Newspaper Article 2012 – Jones tees up golfing honour
Jones tees up golfing honour
Hastings golf stalwart Stuart Jones has been inducted into the New Zealand Golf Hall of Fame.
Jones, “the greatest amateur golfer New Zealand has ever produced”, was honoured along with fellow inductee, the late Oliver Hollis, in a function at the Hawke’s Bay Opera House on Saturday.
Jones had an unprecedented record which was “still talked about today”.
“As an iconic member of the Hastings Golf Club, it is the ideal time to welcome Stuart to a very exclusive club in the New Zealand Golf Hall of Fame,” New Zealand Gold board chairman, Philip Hassall, said.
It was fitting to induct the legend of the Hastings Golf Club as the club celebrated their 100 years at the famed layout, he continued.
“He has an outstanding record and is widely regarded as the finest amateur golfer New Zealand has ever produced and he played in a very competitive era. His record of winning seven New Zealand Amateur titles is a phenomenal achievement.
“We are pleased to induct a player of Stuart’s calibre to the Fall of Fame and honour his record in the appropriate way”.
“He is widely regarded as the finest amateur golfer New Zealand has ever produced”
Philip Hassall, New Zealand Golf board chairman
Hollis is the first woman to be inducted to the Hall of Fame. She has long been regarded as New Zealand’s finest woman golfer and totally dominated golf from the 1920s to 1950s and her record has been honoured.
She won the New Zealand Stroke Play an incredible nine successive years.
Hollis retired early but returned to golf in 1946 and immediately won her 10th Stroke Play title.
She also won the New Zealand Amateur crown on three occasions and the New Zealand Foursomes four times.
The Hall of Fame inductees were combined with the Hastings Golf Club’s celebrations of 100 years at Bridge Pa. Both the Hollis and Jones families represented the inductees.
Photo caption – HALL-OF-FAMER: Hastings golfer Stuart Jones was inducted into golfing’s Hall of Fame on Saturday.
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