by Phil Hamilton | Jul 30, 2020 | Courses
Set on a ridge above the lake, Wanaka Golf Club is a cut above the usual small-town course. The front nine, unquestionably the better half, is fittingly hilly for a course set in the mountains. Steady tree-clearing over the past 20 years has opened up the lake views...
by Phil Hamilton | Jul 22, 2020 | Courses
Harewood is a great advertisement for intelligent golf course renovations, something sadly too rare in New Zealand writes Phil Hamilton. From the road the course doesn’t look too promising as the land is as flat as Christchurch Airport, which it borders, while...
by Michael Donaldson | Jul 13, 2020 | Courses
The first tee at Muriwai Golf Club offers one of the best opening hole vistas in New Zealand – and it just gets better from there. The links layout butts up against the famous surf beach on Auckland’s West Coast – it’s so close to the beach that the Muriwai Surf Life...