Zwart the Pro am King

Pieter Zwart continued his great form to win the Croucher and Crowder Hawera Pro am today. Pieter began his run with a win in the Yealands Family wines Marlborough Pro- am on the 28th September after winning a five man playoff. Zwart then finished second in the Hellers and friends Kaikoura Pro am after losing in a playoff to Dongwoo Kang. Pieter finished with a solid 26th place in the John Jones Steel Harewood Open at the weekend and today birdied the second playoff hole to win from Jared Pender and Brad Shilton after the trio all scored seven under par 65’s in normal play.

The day started fine at Hawera but turned decidedly ugly with players three quarters of the way through their round. The heavy rain soon flooded some of the greens and players struggled through to complete their rounds. The scoring was extremely low with the three leading 65’s followed by Lachie McDonald and Troy Ropiha on 67 and Mark Brown, Doug Holloway and Kieran Muir on 68.