Despite having a bye in the third round on Saturday, the St Clair team is in the box seat with six points and 10.5 games in this year's senior A pennant series.
Thomas Facer (18) confirmed his status as Otago's top junior when he added the Greg Turner Tour win to his Otago under-23 and under-19 titles at the Hills and Millbrook courses during the weekend.
An initiative by Michael Smith from Golf Otago has led to 12 boys and four girls playing in the finals of the Greg Turner Junior Tour event in Arrowtown this weekend.
The resurgence of Otago women's golf received a severe setback when the team lost the Salisbury Cup to Southland over two rounds in Gore on Sunday.
With a final round of 2-under-par 69, Ken Tarling (Canada) came from behind and fought off spirited challenges from his playing partners to win the City of Dunedin Legends professional tournament which finished at Balmacewen yesterday.
The Otago strokeplay championship became a Southland benefit tournament with Jeremy Hall (Greenacres) winning the title by one shot from Liam Balneaves (Greenacres) after 72 holes in gusty conditions at Balmacewen yesterday.
Duncan Croudis plays out of a bunker during the Chisholm Park 36-hole open tournament in September. Photo by Peter McIntosh.
Duncan Croudis, Otago's most promising prospect, has some major decisions to make in the new year which are likely to impact on his golfing future.
The 18-year-old is looking at accepting a full scholarship at a college in the United States as his next step to improve his game.
This year has been a memorable year for Otago golf, with huge changes off the course, and the players, both men and women, have responded by producing the goods on the course.
Golfers Michael Goldstein and Jamie Patton have made a flying visit to Dunedin as part of their globe-trotting adventure.
Otago rallied from a loss to Auckland in the morning to beat Manawatu-Wanganui 4-1 yesterday afternoon to qualify for today's semifinal of the men's interprovincial team championships.
A scintillating round by Otago No 1 Brent McEwan gave him a 2 and 1 win over Eisenhower representative Ryan Fox to help Otago halve with Auckland in the fifth round of the men's interprovincial team tournament on the Paraparaumu course in Wellington yesterday morning.
Otago had mixed fortunes on the second day of competition in the men's interprovincial tournament which was played on the Paraparaumu course in Wellington yesterday.
Otago got off to a flier, beating Tasman by 3 to 1, in the first round of the men's interprovincial team tournament at Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club on the Kapiti Coast yesterday.
Getting off to a good start against Tasman will hold the key to Otago's success in the men's interprovincial tournament which begins on the Paraparaumu course in Wellington today.
Otago beat Bay of Plenty Thames Valley 3.5 to 1.5 in a playoff to finish fifth in the women's interprovincial tournament which finished on the Miramar course in Wellington on Saturday.
Otago beat Taranaki 3-2 in the final round of section play to finish third in division two of the women's interprovincial which will finish with finals day on the Miramar course in Wellington today.
Despite a spirited effort, Otago's chances of a semifinal berth came to an end when the team suffered two losses in division two on the third day of competition in the women's interprovincial tournament on the Miramar course in Wellington yesterday.
Otago's chances of a top placing in the women's interprovincial tournament in Wellington received a boost yesterday morning when Otago posted its third 4-1 win, this time over Tasman on the Miramar course.
Otago made a good start in the Toro women's interprovincial tournament in Wellington yesterday to lead the division two section with two points and eight games after the first two rounds on the Miramar course.
A young Otago team finished seventh last year to break the pattern of four wooden spoon finishes and this year's team looks like getting a higher place in the Toro New Zealand Women's Interprovincial which begins on the Miramar course in Wellington this morning.
