{"id":537289,"date":"2026-07-21T18:33:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/537289\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T18:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:33:18","slug":"christchurch-tradies-chase-x-league-golf-glory-in-brisbane-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/537289\/","title":{"rendered":"Christchurch tradies chase X-League golf glory in Brisbane championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KyleKyle Hurley, Morgan Gallagher and Abel King will compete in Brisbane.<\/p>\n

Team captain Kyle Hurley said qualifying for the championship in the team\u2019s first X-League season had been an unexpected achievement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a bit on the line for us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlenty of great teams have represented X-Golf Avonhead over the years, but no New Zealand team has brought the trophy home. We\u2019d love to change that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe spend our weekdays on building sites and in machinery, not on golf courses, and that\u2019s what makes this opportunity so exciting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re the underdogs, but we\u2019d really love to prove a bunch of everyday tradies can bring the Championship back to New Zealand.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TheThe contest uses lasers and sensors to simulate real-world golf conditions. Photo \/ Marcel Van Der Horst<\/p>\n

Golf Australia said X-League is a pathway for everyday golfers seeking structured competition without the traditional barriers of time, weather or experience.<\/p>\n

Founded by Melbourne brothers Ben and Charles Styles, X-League first began in 2012 with only 30 competitors.<\/p>\n

It has now evolved into the Southern Hemisphere\u2019s largest indoor golf competition spanning 35 X-Golf venues dotted across regional cities and metropolitan hubs in Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe X-League Championship features eight teams from across Australia.<\/p>\n

X-Golf Group\u2019s X-League coordinator Nick Treble said the Championship reflects a growing appetite for new ways to compete.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat makes X-League special is that every team has a unique story,\u201d Treble said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome are families, some are workmates and others are lifelong friends, but they\u2019re all united by a love of the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cTechnology has helped make competition more accessible, but at its heart, X-League is about everyday people getting the chance to represent their community and compete among Australia and New Zealand\u2019s best.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always a real buzz for our finalists and we\u2019re really excited to see how the Championship weekend plays out for its 14th year.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kyle Hurley, Morgan Gallagher and Abel King will compete in Brisbane. Team captain Kyle Hurley said qualifying for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8132,4496,99446,9689,18239,9436,4487,46326,6758,18126,264662,78,69620,19136,4486,111,139,1536,69,171,213,51052,1529,2563,6305,82866,5273,1533,264661,2963],"class_list":["post-537289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-14year","tag-attempt","tag-belts","tag-brisbane","tag-championship","tag-chase","tag-christchurch","tag-clubs","tag-glory","tag-golf","tag-hemispheres","tag-in","tag-indoor","tag-largest","tag-month","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-next","tag-nz","tag-southern","tag-sports","tag-swap","tag-three","tag-title","tag-tool","tag-tradies","tag-wait","tag-will","tag-xleague","tag-zealands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537289","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=537289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}