It’s one of the ironies of modern-day sport… Perform brilliantly and you will be well rewarded and usually handsomely remunerated. Example: Ryan Fox. Perform steadily, however, from week to week and your form may well go unnoticed for the most part. Example: Daniel Hillier. Clearly Fox is now a household name in New Zealand. Daniel Hillier probably not. Yet Hillier’s form in 2026 shows very clearly that steadiness can also pay a handsome dividend even if your exploits don’t a

For amateur golfers, grabbing an elusive hole-in-one will always be one of the highlights

He might be 55 years old but Kiwi Steve Alker, even by the high standards he’s set for himself on the Champions Tour, is nonetheless enjoying a real purple patch of late as he added yet another victory over the weekend, his fourth this year and third since 23 August. He’s now finished first or second in each of his last four PGA Seniors Tour starts. His latest triumph came interestingly enough on a public course in Philadelphia. The Jefferson Valley course was designed by Don