New Zealand Open

Australasian PGA Tour | 29 Nov - 02 Dec 2007

Richard Finch

Richard Finch holds up the winner's trophy at the New Zealand Open

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Englishman Richard Finch kept his nerve as others fell around him to claim his first professional title at the Michael Hill New Zealand Open in Queenstown today. A record Open crowd assembled to watch Finch, the overnight leader by three strokes at 14-under, try to hold his advantage over Australian hopefuls Steven Bowditch and Peter Fowler. However, it never eventuated and the engraver could’ve started his formalities w...
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ABOUT THIS Tournament

OVERVIEW

Course: The Hills Golf Club (View Map)
Where: Arrowtown, Southland, NZL
Co-Sanctioned with: European PGA
Prize Money: NZD$1,500,000

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All Results
AUS/NZ

Position	Score	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	-14	Richard Finch	73	65	64	72	274
T2	-11	Paul Sheehan	68	67	73	69	277
T2	-11	Steven Bowditch	69	65	71	72	277
T4	-10	Alexander Noren	76	69	67	66	278
T4	-10	Craig Parry	68	74	70	66	278
T4	-10	Matthew Millar	72	71	68	67	278
T4	-10	Steven Jeffress	71	68	72	67	278
8	-9	Peter Fowler	69	75	62	73	279
T9	-8	Matthew Zions	72	73	66	69	280
T9	-8	Oliver Fisher	70	69	72	69	280
11	-7	Robert Dinwiddie	72	72	66	71	281
T12	-6	Adam Bland	71	74	67	70	282
T12	-6	Gary Simpson	69	69	76	68	282
T12	-6	Josh Geary	75	67	70	70	282
T12	-6	Michael Curtain	71	70	70	71	282
T16	-5	Andrew Tschudin	70	71	70	72	283
T16	-5	Anthony Brown	71	70	72	70	283
T16	-5	Gareth Paddison	70	72	71	70	283
T16	-5	Kyron Sullivan	72	68	69	74	283
T16	-5	Matthew Ballard	72	70	70	71	283
T16	-5	Rick Kulacz	71	69	68	75	283
T16	-5	Scott Gardiner	72	72	67	72	283
T23	-4	Bob Charles	75	68	71	70	284
T23	-4	Doug Holloway	72	71	74	67	284
T23	-4	Ewan Porter	72	66	70	76	284
T23	-4	Marc Leishman	69	70	71	74	284
T23	-4	Michael Wright	71	69	72	72	284
T23	-4	Peter Whiteford	70	68	75	71	284
T23	-4	Tony Christie	71	73	71	69	284
T30	-3	Aaron Townsend	74	71	67	73	285
T30	-3	Anthony Summers	73	71	70	71	285
T30	-3	Dave Horsey	74	70	70	71	285
T30	-3	Marcus Fraser	73	69	73	70	285
T30	-3	Shane Baxter	71	73	73	68	285
T30	-3	Terry Pilkadaris	77	68	69	71	285
T36	-2	Brenden Stuart	69	73	70	74	286
T36	-2	Damien Mcgrane	72	72	69	73	286
T36	-2	Didier De Vooght	73	70	72	71	286
T36	-2	Mahal Pearce	71	70	69	76	286
T36	-2	Matthew Woods	68	74	73	71	286
T36	-2	Paul Spargo	75	70	71	70	286
T42	-1	Jamie Donaldson	70	74	77	66	287
T42	-1	Michael Long	69	67	76	75	287
T44	Ev	Alvaro Velasco	73	70	72	73	288
T44	Ev	Andrew Mckenzie	71	69	72	76	288
T44	Ev	Danny Lee (Am)	73	71	75	69	288
T44	Ev	Jamie Little	72	73	71	72	288
T44	Ev	Josh Carmichael	77	67	70	74	288
T44	Ev	Kim Felton	71	73	70	74	288
T44	Ev	Martin Doyle	71	72	78	67	288
T51	+1	Adam Blyth	75	68	73	73	289
T51	+1	Daniel Chopra	70	71	70	78	289
T51	+1	Marco Soffietti	75	70	73	71	289
T51	+1	Rodney Booth	69	73	72	75	289
T55	+2	Ally Mellor	72	73	71	74	290
T55	+2	Ben Wharton	70	74	74	72	290
T55	+2	David Bransdon	69	73	75	73	290
T55	+2	Michael Sim	69	76	72	73	290
T55	+2	Nick Gillespie (Am)	78	67	72	73	290
T60	+3	Craig Scott	75	67	73	76	291
T60	+3	Paul Marantz	69	76	72	74	291
T60	+3	Peter Nolan	71	74	74	72	291
T60	+3	Richard Lee	70	71	78	72	291
T60	+3	Scott Strange	75	70	73	73	291
T60	+3	Steven Jeppesen	72	72	73	74	291
T60	+3	Steven Jones	70	73	76	72	291
T67	+4	Luke Hickmott	70	73	75	74	292
T67	+4	Phil Tataurangi	74	71	68	79	292
T69	+5	Jarrod Moseley	73	71	75	74	293
T69	+5	Terry Price	73	71	70	79	293
T71	+6	David Hutton	75	69	76	74	294
T71	+6	Ricky Schmidt	75	70	75	74	294
73	+8	Lucas Parsons	73	71	74	78	296
74	+9	Lee Hunt	76	69	79	73	297
75	+11	Henry Epstein	74	69	74	82	299
Cut +1
CUT	+2	Adam Porker	76	70	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Andrew Martin	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Andrew Pitt	76	70	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Anthony Painter	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Ben Bunny	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Fabrizio Zanotti	75	71	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Heath Reed	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Jared Pender (Am)	76	70	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Magnus Persson	76	70	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Mark Brown	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Mathew Holten	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Michael Hendry	77	69	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Paul Dwyer	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Tim Wood	72	74	-	-	146
