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NZ golf’s hottest new name

The most exciting new name in Kiwi golf has a theory about his first New Zealand Open.

Denzel Ieremia missed the cut in his debut at our premier golf tournament last year. The then 23-year-old from the Waikato missed by a mile, too, by what might be thought was a confidence-crushing seven strokes. But he firmly believes if he hadn’t made such an indifferent showing at the 100th New Zealand Open – with his family and his coach watching – the rest of his rookie year as a professional might have been very different indeed.

“I honestly believe,” he says earnestly,

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