Top 100 Courses
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Top 100 Golf Courses in New Zealand
1. Tara Iti Golf Club
Mangawhai, New Zealand
Course Holes: 18 Par: 71 Distance: 6264m
Located approximately an hour and a half north of Auckland on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island and close to Bream Bay is the Tara Iti Golf Club. Widely regarded as the best course in the country and one of the finest in the world, Tara Iti's private 18-hole layout offers one of...
2. Cape Kidnappers
Cape Kidnappers, Northland, New Zealand
Course Holes: 18 Par: 71 Distance: 6532yd
Far out to the east of Hawke's Bay wine country, The Farm at Cape Kidnappers sits atop rolling hills and rugged cliffs that give way to vast sea views and an ever-present horizon. Home to not only a lodge and spa, but this unique property also boasts one of the world's top golf courses, a...
3. Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club
Paraparaumu Beach, Wellington, New Zealand
Course Holes: 18 Par: 71 Distance: 6014m
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...
4. The Kinloch Club
Kinloch, Taupo, New Zealand
Course Holes: 18 Par: 72 Distance: 6734m
Situated just minutes from Taupo in New Zealand's North Island, the 18-hole layout at The Kinloch Club is a golfing paradise overlooking crystal blue waters on one of New Zealand's best all-season golf courses. Golfers will find undulating fairways and fast greens that ramble over acres of countryside which will challenge and test all their...
5. Kauri Cliffs Golf Course
Matauri Bay, New Zealand
Course Holes: 18 Par: 72 Distance: 6528m
Kauri Cliffs Golf Course is located in the Bay of Islands region, an easy drive or just a 45-minute flight from Auckland. Set on over 6,000-acres near Matauri Bay, The Lodge enjoys spectacular 180-degree views of the Pacific Ocean and overlooks a world-renowned championship golf course. The beautiful lodge itself is rated as one of...
6. Jack’s Point
Kawarau Falls, Queenstown, New Zealand
Course Holes: 18 Par: 72 Distance: 6906m
Jack's Point is only 20-minutes from Queenstown CBD and whilst being a private club the course is open for all visitors in season. With a 2,300-metre vertical backdrop of The Remarkables Mountain Range and armchair views of Lake Wakatipu, Jack's Point golf course is one of the most visually spectacular in the world. This 18-hole...
7. Arrowtown Golf Club
Arrow Junction, Arrowtown, New Zealand
Course Holes: 18 Par: 70 Distance: 5409m
Set in rolling hills on the outskirts of historic Arrowtown, in New Zealand's Central Otago region, the publicly accessible Arrowtown Golf Club offers a challenging course all year round along with views of the Remarkables Mountain Range and Coronet Peak. The club originated in 1911 when a six-hole course was made just outside the ArrowtownBorough boundary....
8. Titirangi Golf Club
New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand
Course Holes: 18 Par: 70 Distance: 6016m
A mere 20-minute drive from the heart of Auckland city, Titirangi Golf Club is a member's club with a cherished sense of history that stretches back to its very beginnings over 100 years ago. Titirangi is the only golf course in New Zealand where Dr. Alister MacKenzie, famed for creating such golfing masterpieces as Augusta...
9. The Hills – Hills Course
Arrowtown, New Zealand
Course Holes: 18 Par: 72 Distance: 6596m
The Hills - Hills Course is located in New Zealand's picturesque Central Otago region and developed by the charismatic Sir Michael Hill, is the private golf club known simply as The Hills. This 18-hole championship course is unusual in that it whilst being coherent as a whole evolved in an incremental fashion without a singular...
10. Royal Wellington Golf Club
Heretaunga, Upper Hutt, Auckland, New Zealand
Course Holes: 18 Par: 72 Distance: 6191m
Situated alongside the Hutt River near Silverstream is the Royal Wellington Golf Club, home of New Zealand's best private members' parkland golf course. Visitors are also welcome at the prestigious club although availability is limited. Royal Wellington consists of two courses; the 18-hole championship Heretaunga Course and the nine-hole Terrace Course. The former is the...
