Golf Challenge

Press, 20 February 1980, Page 26

Golf Challenge

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A television programme in mid-winter which will be eagerly awaited by golfers and other sports enthusiasts is the Air New Zealand challenge series between two of New Zealand’s renowned professionals. Bob Charles and Simon Owen. Six half-hour programmes, each showing three holes, will be televised at the end of May and in June. The contest took the two golfers to 10 different courses throughout the country and took 10 days to complete. Above is their official card, showing where the two players gained and lost shots. Charles finished the 18 holes with a two-stroke advantage.

Course Hole Length (Metres) Par Charles Owen Course Hole Length (Metres) Par Charles Owen ■ 1 Waitangi 14 402 4 3 4 10 Heretaunga 2 450 5 5 4 2 Titirangi 12 415 4 6 5 11 Heretaunga 5 379 4 4 4 3 Titirangi 14 153 3 3 3 12 Paraparaumu 5 142 3 3 3 4 Rotorua 9 179 3 3 3 13 Paraparaumu 13 411 4 5 5 5 Rotoma 16 293 4 4 4 14 Paraparaumu 17 402 4 4 5 6 Wairakei 2 215 3 3 3 15 Balmacewan 11 361 4 4 4 7 Wairakei 6 445 5, 3 4 16 Queenstown 5 336 4 5 4 8 Wairakei 14 556 5 5 5 17 Shirley / 4 503 5 5 6 9 Belmont 7 358 4 4 6 18 Shirley 18 338 4 4 3 3016 35 34 37 Total 3322 37 39 38 6,338 72 —** / Player’s signature Player’s signature.