Registrations are now open for the 2024 Lamb and Hayward Canterbury Stroke Play Championships. With the popularity of this event in recent years, the number of entries for the field has been extended to 108.

In other changes, entries for the Men’s and Women’s events will be Open, meaning Master’s and U19 players will play alongside the seniors as one division playing off the same tee.

Prizes for the top performing Master’s (40 years +) and U19 players to still be awarded with the top performing player eligible in each category receiving the respective Masters and U19 trophies.

MICHAEL RONDEL APPOINTED TO GOLF NZ BOARD AND DION KERR APPOINTED NEW CANTERBURY GOLF PRESIDENT

Following the recent news of Michale Rondel's election to the Golf NZ Board, at the recent Canterbury Golf Executive Committee meeting Vice-President Dion Kerr was duly elected to take on the Canterbury Golf Presidents position.

2023 NZ INTERPROVINCIAL OVERVIEW

The annual New Zealand Men's and Women's Interprovincial tournaments took place during the first week of December on the Kapiti Coast with the Men’s and Women’s premier Representative competitions once again being played in parallel to each other at Paraparaumu Beach and Waikanae Golf Clubs. Read more below.

HICKORY GOLF - TRADITIONS OF THE GAME HELPING SUPPORT THE FUTURE OF THE GAME

Canterbury Golf recently caught up with Peter van Eekelen, president of the NZ Society of Hickory Golf and chair of the NZ Hickory Open to discuss the current Hickory activity here in Canterbury and NZ.

Peter and his colleagues deliver the annual NZ Hickory Open which now consists of a week-long programme of Hickory events all leading up to the Open itself on March 10th at Christchurch Golf Club. Proceeds from this event are kindly donated by the NZ Society of Hickory Golf to Canterbury Golf's Futures Canterbury programme, which is a great example of the traditions of our game supporting the future of the game!

To view our chat with Peter, click below:

2023 CANTERBURY GOLF ORDER OF MERIT (OOM) & DEVELOPMENT FUNDS

As previously announced, this year's OOM season has some extra incentive for senior players.

The OOM season events predominantly take place from January through to the end of March with the Tour Championship Final taking place at the end of April at Clearwater.

This year as part of adding an extra incentive for local players to play in the various OOM events throughout the season, and in the interests of creating another avenue to help players’ development, Canterbury Golf has reintroduced Development Fund prizes for the 2023/2024 CGI Tour – OOM.

CANTERBURY INTERCLUB - RECENT RESULTS

INTERCLUB ACTION IS PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY OUR PRINCIPAL AND INTERCLUB PARTNER

WAIMAIRI BEACH GAIN PROMOTION TO WOODWARD CUP

The Woodward Cup Promotion / Relegation match between the highest placed Blank Cup club (without a team in Woodward Cup) which was Waimairi Beach and the team that finished last in Woodward Cup this year in Avondale faced off at Russley Golf Club yesterday on December 3rd. It was the seaside men who got the job done with a 6-2 win to secure their return to the top division in 2024. Read more below.

CANTERBURY CENTRAL - MASTERS

Hororata Golf Club has claimed the Canterbury Central masters competition after defeating Lincoln on December 17 out at Ellesmere. Read more below.

2023 CANTERBURY REPRESENTATIVE CALENDAR CONCLUDES

Another big 2023 Canterbury representative calendar has concluded with 12 fixtures completed including 7 North Island based events. See below some of our team highlights.

Information on the 2024 Rep season will be released in the New Year.

2024 CANTERBURY AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS - REGISTRATIONS OPEN

FINAL JUNIOR EVENTS OF 2023

Our final Junior Events of 2023 took place this month with a Junior Open event at Weedons Country Club and a Futures Hub event at Rangiora Golf Club. Click below to read more about these.

2024 JUNIOR EVENTS

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2024 LEARN & PLAY COACHING PROGRAMMES & EVENTS

Our Futures Hub coaching programmes and playing events will all be back again in term 1 2024. We look forward to sharing dates and details in the new year.

GIRLS GOLF & SHE LOVES GOLF 2024

We look forward to continuing to deliver our Girls Golf and She Loves Golf events in 2024, stay tuned for more information. 

She Loves Golf supported by Forewinds.