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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1160/
- Published: 2025-03-03T17:30:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-03-03T17:30:30.000Z
- Description: To win the tournament Peake needed to drain a 10-foot putt on the 72nd hole to prevent a play-off. He nailed it. The 31-year-old became the first left-hander to win the tournament since New Zealander Sir Bob Charles in 1973.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day, Sport

> [Ryan Peake, a former gang member who has served time in jail for serious assault,](https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360599152/former-bikie-gang-member-wins-new-zealand-open-arrowtowns-millbrook-resort?ref=goodoil.news) doesn’t look like a fellow who should be gently tapping golf balls on the greens of one of New Zealand’s most prestigious courses.  
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> Appearances can be deceptive. Forget, for a moment, that he has a violent past.  
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> Look beyond the tattoos and facial stubble, which give the impression the Australian would be more comfortable pushing a wheelbarrow around a construction site instead of marching down manicured fairways.  
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> Don’t be fooled. The burly Peake, it turns out, is a talented athlete.  
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> So good, in fact, that he won the NZ Open at the Millbrook Resort in Arrowtown on Sunday.  
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> To win the tournament Peake needed to drain a 10-foot putt on the 72nd hole to prevent a play-off. He nailed it.  
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> The 31-year-old became the first left-hander to win the tournament since New Zealander Sir Bob Charles in 1973.  
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> The story of the ex-bikie who spent a lengthy stint eating porridge before knuckling down to focus on golf went global. It was big news.  
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> Peake says he has never shied away from his past. It was his first professional win since being released from prison. It has been quite a journey.  
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> Stuff

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