Tee 1 Waahi Taakaro Golf Course.
Sloan team gets the better of Greenacres
Our Sloan Trophy team won its first match of the season with a good win over Greenacres at Tasman on Sunday (March 30).
The pressure was on after defeats in the first two rounds, but the team responded strongly to win 7-2 and climb to a mid-table position.
Lewis Wilson set the tone at No 6 with a 4/3 win. The veteran leftie – who won his first three holes – drove the ball well and didn’t make many mistakes.
Playing in his first Sloan match of the season, fellow leftie Neil McLaren also played solidly in building a lead and protecting it in his 3/2 victory.
Another making his season debut, Garth Jameson, showed the benefit of playing Tasman regularly over summer to coast to a convincing 5/4 win. Garth drove and chipped well on the way to a 79.
Our No 3 Gareth Edwards succumbed to a second-nine onslaught from a rival who came home with a 38. Gareth had a solid front nine and was four up at the turn but couldn’t sustain it and slipped to a 2/1 loss.
Keri Kotua used all his match play experience to eke out a late 2-up win after a tight back and forth tussle where neither him or his opponent led by more than one hole.
The next round is at Takaka this Sunday (April 6) where we play Motueka.
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