Schoolboy Golf Championships

If some of the competitors in the recent Nelson district schoolboys' golf event can maintain their present nerveless approach to the game, one thing's for sure — there are going to be a lot of deadly putters around in a few years. Even competitors on high handicaps seemed capable of sinking them from almost anywhere. The event was held at Greenacres and is another valuable step in the promotion of junior golf by the Eagles Golfing Society of Nelson and Marlborough.

Winner of the championship, Kerry Haycock lines up a putt

Here Kerry follows through after a powerful tee shot off the 17th. Kerry, 17, is a member of Greenacres and plays off 11

David Hartshorne, 15, Motueka, tees off. David plays off 11 too

Trophy winners and officials are, from left: Craig Gordon, C-grade runner-up, Mr Les Milnes, Eagles president, Martin Bailey, C-grade champ, Shaun Taylor and Keith Tibbie of Takaka, tied in the B-grade event, Kerry Haycock, A-grade champ, Daryl Goodman, A-grade runner-up, Murray Shirtliff, Lloyd Pitcher and Roy Mace (Eagles)

Tom Lowrie, 18, Nelson, tees off, trying to improve on his 18 handicap

This trio comprised Murray Marshall, 14, Nelson, handicap 35; Donald McAllister, 13, Greenacres, 33; and Marting Bailey, 13 Greenacres, 36

It's card-checking time for Brett Loper, 13, Nelson; Stephen McCaffrey, 14, Greenacres; and Richard Puklowski, 12, Greenacres

On the way to the 18th (but not direct) was Richard Martin, 17, of Totaradale. Martin has a 14 handicap

A-grade runner-up Daryl Goodman watches anxiously the result of a putt. Daryl, 15, is from Motueka and has a handicap of 18

The long and the short of it. Craig Gordon, 12, of Greenacres, is not as tall as Roel Keizer, 16, of Totaradale, but he plays a mean game of golf. Other members of the four are Gregory Fish, 13, and Henry Wopereis, 14, of Greenacres

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The Nelson Photo News

No 131 : September 18, 1971

Schoolboy Golf Championships