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Emotional win to Smith after tragedy strikes Poverty Bay Men’s Golf Open

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Mark Smith with a one-handed finish off the tee. Smith overcame an emotional semifinal against friend Craig Van Der Nagel to beat William Brown 4 and 2 in the championship 16 final of the Emerre & Hathaway Poverty Bay Men’s Open on Saturday. Photos / Paul Rickard

Tragedy overshadowed triumph as Mark Smith completed a successful defence of the Emerre & Hathaway Poverty Bay Men’s Open title on the Awapuni Links course on Saturday. 

Years from now, Rotorua’s Smith possibly won’t remember a lot about his 4 and 2 defeat of William Brown in the Keiha Challenge Golf Cup Championship 16 final. 

But he will never forget an emotional semifinal ...

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