Waikohu made a quiet start, placing fourth in round 1, but two third placings after that had them handily placed.They made a decisive move with victory in round 4 at Waikohu, then repeated that success in round 5 at Mahia and round 6 at Electrinet Gisborne Park.Mahia started even slower than Waikohu - sixth in round 1 - but were never out of the top three on the day until the final round.AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.Patutahi were in the title hunt throughout but needed a huge round 7 and for Waikohu and Mahia to stumble. That didn’t happen.Poverty Bay saved their
Devery, playing for Te Puia Hot Springs, is yet to taste defeat after six rounds of the series, which heads to Poverty Bay’s Awapuni Links on Sunday.He has a perfect record of five wins from five matches and ended another player’s 100% record in round six of the matchplay competition at Tolaga Bay last weekend.Devery was unavailable for round five in the morning, but filled in at No 4 for the Springs in the afternoon and defeated previously unbeaten Poverty Bay player Hayden Keast 5 and 4.AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.Keast wasn’t complaining.“I ran into a hot Jason Devery,” Poverty Bay co-captain