Chisholm Park provided the upset of the second round of the Coastal senior A men's pennant series by beating Otago A 3.5-2.5 on Saturday afternoon.
To add insult to injury, it was a home game for the Balmacewen golfers and an away game for the Park boys, which augurs well for their prospects in the series.
The Chisholm Park tail wagged, with Sean Geary, Peter Rae and Matthew Heaton all posting wins.
Geary beat Thomas Gillan and Rae beat Murray Edgar with both matches going the full distance while Heaton beat John McIntee with one hole to spare.
Otago A dominated the top three, with Tyrone Ratahi beating Mark Collie 3 and 2 and Luke Murdoch downing Lyndon Chalmers by the same margin.
A close match between the No 2 players ended in a valuable half for the Park with Otago junior order of merit winner Antony McCullough and former Aorangi representative Cameron Grant finishing square.
Meanwhile, the strong St Clair team romped to a 5-1 win over North Otago at St Clair to take a commanding lead in the competition.
None of the St Clair players suffered a loss, with the Oamaru golfers' point coming from two halves in the lower order.
Clayton More (St Clair) halved with North Otago greenkeeper Gary Creedy and Paul Brouwer (St Clair) halved with Gary Whatling in a battle of the No 6 players.
Tony Giles, Stephen Hitchcox, Chris Snow and Greg Johnson all posted good wins for St Clair, which now leads the series with two points and nine games.
Although there are eight more rounds to play before the finalists are found, it is difficult to see any team threatening St Clair given the current form.
