21/04/2026
Congrats to our Div 1 boys. Another year making the final!
Close battle to come up second. Great season 👍
Congratulations to Tieke Golf Estate our 2026 Men's Championship Pennants Division 1 winners.
The course was looking stunning and was ready for some exceptional golf from the Division 1 players and they didn't disappoint.
Tieke on their home course came out of the block running with wins to Blair, Matthew and Jefferson to have 3 points secured early, and with James Fellow-Ford adding the fourth it was a 5-1 victory over the Whangamata 1 team with Rob Peart getting the point for the team, it was an amazing come back for Whangamata who in 2025 were in the relegation match, so a huge turn around for a great club.
The other semi-final had Raglan 1 up against Putaruru 1 team looking to go one better than last years 2nd place.
With Dan Hakes a late call up to play getting the win early it was looking good, but the Putaruru team rallied to win the next four matches and win 4-2 and head to the Grand-Final match.
Once again Blair, Matthew and Jefferson had Tieke on the board early with wins, but Gavin and Matt pulling back 2 points for Putaruru it cam down to the number 1's to decide the final. With both players going under the card it was a close match with Isaac Steel securing the final point on the 17th hole against Dan Crook it meant a 4-2 win for the home team.
From all the team at Waikato Golf a big congratulations to our Men's Division 1 champions.
Pictured L/R: Matthew Prinsloo, Jefferson Lovelock, Blair Yeates, James Fellows-Ford, Thomas Alderton, Isaac Steel, Darrell Bowler.