Franco Nandor’s going to have to lift his game if he’s to live up to the hopes of his new part-owner, gifted golfer Ryan Fox.
Lincoln Farms’ rising three-year-old looked an improver when he took out his heat at the Pukekohe workouts yesterday, driver Zachary Butcher reigning him home by a head in his first serious test since lockdown.
And there, watching the close finish from the unfamiliar position of the gallery, was Fox fresh from his runaway 13 stroke win in the Wairakei Invitational at Taupo last week.
Fox won a paltry $6500 for the win but hit the jackpot through Lincoln Farms’ boss John Street’s sponsorship of the pro-am.
Street, recently named an honorary member of PGANZ for his generous support over many years, donated a handsome extra prize to the winner and runner-up of the tourney.
Reprinted with permission of Barry Lichter