Western BOP Lefties Golf.

2015 Tournament at Mount Maunganui Golf Club.

A perfect winter morning greeted the 42 players from 14 clubs (Mangawhai Headsin the North to Urenui - Taranaki)  for the 2015 Western BOP Lefties Golf Tournament.

32 left hand players and 8 right hand associates took to the course facing keen breeze/wind that had players walking briskly to keep warm.

Scoring for a few was very good but for the greater balance of the field players found it difficult to score well.

Stephen Leatherland – Ngaruawahia led the field with a gross 73 and 41 stableford points to win the “ACE” (the Late Alan Elliott) trophy.  Stephen (6 handicap) was gross runner-up in the 2015 Lefthand Nationals.

Close behind Stephen on a gross of 74 was a right hander Richard Suhr (1 Handicap), while a leftie Ken Tynan (8 handicap) returned 76 Gross and 40 stableford points.

Runner-up with 39 points in the left-hand stableford was John  Barber (Mangawhai).  John started slow with 15 points on the front nine but scorched home with 24 points to head off James Begovic (North Shore) and Tony Horsfall (Ohope) on 37 points.

Only 5 women braved the winter morning – 3 lefties and 2 right handers.

The Left hand women struggled around the course,  Carol Mahon (Walton) leading on 29 points while the right hand women proved better with Andrea Gardner scoring 35 followed by Tui Maxwell (Urenui) 30.

Results:

Men Left-hand.                                                                                                                Men Right-hand

Gross                   

1st             Ken Tynan                       76           Omanu.

Stableford

1^st             Stephen Leatherland           41           Ngaruawahia                    

2^nd                John  Barber                      39                 Mangawhai                                    

3^rd                James Begovic                   37           North Shore

4^th                 Tony Horsfall                      37           Ohope

5^th             Ross Nixon                         36           Taupo

6^th                 Jason Dick                          36           Ngaruawahia

 7^th                Roger Maxwell                    35           Urenui

 8^th            Robin Kent                          35           Hauraki

9^th             Brian  Peters                       35           Mount Maunganui

Men Right-hand

1^st             Richard  Suhr                      35   Ngaruawahia

2^nd            Russell Dewey                   34    Ngaruawahia

Women Left-hand                                                       

Stableford

1^st           Carol Mahon                      29           Walton                     

2^nd          Margaret Nelson                25           Taumarunui            

3^rd           Harriet  Byelich                 24           Taumarunui

Women Right-hand

1^st           Andrea  Gardner              35           Mangawahai

2^nd          Tui Maxwell                     30           Urenui