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Youth triumphed at this year’s Tom Bonnington Cup, with 19-year-old Jake Meenhorst boasting a score of 139 over 36 holes.
The Mangawhai Golf Club’s annual two-day event took place on May 27 and 28, attracting 73 men to the course.
Jake, from West Auckland, has just completed his first semester at the University of Tennessee and has been golfing in the United States.
“I think the experience I gained from playing courses in the States gave me a better mindset for tackling Mangawhai,” Jake says.
“Winning the cup was an awesome feeling as I hadn’t played tournament golf for two months.”
Jake was placed second after Day One, but shot a weekend record of 67 on Day Two to clinch the title.
Mangawhai pro shop manager Nick Launder says the competition standard was good with 26 scratch golfers on a zero handicap.
“It’s a competition we’ve run successfully for a number of years and, once again, feedback was generally positive,” Nick says.
Last year’s winner, Ben Jujnovich, finished 18th with a score of 152 and the top Mangawhai golfer was Scott Wightman coming seventh with 146.
Meanwhile, Waipu’s Kylie Jacoby took the women’s Mangawhai Invitational out for a second year running with a score of 154.
Kylie shot 78 and 76 to move into first position on Day Two with Vaha Fapiano two shots behind.
Mangawhai Golf Club’s top woman was Belinda May with a score of 159, coming third equal out of 13 players.
