New Zealand golf courses are up there with the best in the world - the cost of
a round is cheap as chips, courses are set against idyllic backdrops and, the ace in the pack, they're hardly
ever crowded.
A round on a public course costs $20 to $25. Country courses have
green fees - paid into an honesty box - from $15 or less. One or
two club course command hefty fees, but most cost between $25 and
$60.
At last count NZ had more that 140,000 handicap golfers and many
thousands more casual players. But with around 400 courses to choose
from, the country has the highest number of courses per capita in
the worked, at least 30 of them matching Australia's finest.
Given that Scotland is regarded as the home of golf, it's fitting that the tartan city of Dunedin as New Zealand's oldest
golf course at Balmacewan, opened in 1871.
 | Resort Courses
Carrington (Far North)
Kauri Cliffs (Far North)
Gulf Harbour (Whangaparoa Peninsula)
Formosa (Beach lands)
Wairakei (Central North Island)
Clearwater (Christchurch)
Terrace Downs (mid Canterbury)
Millbrook (Arrowtown)
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| | Championship Courses
Middlemore, Titirangi, The Grange (Auckland)
St Andrews (Hamilton)
Paraparaumu (Kapiti Coast)
Shirley (Christchurch)
Balmacewan (Dunedin)
Centennial (Taupo)
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| | Links Courses
Ahipara (Kaitaia)
Mangawhai Heads (N. of Auckland)
Waipu (N. of Auckland)
Muriwai (Auckland)
Ngamoutu (New Plymouth)
Belmont (Wanganui)
Chisolm Park (Dunedin)
St Clair (Dunedin)
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| | Country Courses
Kerikeri (Bay of Islands)
Waitangi (Bay of Islands)
Clarks Beach (S. of Auckland)
Matamata (Waikato)
Bridge Pa (Hastings)
Napier
Taumaranui (Central North Island)
Eketahuna (Wairarapa)
Marton (Manawatu)
Rangitikei (Manawatu)
Cromwell (Central Otago)
Kelvin Heights (Queenstown)
Arrowtown
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| | NZ Golf Tourism Cluster
Aiming to give visitors an outstanding golf experience. Member courses focus on superior facilities and service for international golfers.
Kauri Cliffs
Gulf Harbour
Wairakei
Clearwater
Terrace Downs
Millbrook
Cape Kidnappers |
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