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The Hastings Pak-Line Autex Pro Am
Gillespie birdies last four to win Hastings
9 Mar 2012
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| Nick Gillespie |
After getting off to an average start today in the final round of the Pak-Line/Autex Hastings Pro-Am Nick Gillespie made amends big time with a barrage of birdies on the back nine, firstly on the 10th and 11th, and then the last four holes for a 67 to take out the event by a clear two shots.
Gillespie, playing out of Wellington but considered by many to be at home in Hastings, was tied with Auckland's Ryan Fox after the first day, and was not looking like the winner through nine holes.
Mark Brown of Wellington had posted an early last round score of 65 to put a nine under par total on the board, and he in turn was hotly pursued by Northland's Alex Tait who also shot 65, at one stage making seven threes in a row in playing the back nine in 30.
Fox scored a 71, mixing three birdies with two bogeys, to tie Leighton James, Hastings (68 69), Kieran Muir, Omokoroa (67 70) and Jared Pender, Tauranga (68 69).
LEADING SCORES LISTED HERE
133 Nick Gillespie 66 67
135 Mark Brown 70 65
137 Ryan Fox 66 71, Leighton James 68 69, Kieran Muir 67 70, Jared Pender 68 69)
138 Andrew Green Wellington (72 66), Alex Tait Northland (73 65)
139 Hamish Robertson Taihape (69 70)
140 Jim Cusdin Hamilton (69 70), Glenn Millin ProDrive Hamilton (73 67), Pieter Zwart Waipukurau (72 68)
141 Steven Han Auckland (69 72), Richard Wright ProDrive Hamilton (72 69)