Located just 45-minutes from Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand's South Island is the publicly accessible Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club. Regarded by many as one of the greatest links-style courses in the southern hemisphere, Paraparaumu Beach's 18-hole championship course is a world-renowned walk or cart layout on the undulating dune land of the Kapiti Coast.

Paraparaumu Beach was designed in 1949 by former Australian Open champion Alex Russell, the highly acclaimed course architect and former partner of the famed Dr Alister MacKenzie. The course has been widely acclaimed over the years has hosted the New Zealand Open twelve times which is a record unsurpassed by any other course.

Golfers from Gary Player to Peter Thompson, Bob Charles to Michael Campbell, Greg Turner to Peter Fowler, and Tiger Woods in 2002 have all played and loved this highly impressive course. Paraparaumu Beach has been ranked in the Top 100 Golf Courses by the esteemed US Golf Magazine and has unquestionably become as its founders had hoped, a real asset to the game in New Zealand.

A traditional links course, Paraparaumu Beach's par 71 layouts will challenge the very best golfer, whilst allowing newcomers to the game plenty of scope for enjoyment. The greens are firm and true, the undulating fairways provide a welcome respite from the natural dunes, however, every shot demands both thought and careful execution.

Golfers at Paraparaumu Beach will find a Pro shop that can assist with hire equipment as well as caddy services and there are ample practice facilities. The clubhouse, with its verandah over-looking the eighteenth green, offers spectacular views over the course whilst providing both bar and dining options and can also cater for functions and events.