New Zealand Top 50: 1. Tara Iti

New Zealand’s Top 50 Golf Courses

Golf Digest’s inaugural ranking of the best courses across the ditch shines the spotlight on New Zealand’s international classics as well as its time-honoured gems.

The Hills Golf Club

The Hills Are Alive

There’s a certain mystique about The Hills, the exclusive private golf club on the outskirts of Queenstown. That allure is set to grow now the club is allowing visitors the opportunity to savour a world-class golf experience.

Tara Iti Golf Club

Tara Iti: No. 1 Contender

Could Tara Iti Golf Club actually be New Zealand’s best golf course just seven months after opening? Evin Priest visited Tom Doak’s latest coastal masterpiece, two hours north of Auckland at Mangawhai, to see what all the fuss is about.

Terrace Downs Resort

Living The High Life

Perched on the edge of the Rakaia River in New Zealand’s oxygen-rich high country, Terrace Downs Resort dishes up world-class play-and-stay golf in one of the world’s most spectacular and largely underrated regions.