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New Zealand Open secures new sponsorship

The New Zealand Open has secured a new major funding partner, with Japan-based non-profit corporation ISPS Handa joining BMW as co-naming rights partner for what will become the BMW ISPS Handa New Zealand Open. Both BMW and ISPS Handa have invested significantly in golf events around the world, and the New Zealand Open is fortunate […]

Twelve-year-old qualifies for the New Zealand Open

It’s hard not to draw comparisons between Auckland golfer Bohyun Park and world No 1 Lydia Ko. Both will play in this week’s New Zealand Open after Park qualified in Christchurch yesterday. At the ripe old age of 12, Park is an up-and-coming superstar golfer and she’s coached by Ko’s former mentor Guy Wilson. To […]

Famous cricketers switch to golf clubs

Some of the greatest cricketers in the history of the game will swap their bats for golf clubs at the BMW New Zealand Open when they line up in the inaugural ANZ Celebrity Challenge in Queenstown, from March 12-15. West Indians Sir Viv Richards and Brian Lara, Englishmen Sir Ian Botham and Graeme Swann, Australian […]