QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand -- Ryan Peake, an Australian former motorcycle gang member who turned his life around through golf, earned a ... and this was his first professional win.

A top Tauranga greenkeeper and a professional golf coach found themselves at the centre of the action at the country’s ...

He received his Australasian tour card this season and this was his first professional ... here playing golf." The post After 5 Years In Jail, Ex-Gang Member Peake Wins New Zealand Open And ...

Former bikie gang member Ryan Peake has overcome visa issues to surge into contention at the New Zealand Open ... life around with the aid of renowned golf coach Ritchie Smith and others.

Prior to Sunday’s final round in Queenstown, on New Zealand’s South Island ... Peake was asked to reflect on his journey back to pro golf from incarceration. “It’s probably something ...

Knedler won the opportunity to be a greenkeeper at the NZ Open after being named the Central North Island Trainee of the Year ...

It's hardly the first time, but with his dramatic one-stroke victory at the 2025 New ... golf game, the now-31-year-old received his Australasian tour card in 2024-25 and now has his first ...