Despite having home advantage, the leading St Clair team was held to a half by Otago B in their third-round clash of the coastal senior A pennant series played on Saturday.
The result still puts St Clair well in front, with 2.5 points and 12 games, while Chisholm Park rises to second place, after securing a half with North Otago.
No 1 Michael Smith led the way for Otago B, beating in-form Brent McEwan (St Clair) with one hole to spare.
Smith turned one down but forged ahead, winning the first three holes of the back nine with two pars and a birdie 3.
McEwan could not find the form he showed at Chisholm Park two weeks ago when he shot an eagle and six birdies, and both players halved the remaining holes in pars, giving Smith a 2 and 1 win.
For Otago B, Brandon Hodgson and Mark Patterson had comfortable wins, while St Clair's winners were Tony Giles, Ross Colquhoun and Paul Brouwer.
Otago B was on target to win the contest when No 5 Daniel Elder was two ahead of Colquhoun after eight holes. But Colquhoun turned the tables and reversed the margin, to win on the 17th green.
At North Otago, the experienced trio of Kyle and Sean Geary and Mark Collie all posted wins, the Geary brothers at the expense of promising juniors Kris Rush and Cameron Ryder.
Oamaru's Michael Ormandy required only 13 holes to account for Lyndon Chalmers, while at No 6, Paul Velenski beat Peter Rae 4 and 3.
Chisholm Park had a chance to win away from home when 15-year-old Cody McMullan made a late charge.
Gary Whatling was two up with three holes to play and the match became dormie two when he and McMullan halved the 16th with birdie 3s.
McMullan won the 17th hole to stay alive but managed only a half on the final hole, to lose one down.
