The Lunden Links Putter Competition was held on the 2nd and 3rd of September. This competition sees the top golfers from across the Waikato team up to represent their school in a best 3 out of 4 nett competition.

Round one was played at the Riverside golf club in perfect spring conditions. The standout performances were from Sam McArthur and Charlie Harris who both shot a round of nett 67. However, despite these impressive scores it was the Hamilton Boys High School (HBHS) #3 team of Jack Persen, Ben Wright, Thomas Verry and Cole Tosalnd who finished the day with a best 3 out of 4 nett score of 213 and held a one shot lead over HBHS #1.

Round two was played at the Ngaruawahia Golf Course in much more challenging conditions. Heading in to day two there were four teams who were all in the running to take first place with only 6 shots separating them. HBHS #3 team improved on their impressive first round score carding a nett 208 lead by Jack Persen who shot a nett 68. They would have entered the club house thinking that would be enough to secure them the championship. But HBHS #1 team had other ideas, anchored by Sam McArthurs standout preformace of nett 65 they stormed in to beat HBHS #3 by 3 shots with a score of 205.

This performance was enough to crown the HBHS #1 back to back winners of the Lunden Links Putter Competition with an overall score of 419 beating HBHS #3 by just two shots with a score of 421. Both years the HBHS #1 team has come from behind to win. St Johns College finished 3^rd with a total score of 439

Thank you to all the teams that participated. It was a great two days of high quality golf.

For a full list of the nett results click here    

Article added: Wednesday 04 September 2019