{"id":307575,"date":"2026-03-01T06:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T06:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/307575\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T06:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T06:12:08","slug":"hillier-scores-top-prize-at-new-zealand-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/307575\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillier scores top prize at New Zealand Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element img-responsive file-default\" data-delta=\"1\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gettyimages-2264118416-594x594.jpg\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" alt=\"Daniel Hillier makes a putt on his way to winning the New Zealand Open. Photo: Getty Images\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Hillier makes a putt on his way to winning the New Zealand Open. Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand star Daniel Hillier has sent the fans at Millbrook into golfing heaven.<\/p>\n<p>Hillier has claimed victory in the $2 million New Zealand Open in Arrowtown.<\/p>\n<p>He becomes the first New Zealand winner of the tournament since Michael Hendry in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Hillier, 27, who led by a shot heading into the final round, finished at 22-under-par for the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Australian LIV golfer Lucas Herbert finished second at 20-under.<\/p>\n<p>More in tomorrow&#8217;s Otago Daily Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel Hillier makes a putt on his way to winning the New Zealand Open. Photo: Getty Images New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-307575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}