CUT	+3	Ben Gallie	80	67	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Chris Downes	77	70	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Christian L Nilsson	73	74	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Gavin Flint	73	74	-	-	147
CUT	+3	James Nitties	76	71	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Leigh Mckechnie	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Rhys Davies	72	75	-	-	147
CUT	+4	Euan Walters	78	70	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Michael Light	78	70	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Peter Spearman-Burn (Am)	75	73	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Richard Mcevoy	78	70	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Stuart Manley	76	72	-	-	148
CUT	+5	Aaron Black	81	68	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Brendan Chant	79	70	-	-	149
CUT	+5	David Diaz	73	76	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Grant Moorhead	75	74	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Hamish Robertson	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Jason Norris	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Jens Nilsson	71	78	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Julio Zapata	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Kurt Barnes	77	72	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Michael Campbell	73	76	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Nick Dastey	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Paul Donahoo	75	74	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Peter Wilson	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Troy Ropiha (Am)	78	71	-	-	149
CUT	+6	Andrew Tampion	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Brad Kennedy	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Eric Egloff	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Matthew Ecob	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Michael Jonzon	73	77	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Michael Brennan	80	70	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Nigel Stivala	79	71	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Peter Senior	80	70	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Peter O'Malley	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Peter Baker	78	72	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Simon Owen	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Tom Davis	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Tristan Lambert	73	77	-	-	150
CUT	+7	Edward Rush	78	73	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Kasper Jorgensen	76	75	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Kazunari Nakayama	74	77	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Nathan Main	78	73	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Steve Alker	74	77	-	-	151
CUT	+8	Jim Lapsley	78	74	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Tony Carolan	77	75	-	-	152
CUT	+9	Adam Crawford	75	78	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Alistair Presnell	81	72	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Robin Hodgetts	73	80	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Simon Furneaux	76	77	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Simon Wakefield	82	71	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Todd Baek (Am)	78	75	-	-	153
CUT	+10	Dean Kinney	80	74	-	-	154
CUT	+10	Marcus Cain	78	76	-	-	154
CUT	+11	Ashley Hall	79	76	-	-	155
CUT	+11	Ben Wallace (Am)	79	76	-	-	155
CUT	+11	Leighton James (Am)	79	76	-	-	155
CUT	+11	Tigh Van Leeuwen	83	72	-	-	155
CUT	+12	Mark Searle	77	79	-	-	156
CUT	+13	Adam Church (Am)	80	77	-	-	157
CUT	+13	Mark Purser	80	77	-	-	157
CUT	+14	Willie Moore (Am)	83	75	-	-	158
CUT	+15	Charles Gardiner	82	77	-	-	159
CUT	+16	Chris Gray	75	85	-	-	160
CUT	+16	Tyrone Nelson (Am)	81	79	-	-	160
CUT	+19	Juong Lee	86	77	-	-	163
WD	-	Andrew Butterfield	76	-	-	-	WD

