Darae Chung Posts Course Record, Wins Title

Darae Chung has posted an impressive 36 hole total, 4 under par to win the 2021 Womens 36 Hole Strokeplay at Otaki GC.

On a superbly presented Otaki layout , Shandon's Yewoo Hyun opened the scoring with a record equalling -2, 70, closely pursued by Mia Scrimgeour and Darae with -1, 71's.

The afternoon turned into somewhat of a shootout, Mia holding advantge at 2 under the card on her round and a 1 shot lead through 12 holes. Darae finished strongly, an effort befitting of her national squad status and +4 handicap, with a -3,  69 for the record and title, edging out Mia who finshed with a good even par afternoon round.

In Divsion 2 one of the regions young up and comers took home the title ,  Shandon's Victoria Faafia finishing 6 shots ahead of runner up Joanne Wilton-Eadie from the Manawatu.

Victoria's succes didn't end there as she partnered younger sister Toaiva to win the overall event pairs divsion title !!

For full results go to the webpage results section