Nathan Green shoots six-under-par 65 in Auckland gale

WIND-TAMING AUSSIE GREEN
SWEEPS THROUGH
TO WIN NZ OPEN TITLE

Australian Nathan Green, pictured right, well down the field at the start of the final day, tamed a wild Auckland wind to return a fourth-round 65 and win the Blue Chip New Zealand Open by two shots with an aggregate of 279 at Gulf Harbour Country Club.
Green, 31, from Newcastle, New South Wales and a pro since 1998, let the wind blow over his 5ft 8in frame.
England's Nick Dougherty was one of six players who shared second place on 281. Dougherty was also able to climb the leaderboard with a wind-taming final round of 67.
On the other hand, compatriot Graeme Storm, joint leader after 54 holes, was one of those who was blown away by the conditions. Graeme sagged to a 76 for joint 18th position on 284.

ALL THE FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4 x 71)

279 Nathan Green (Aus) 71 67 76 65.
281 Brett Rumford (Aus) 71 70 69 71, Jarrod Moseley (Aus) 68 70 73 70, Michael Campbell (NZ) 71 65 73 72, Nick Dougherty (Eng) 69 66 79 67, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 72 63 76 70, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 69 69 70 73.
282 Greg Chalmers (Aus) 68 70 72 72, Scott Strange (Aus) 67 70 74 71, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 72 71 66 73, Simon Wakefield (Eng) 69 73 71 69.
283 Damien McGrane (Eng) 70 70 70 73, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 74 68 71 70, Michael Long (NZ) 69 70 73 71, Kim Felton (Aus) 68 72 68 75, Peter Lawrie (Ire) 72 66 73 72, Tim Wilkinson (NZ) 72 70 72 69.
284 Shaun P Webster (Eng) 70 68 74 72, Kurt Barnes (Aus) 71 70 69 74,Peter Senior (Aus) 69 69 71 75, Rafael Bello (Spa) 73 71 69 71, Graeme Storm (Eng) 74 69 65 76.
285 Gareth Paddison (NZ) 73 69 69 74, Mahal Pearce (NZ) 72 72 70 71, David Griffiths (Eng) 70 70 72 73, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 71 71 73 70.
286 David Lutterus (SAf) 71 70 71 74, Ben Bunny (Aus) 70 72 71 73, Andrew Tschudin (Aus) 72 72 69 73, Doug Holloway (NZ) 72 70 71 73, Richard Green (Aus) 72 70 70 74, Terry Price (Aus) 70 70 76 70, David Bransdon (Aus) 70 68 74 74, Brad Kennedy (Aus) 73 68 70 75.
287 Aron Price (Aus) 72 71 72 72, Andrew W Johnson (Aus) 73 67 73 74, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 73 69 74 71, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 71 68 71 77, Jason Norris (Aus) 71 71 70 75, Eric Egloff (Aus) 70 73 72 72, Scott Hend (Aus) 76 65 73 73, James Heath 70 69 75 73, Lee S James (Eng) 69 72 72 74, Doug Batty (NZ) 70 74 68 75, Matthew Millar (Aus) 70 72 72 73.
288 Henry Epstein (Aus) 75 69 72 72, Marc Leishman (Aus) 71 70 75 72, Craig Parry (Aus) 69 71 71 77
289 Stephen Scahill (NZ) 69 71 75 74, Denny Lucas (Eng) 70 69 79 71, Andrew Raitt (Eng) 71 67 74 77.
290 Carl Suneson (Spa) 70 70 69 81, Chris Downes (Aus) 76 68 72 74
291 Phil Tataurangi (NZ) 78 66 72 75, Tim Milford (Eng) 71 71 74 75, Gavin Coles (Aus) 75 65 72 79, James Nitties (Aus) 71 69 74 77.
292 Aaron Townsend (Aus) 74 68 71 79, Christian Nilsson (Swe) 77 67 75 73, Steven Jeffress (Aus) 73 71 73 75, Mark Purser (NZ) 69 72 77 74.
293 David McKenzie (Aus) 71 72 72 78, Hamish Robertson (NZ) 76 68 71 78.
294 Tony Christie (NZ) 70 73 76 75, Marcus Higley (Eng) 74 66 75 79.
295 James Hepworth (Eng) 74 70 74 77.
297 Brendan Chant (Aus) 71 73 71 82.