Akarana Golf Club
Hole of the Month - June 2005
Hole 16 · Par 3 · Stroke 9


Our Member Host

NAME Seve (not his real name) Ha
AGE Very young (will be junior for sometime to come yet)
NICKNAME Seve (think Tiger)
HANDICAP Zero or thereabouts
BACKGROUND Akarana's hottest junior and an under 15 NZ champ to boot.
FINEST HOUR IN GOLF Playing in the Bissett Shield final 2005. David Izzard told me to say that.
MOST EMBARRISING MOMENT IN GOLF Trying on the smallest available sizing of trousers at this year's Pennant uniform outfitting.
HOBBIES Golf, watching golf on TV, chatting about golf with my friends, putting and chipping practice?
SOMETHING YOU WOULDN'T LIKE PUBLISHED That I practise in front of my mirror at home and that one day I hope to highscore on PS's Singstar!
ANYTHING ELSE OF INTEREST Is there anything other than golf that is interesting?
ANYTHING ELSE, NOT OF INTEREST You know, probably my best game of golf is the 67 at Whitford Park in November '04. It translated to a handicap differential of -5.1 Not bad if I say so myself. Then of course there was the ...

OK Seve, go to school!

Hole 4 of Akarana Golf Club

The second longest par three on the course and part of the "nervous" trio of finishing holes. Seve has played it many times in competition and is only too well aware of it's dangers. Here he gives us the low down on how to play the hole.

"Well first of all I line up my tee shot, then I hit it and then I either have one or two putts.

..... but for the challenged amongst us out there what is they key to this hole?

" Always go for the pin and don't wimp out on the shot. Plus get lots of practise in.

Hole 4 at Akarana Golf Club
If the pin is on the left, all of a
sudden the trees come into play
Hole 4 at Akarana Golf Club
If the pin is on the right, don't be
short unless you like the beach.

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