2024 ORDER OF MERIT - TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP

The 2024 edition of the CGI Order of Merit (OOM) Tour Championship took place on April 28 at Clearwater Golf Club in what was the culmination of the 23/24 season. Following players accumulating points at the relevant OOM events over recent months the top-ranked players from each division were invited to play alongside several valued Canterbury Golf volunteers and supporters. See the full event overview and photos below.

CANTERBURY GOLFER GARVEY CREATES GOLFING HISTORY

Playing on the NXTT tour at the Royal St Cloud golf course in Florida in early March, Amelia Garvey knocked in a trio of sub-par shots, an Eagle, hole-in-one, and an albatross! A treble that had never been achieved by any professional golfer before, at odds of 6.3 trillion-to-one. Read more - HERE.

FRESH EVENT BRINGS GOLF TO NEW PARTICIPANTS

Following the success of the inaugural FRESH event in 2023, Canterbury Golf has recently supported the delivery of a FRESH Golf event led by Youth and Culture Development (YCD) and New Zealand Māori Golf. This event aims to provide golf access for those who typically wouldn’t be able to access it through the FRESH event format, which YCD has developed over several years alongside CCC and Sport Canterbury. At the 2023 event we had over 150 rangatahi and tamariki, predominantly of Māori and Pasifika background attending, that figure was eclipsed at the recent event on April 24 with the FREE event "selling out in hours" and 175  rangatahi and tamariki turning up to give golf a go. We have two further FRESH events planned during the term holidays later in the year. 

NEWSTALK ZB WEEKLY RADIO SEGMENT

Thanks to The Elmwood Trading Company, each week Lesley Murdoch of the All Sports Breakfast Canterbury show talks with a different member of the Canterbury Golf community, shining a light on the various areas of our game locally. These interviews take place every Saturday morning, just after 8.30am.

Listen to the recent interviews that have taken place - HERE.

CANTERBURY LIFE MEMBERS TOURNAMENT

The Annual Canterbury Life Members tournament was held on the 6th of March at the Hawarden Golf Club which was in wonderful condition.

CANTERBURY INTERCLUB - RECENT RESULTS

INTERCLUB ACTION IS PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY OUR PRINCIPAL AND INTERCLUB PARTNER

PRESIDENTS GRADE INTERCLUB

The Final Round of Presidents Grade Interclub was held at Christchurch Golf Club in early April. As per usual the day's matches were close, competitive, friendly, and nearing the end of the round all eyes were on the Templeton vs Waitikiri match as both Waimairi Beach and Rawhiti who were contenders for the title had won their matches. Last off the course were Templeton and Waitikiri's number 1's and 2's with Waitikiri managing to turn around a halfway deficit to win the match 4.5-3.5 and win the competition by 1 point from both Waimairi Beach and Rawhiti. Read more below.

2023/2024 METRO A & B CHAMPIONS

The finals of the Metro A and B interclub 2023/24 seasons were played at McLeans Island Golf Club on Sunday 21st April in fine and clear conditions. The Metro A Cup was won by Avondale, the playing-through champs from the 2022/23 season, who beat Clearwater by a close 4.5 to 3.5 margin. The Metro B cup went to Bottle Lake who beat Harewood, the 2022/23 champs, by 5.5 to 2.5.

2024 CANTERBURY GOLF SELECTOR PANELS APPOINTED

The 2024 Canterbury Representative Selector panels for both the men’s and women’s teams have now been appointed.

CANTERBURY NORTH VS BULLER

The annual Canterbury North vs Buller Westland Rep fixture was played in mid-March at the Hokitika Golf Club. Senior and Intermediate teams battled it out on the links course at Hokitika in the typical West Coast weather with the Canterbury North men coming out on top. Read more below.

2024 NZ WOMEN'S MASTERS

The 2024 edition of the NZ Women's Masters was played in early April at the Waiuku Golf Club. Read how the ladies got on below.

2024 SECONDARY SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS - RECORD NUMBERS

In late March the annual Secondary Schools Championship was held at McLeans Island Golf Club with a record 103 participants, 28 teams and 26 schools represented showing the growth and popularity of the game currently among youth-aged participants. An event which has seen St Andrews College and Burnside dominate in recent years saw two new teams in the two top spots in Cashmere High and St Bede's College taking the honors and the two qualifying spots for the NZ Secondary School event later this year. See below the full event overview.

FINAL JUNIOR ORDER OF MERIT EVENTS FOR 23/24 SEASON

The final two Junior OOM events ahead of the Tour Championship were recently played at Waitikiri and Amberley Golf Clubs. Read more below.

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LATEST FUTURES HUB EVENT

Our latest Futures Hub event took place at Tai Tapu Golf Club during the holidays and what a stunning day it was for the 9-hole, 2-person ambrose format. 

NEXT FUTURES HUB EVENT

FUTURES TERM 2 COACHING PROGRAMMES

There are various Futures Coaching programmes taking place across the Hubs this term with some places still available. Check these out below.

GIRLS GOLF RETURNS

Term 2 Girls Golf programmes are open for registrations currently with some spaces still available for our Harewood and Waimairi Beach programmes.