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DAY 1NZ$270

Jack's Point Golf Club

Otago

🏔️ Mountain☀️ Great · 17°C
Prestige
92
⭐ Rating 73.5📊 Slope 142⛰️ Steep🕐 Morning

Spectacular links between the Remarkables and Lake Wakatipu. Ranked top 5 in NZ.

Thermal base layerWind shell
DAY 2NZ$255

Millbrook Resort (Coronet)

Otago

🌳 Parkland⛅ OK · 14°C
Prestige
85
⭐ Rating 72.1📊 Slope 136⛰️ Steep🕐 Morning

NZ Open host at the alpine Millbrook Resort. Designed by Sir Bob Charles.

Thermal base layer + beanieMid-layer fleeceRain jacket
DAY 3NZ$90

Arrowtown Golf Club

Otago

🌳 Parkland☀️ Great · 18°C
Prestige
72
⭐ Rating 69.8📊 Slope 127⛰️ Steep🕐 Morning

Charming historic course threaded through valleys in the gold-mining town of Arrowtown.

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3 rounds · NZ$615 estimated · International visitor pricing
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World-class courses

From links masterpieces to mountain gems

Tara Iti Golf Club

Auckland

Links
75.8📊 Slope 145🏔️ Moderate
Prestige98/100

Gil Hanse design through the coastal dunes of Te Arai. Consistently ranked in the world's top ten and fiercely private. International visitors can access through resort stay.

Cape Kidnappers

Hawke's Bay

Links
76.2📊 Slope 147🏔️ Hilly
Prestige97/100

Tom Doak layout on the tip of dramatic cliff promontories above the Pacific. Par 4s play across exposed ridgelines with nothing but ocean on three sides.

Kauri Cliffs

Northland

Links
74.9📊 Slope 142🏔️ Moderate
Prestige95/100

Seven holes perch directly above the cliffs of the Bay of Islands. David Harman design, open to visitors via Lodge accommodation, and a perennial bucket-list stop.

The Hills GC

Queenstown

Parkland
73.5📊 Slope 138🏔️ Moderate
Prestige90/100

Michael Hill's private Wakatipu basin track, scattered with large bronze sculptures. Host of multiple NZ Opens. Guests of the club can access through reciprocal arrangements.

Millbrook Resort

Queenstown

Parkland
72.8📊 Slope 135🏔️ Gentle
Prestige85/100

Three nine-hole loops winding through the Arrowtown foothills. On-site accommodation makes it a natural base for a multi-day Queenstown golf trip.

Paraparaumu Beach

Wellington

Links
74.1📊 Slope 141🏔️ Gentle
Prestige88/100

The grandfather of NZ golf. True links ground above the Kapiti Coast, host of multiple NZ Opens and one of the genuine Southern Hemisphere classics open to all.

Weird and Wonderfully Kiwi

These courses won't top the world rankings. They do something better.

✈️ Shares a runway

Poverty Bay Golf Club

Gisborne · Parkland

Fairways cross the active Gisborne Airport. A siren sounds when aircraft are on approach and golfers step aside. Entirely normal.

🐦 Gannet colony next door

Muriwai Golf Links

Auckland · Links

Thousands of Australasian gannets nest metres from the clifftop fairways. The birds are largely unbothered by your slice off the 8th.

♨️ Geothermal steam vents

Wairakei International

Taupo · Parkland

Pipes and steam vents from the Wairakei geothermal power station are visible from several holes. Unusual penalty areas apply.

🏚️ Flooded town beneath

Cromwell Golf Course

Central Otago · Inland

Holes trace the shore of Lake Dunstan, the reservoir that swallowed the original Cromwell township when Clyde Dam closed in 1992.

⛏️ Gold rush hazards

Arrowtown Golf Club

Otago · Parkland

Est. 1883. Natural hazards include 19th-century sluice tailings from the gold rush era. The Arrow River is also very much in play.

🌿 Hidden in the dunes

Te Arai Links

Northland · Links

Tucked behind Te Arai Beach with almost no signage. Tom Doak design that barely announces itself — you have to know it exists.

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