Golf

JK3 years ago

@Tim said in Golf:

Apparently Gulf Harbour golf club is closing. Had a lot of fun playing there circa 2000.

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It was a lovely golf course to play. I used to enjoy Formosa as well, but that's gone too

Actually it's not gone. Formosa is still operating and whilst a whole lot better than it was 10 years ago, its still a shadow of its former prime time self.

Both courses turned up around the same time from memory and have struggled through the majority of their life span.

Gulf Harbours had a number of owners and the current one is a property developer who purchased GHCC a couple of years back with only one real plan, and it doesn't include golf. I've never been particularly fond of the track but still a real shame to lose it.

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JK3 years ago

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@barbarian said in Golf:

Fizzer. Good on Harman, he made it very boring. But that was one very forgettable Open.

Sure was eh. I was pumped for it and watched a fair bit but left a bit disappointed.

Not my dad though, who had a sweat $10 on Harman at $126. The jammy bugger!

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taniwharugby3 years ago

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@JK I only played there once, and was Ambrose.

NZ is pretty blessed with plenty of quality golf courses and most are reasonably priced, I am not sure what costs were exactly at GHCC, but from what I gather were not cheap, even by Auckland standards, and when the course isnt top notch, not sure you are gonna get much traction.

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JK3 years ago

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Its a great ambrose course - particularly with carts.

Well, up until this current owner changed the management team out and started running it purposely as a loss, it made money, and enough to cover costs etc. Unfortunately not enough to fund a desperately needed clubhouse upgrade, but that was far from a priority of the current owner anyway.

Last year green fees were $180 to $200 for a non-affiliate and $130 for an affiliate, but came down more recently. Hard to justify paying that when like you say its not in top notch, or anywhere near it.

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KiwiPie3 years ago

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That Open really needed a Harman crumble or someone to shoot 63 to challenge him.

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taniwharugby3 years ago

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Alker with an ace, he currently sits T2 in the latest senior event.

1 month later

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taniwharugby2 years ago

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Great stuff Fox!

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sparky2 years ago

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Highlights of Fox Jr’s last, winning round at Wentworth.

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MajorStokes2 years ago

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Put your hand up if you turned down free tickets to this today.

Dickhead.

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sparky2 years ago

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@MajorRage

To be fair, you’d have got wet.

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1kiwi2 years ago

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Is this the NZ sporting moment of the weekend??
Way to go Foxy!!

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taniwharugby2 years ago

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@1kiwi $2.6m...not a bad weekends work.

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1kiwi2 years ago

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@taniwharugby not bad at all. To come back after that triple bogey and play the way he did was nothing short of amazing and to beat a field that had the whole European Ryder Cup team playing!
The significance of this win is huge for him. Will pretty much guarantee him a PGA Tour Card for 2024

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JK2 years ago

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So good. That recovery shot on 15 was just madness. Amazing resilience after that early triple!

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Number 102 years ago

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@sparky said in Golf:

Highlights of Fox Jr’s last, winning round at Wentworth.

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Four of those birdie putts, including the last one, he knew the ball was going in - he was already walking towards the hole before the ball got there.