Perched on sand dunes overlooking the famous black-sand Muriwai Beach, the course features crumpled fairways built on an impeccable sand-base, tricky bunkers and demanding greens. It’s a fierce test of skill but equally a great fun course to play for all handicappers.
Golfers who want to test themselves on PGA Tour-style layouts without flying to America in these uncertain times have an easy option – just head to Christchurch to take on the challenge at Clearwater.
Few golf clubs have experienced a rockier climb to the top than Palmerston North. The club has changed the location of its course on four separate occasions, each time having to start development from scratch. Four times it has created a new establishment and twice it has had to re-establish itself from wreckage – in 1947 after World War II and in 1965 after a disastrous flood.
Christchurch Golf Club has the distinction of being the second oldest course in New Zealand (behind Otago Golf Club), and the sixth oldest outside the United Kingdom. It also came in as the 15th best layout in New Zealand Golf Digest’s inaugural ranking of our Top 50 Courses earlier this year.
Tara Iti has achieved the unthinkable, debuting at No.1 in New Zealand’s Top 40 Courses. Yet Tom Doak’s masterpiece is just one player in a superstar team arranged by wealthy owner Ric Kayne for one purpose: offering one of world golf’s best experiences. By Evin Priest
Does the land of the long white cloud offer a better golf package than anywhere in the world? Some of New Zealand’s most famous faces certainly think so. By Evin Priest
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.
Australian Golf Digest
