 74
288 Josh Sedgwick (Manawatu) 73 67 76 72, Steven Heyes (P) 70 72 74 72, Michael McAuley (Russley) 69 75 71 73, Craig Hamilton (P) 70 75 70 73
289 Woonchul Na (P, South Korea) 71 74 75 69, Shaun Jones (P) 72 73 75 69, Vikrant Chandra (P, Fiji) 70 74 75 70, Ben Williams (P) 72 74 71 72, Nathan Kim (Akarana) 74 70 71 74, Junior Tatana (Foxton) 74 70 70 75
290 Samuel Jones (Manaia) 73 71 71 75, Ben Slaven (Royal Wellington) 75 71 69 75
291 Josh Carmichael (P) 76 70 76 69
292 Minsoo Ko (P) 72 71 76 73
293 Agni Bhorkar (Waitomo) 76 70 73 74, Harry Hillier (Te Puke) 75 70 73 75
294 Kyle Wong (P) 75 71 76 72
295 Liam Finlayson (Feilding) 72 73 78 72, Guy Perry (Manawatu) 71 73 78 73
 
Final Women’s Scores (Par 74)
284 Wenyung Keh (Pakuranga) 73 70 71 70
288 Julianne Alvarez (Manor Park) 71 74 76 67
289 Brydie Hodge (Levin Inc.) 73 71 71 74
290 Alanna Campbell (Omanu) 72 72 73 73
291 Catherine Bell (Christchurch) 74 72 72 73
292 Ela Grimwood (Gulf Harbour Country Club) 75 73 74 70
293 Bohyun Vyan Park (Gulf Harbour Country Club) 73 72 77 71
294 Munchin Keh (Titirangi) 74 71 75 74
296 Grace Senior (Wairakei International Golf Course) 75 72 77 72
299 Holly Winter (Fitzroy) 73 70 80 76
302 Brittney Dryland (Titirangi) 73 78 81 70
305 Sonia (Se Eun) Bak (Whitford Park) 77 76 74 78, Emma Clayton (Manawatu) 79 74 73 79