Off to the Masters: Gisborne golfer wins $50,000 Magnolia Experience for two

Apr 27 2024 Updated April 27, 2024

Chris Taewa

2 min read

Vance Richardson will be among the throngs of golf fans watching the battle for golf’s famous Green Jacket at the Masters at Augusta National next year after winning a Whangamata Golf Club fundraising raffle. Digitally altered image

Gisborne golfer Vance Richardson didn’t believe it when a voice on the other end of the phone told him he had just won a $50,000 trip to the 2025 US Masters.

“I thought it was a load of crap. What would you think?”

It wasn’t.

On Friday night of last week at Whangamata Golf Club, a live draw was made for the club’s Development Fund 2024 raffle — a one-prize-only Masters Magnolia Expe...