Position	Score	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
T2	-11	Paul Sheehan	68	67	73	69	277
T2	-11	Steven Bowditch	69	65	71	72	277
T4	-10	Craig Parry	68	74	70	66	278
T4	-10	Matthew Millar	72	71	68	67	278
T4	-10	Steven Jeffress	71	68	72	67	278
8	-9	Peter Fowler	69	75	62	73	279
T9	-8	Matthew Zions	72	73	66	69	280
T12	-6	Adam Bland	71	74	67	70	282
T12	-6	Gary Simpson	69	69	76	68	282
T12	-6	Josh Geary	75	67	70	70	282
T12	-6	Michael Curtain	71	70	70	71	282
T16	-5	Andrew Tschudin	70	71	70	72	283
T16	-5	Anthony Brown	71	70	72	70	283
T16	-5	Gareth Paddison	70	72	71	70	283
T16	-5	Matthew Ballard	72	70	70	71	283
T16	-5	Rick Kulacz	71	69	68	75	283
T16	-5	Scott Gardiner	72	72	67	72	283
T23	-4	Bob Charles	75	68	71	70	284
T23	-4	Doug Holloway	72	71	74	67	284
T23	-4	Ewan Porter	72	66	70	76	284
T23	-4	Marc Leishman	69	70	71	74	284
T23	-4	Michael Wright	71	69	72	72	284
T23	-4	Tony Christie	71	73	71	69	284
T30	-3	Aaron Townsend	74	71	67	73	285
T30	-3	Anthony Summers	73	71	70	71	285
T30	-3	Marcus Fraser	73	69	73	70	285
T30	-3	Shane Baxter	71	73	73	68	285
T30	-3	Terry Pilkadaris	77	68	69	71	285
T36	-2	Brenden Stuart	69	73	70	74	286
T36	-2	Mahal Pearce	71	70	69	76	286
T36	-2	Matthew Woods	68	74	73	71	286
T36	-2	Paul Spargo	75	70	71	70	286
T42	-1	Michael Long	69	67	76	75	287
T44	Ev	Andrew Mckenzie	71	69	72	76	288
T44	Ev	Kim Felton	71	73	70	74	288
T44	Ev	Martin Doyle	71	72	78	67	288
T51	+1	Adam Blyth	75	68	73	73	289
T51	+1	Rodney Booth	69	73	72	75	289
T55	+2	David Bransdon	69	73	75	73	290
T55	+2	Michael Sim	69	76	72	73	290
T60	+3	Craig Scott	75	67	73	76	291
T60	+3	Paul Marantz	69	76	72	74	291
T60	+3	Peter Nolan	71	74	74	72	291
T60	+3	Richard Lee	70	71	78	72	291
T60	+3	Scott Strange	75	70	73	73	291
T60	+3	Steven Jones	70	73	76	72	291
T67	+4	Luke Hickmott	70	73	75	74	292
T67	+4	Phil Tataurangi	74	71	68	79	292
T69	+5	Jarrod Moseley	73	71	75	74	293
T69	+5	Terry Price	73	71	70	79	293
T71	+6	Ricky Schmidt	75	70	75	74	294
73	+8	Lucas Parsons	73	71	74	78	296
74	+9	Lee Hunt	76	69	79	73	297
75	+11	Henry Epstein	74	69	74	82	299
Cut +1
CUT	+2	Adam Porker	76	70	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Andrew Martin	74	72	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Andrew Pitt	76	70	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Anthony Painter	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Ben Bunny	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Heath Reed	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Mark Brown	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Mathew Holten	73	73	-	-	146
CUT	+2	Michael Hendry	77	69	-	-	146
CUT	+3	Ben Gallie	80	67	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Chris Downes	77	70	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Gavin Flint	73	74	-	-	147
CUT	+3	James Nitties	76	71	-	-	147
CUT	+3	Leigh Mckechnie	75	72	-	-	147
CUT	+4	Euan Walters	78	70	-	-	148
CUT	+4	Michael Light	78	70	-	-	148
CUT	+5	Aaron Black	81	68	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Brendan Chant	79	70	-	-	149
CUT	+5	David Diaz	73	76	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Grant Moorhead	75	74	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Hamish Robertson	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Jason Norris	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Kurt Barnes	77	72	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Michael Campbell	73	76	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Nick Dastey	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Paul Donahoo	75	74	-	-	149
CUT	+5	Peter Wilson	76	73	-	-	149
CUT	+6	Andrew Tampion	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Brad Kennedy	75	75	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Matthew Ecob	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Michael Brennan	80	70	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Nigel Stivala	79	71	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Peter Senior	80	70	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Peter O'Malley	77	73	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Simon Owen	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Tom Davis	76	74	-	-	150
CUT	+6	Tristan Lambert	73	77	-	-	150
CUT	+7	Nathan Main	78	73	-	-	151
CUT	+7	Steve Alker	74	77	-	-	151
CUT	+8	Jim Lapsley	78	74	-	-	152
CUT	+8	Tony Carolan	77	75	-	-	152
CUT	+9	Adam Crawford	75	78	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Alistair Presnell	81	72	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Robin Hodgetts	73	80	-	-	153
CUT	+9	Simon Furneaux	76	77	-	-	153
CUT	+10	Dean Kinney	80	74	-	-	154
CUT	+10	Marcus Cain	78	76	-	-	154
CUT	+11	Ashley Hall	79	76	-	-	155
CUT	+11	Tigh Van Leeuwen	83	72	-	-	155
CUT	+13	Mark Purser	80	77	-	-	157
CUT	+15	Charles Gardiner	82	77	-	-	159
CUT	+16	Chris Gray	75	85	-	-	160