The 2013 Wellington Fault Line Fury Disc Golf Tournament.

Hosted by the Levin Brotherhood

Well folks it seems that the Faultline Fury has finally lived up to it’s name.

With the traditional four seasons in one day Mother Nature decided to upgrade that particular combo to include one natural disaster as well. None the less it was not enough to stop the New Zealand Disc Golf Community ascending upon the capital in style with players merging from as far north as Auckland and as far south as Christchurch.

After some excellent weather that the keen players were able to enjoy on the Friday, Mother Nature decided to mix things up a bit with a solid Earthquake to prepare them for what they were in for in the days to come.

Players were then greeted with the most testing conditions the tour has seen so this year on the Saturday morning before heading out for the first round with a steady rain in cool temperatures.

After the first round there was only one player able to get the better of the course and the conditions, with Jackson Sullivan shooting an impressive 53 in some seriously difficult conditions. Chasing him was Defending Champion Pete Boyle, along side David Keene two shots behind with Jacko's Dad Shane Sullivan leading the Grand Masters division and making up the top card.

The battle of New Zealand's top two women resumed with both Gemma Sullivan and Ming Menzies resuming their fantastic battle over the tour. In the Masters Division it was a logjam at the top with Blair Joines having his nose in front from a number of chasers ranging from South Island still wart Chris Davies to the mischief that is Juan Unda & Marty de Haas.

Junior Division turnout was Toby Gentil, who arrived a little underprepared for the conditions managed to survive to be at the top.

Heading into the afternoon round the weather gods were kind enough to turn things around with some warm sunshine even poking through. This enabled most players to attack the course and pick up shots that might have been left out there from the morning's round.

A solid front nine by David Keene saw him trim back Jackson Sullivan's lead to wrestle the lead from 'Jacko' heading into the back nine.

The story of the day was the golfing lesson that veteran Shane Sullivan was showing to all those around. Playing brilliant par golf on the front nine he started to unleash on the back nine managing to slide a few birdies onto the card.

That was until he stepped up to hole 16.

After some discussion with son Jackson about the right type of shot Shane addresses the tee to let his Buzz fly. The shot resembled something like a missile towards its target and without further ado, crashing into the chains for a spectacular hole in one! Let this reporter tell you that the elation on Shane’s face was a MasterCard moment, priceless! With that piece of brilliance it enabled Shane to draw level with Jackson and surpass defending champion Pete Boyle who was finding the going a little tough out there this year compared to last years efforts.

Once the tired bodies had dribbled back into HQ there were handshakes all round for Shane as he held second place equal with Jackson. After a sold second round of 47 David Keene had forced his way to the top of the pack on a total of 102. In the Women’s division Gemma Sullivan had a one shot lead over Fiona ‘Ming’ Menzies and Blair Joines was able to put daylight between him and the chasing pack in the masters division.

In the local Division the human highlighter Brady Keuch was within touching distance of Alex Britton , however could he haul him in with only one round to go?

Sunday morning saw some tired bodies emerge back onto the playing field while the threat of more torrential rain and wind were always present. The battles all over the course resumed. A lot of eyes were on the ladies battle of Gemma and Ming, while the ever-improving Paula Wilson has improved out of sight of late to be pushing Senior Womans Grand Master Jenny Joynt all the way, which made for some excellent golf in a tight group.

Carrying on his good form was Shane Sullivan, carding yet another 51 in the morning round along with both Jackson Sullivan & David Keeene which meant there was not a lot of movement at the top of the leader board however closing the gap was Masters leader Blair Joines with a sold 53 taking out the masters division in the process.

The drama however was unfolding in the chasing groups with the man they call the GM Bob Gentil performing somewhat of a Babe Ruth shot calling an ace run on the same hole Shane had cashed in on. Not to be outdone a simular flight pattern saw the same result with the chains being rattled for the second ace of the tournament.

In the woman’s battle Gemma had managed to hold off a fast finishing Ming Menzies to win the woman’s title by a single stroke and Toby Gentil made lite work of the junior division. The super six became the super seven due to a Des Cooper special drawing with AB Hartley with only two holes to play. All the moving and shaking was done from the back half of the super six. Blair Joines clawed his way above Shane Sullivan with solid par golf. Both Jackson Sullivan and David Keene found the going tougher with blemishes on their last six holes. AB Hartley and Des Cooper were able to catch local division winner Alex Britton, who was just hanging on after a restless night with his newborn, for a three way tie of fifth to gain valuable tour points, Shane Sullivan finding the safari holes of the Super Six tougher going slipping back to fourth.

Managing to hold his five shot lead from the night before with great tee-to-basket golf was David “Speedo“ Keene.

Well done to all the winners and we want to say a special thanks to the Sullivan Family for all the hard work they out in for the Faultline Fury. Special mention and thanks to Jill, Shane, Gemma & Jackson Sullivan for helping out with everything. You all made it an amazing tournament.

And thanks to Resene Palmerston North for the prizes that were appreciated by all and Sky Highway and his crew that provided hungry cold golfers with some awesome hot food and drinks. A big thanks too to Sky Highway and friends for setting up the course, a great asset for the Hutt Valley thanks to legend Mark Dakiv.

Fury competitor Chris Davies compiled this video of the exciting Super Six final. Check it out!

Check out awesome pics from previous Wellington tournaments: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2004