New Zealand Golf have embraced the mixed gender format on the Charles Tour circuit, which sees male and female golfers competing for the same trophy and purse – playing alongside each other.
At the Whitford Park Pro-Am, Kobori was playing off the slightly shorter women’s tees, but the mixed field format aims to make the competition as fair as possible, creating a level playing field.
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Momoka Kobori with Canterbury's winning inter-provincial women's golf team at Ashburton in 2016.
Kobori pocketed $3500 after finishing tied for first and has already banked the prize money – her first earnings since swapping the amateur ranks for the pros.