Golf: Historic interprovincial victory for Southland

Southland is the toast of New Zealand golf after winning the men's interprovincial by beating Bay of Plenty 3-2 in the final on the Poverty Bay's Gisborne course on Saturday afternoon.
It is Southland's first win since the inception of the event in 1951 and the first time a South Island team has won since Canterbury took the honours in Invercargill in 2000.
The final was a replay of the first-round clash between the division two teams with the honours going to the Bay team on that occasion.
However, Southland was strengthened for the final with the return of No 1 Vaughan McCall, who had been on international duty in Argentina.
Spectators were urging on the Southland underdogs as the Bay of Plenty had won six of the previous nine titles.
Southland No 5 Matt Tautari was named the player of the tournament after winning all eight of his matches during the week-long tournament.
It was a fitting win for the quintet which, cheap golf clubs after many years, will split up during the next few months.
No 2 Cody Harper is turning professional and will undertake his apprenticeship under the guidance of John Griffin at Otatara.
Manager Corey Finn did a sterling job keeping his charges up to the mark but the Queenstown greenkeeper will leave for a post in Qatar in two weeks.
Otago finished in 12th place with 1 points and 11 games but the players featured on Saturday as caddies for their Southern neighbours.
In the final, McCall and Harper posted 2 and 1 wins and, with Tautari in the clubhouse, with a 3 and 2 victory over Craig Hamilton, the title was in the bag.
In the morning semifinals, Southland downed Auckland with three wins and a half, with McCall posting an impressive 4 and 3 win over Auckland No 1 Ryan Fox.
The Southland tail wagged, with Scott Hellier and Tautari both winning 1-up while Liam Balneaves put the icing on the cake by halving with Sam An.
The Bay team had been dominant all week and its 3-1 win over Canterbury in the other semifinal gave it seven wins from as many starts.
Their semifinal finished early as Brad Kendall (No 1), James Hamilton (No 3) and Sam Davis (No 4) all posted impressive wins.
Hamilton won his final match by 2 and 1 over Balneaves for eight wins but was piped for the top player award by Tautari from the winning team.
Otago will need to go back to the drawing board when next year's tournament will be held on the Balmacewen course in Dunedin.

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