The southern route of Te Arai has 14 holes on the water.
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Below the equator and below the radar. That’s how New Zealand uses to register for American golfers, so much so that it doesn’t register at all: a faraway country with some breathtaking courses but not the main goal of golf partner travel.
However, in recent years, a Marquis project’s zodiac sign has improved New Zealand’s profile in overseas games, elevating it to one it The destination is famous for its famous modern courses and also for its golden age layout that the U.S. market has long overlooked.
In the latest episode of the Destination Golf Podcast, Simon Holt realizes his seven-day dream under the itinerary.
To listen to this episode, click below. For a summary of Holt’s suggestions, continue reading.
Get there
New Zealand is composed of hundreds of islands, but the two largest are the North and South Islands. Among the couple, North Island offers a larger must-have golf course. It is also home to the capital Auckland, which welcomes uninterrupted flights from major U.S. markets such as Chicago, Dallas and Los Angeles. That’s where you’re going to land.
When to go
On the other side of the earth, the seasons fell. By December, when winter occupied the United States, New Zealand’s golf season was waving. However, a wide sweet window extends from around November to April to May.
Day 1
Titirangi Golf Club
This is your outbound day course, not only because it is located (20 minutes) from the airport. You are playing this for its lineage. The course was founded in 1909 and was redesigned by Alister Mackenzie nearly 20 years later. It remains the only New Zealand course transformed into architecture from a famous doctor, and it has many of his logos, nestled on the Crow Landscape with convincing silhouette greens, dramatic paw printing bunkers and ground-based gaming options. Titirangi is a private club. But, like most private courses in New Zealand, it operates on British models, which means it can accept external games.
Day 2
Kauri Cliffs
Holt is a big fan of the whip bird (rapid transport overall), so be prepared to jump into the kitchen knife. You keep one, right? Lying in T’Arai on the first night of T’Arai (soon after), you’ll head to Kauri Cliffs, one of those early eye lessons you might see in the photos. Built by the late New Zealand businessman Julian Robertson, it meets its name, has 15 holes, directs panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean and boldly hangs several stretches on the coastal cliffs. Kauri Cliffs owns a Rosewood hotel, but like most New Zealand modern New Zealand courses, you will leave you with a high price to stay here. But for Simon’s itinerary, you’re doing a surgical airstrike, chopping off a day to do the lessons, and then back to T’Arai that night.
Days 3 and 4
Te Arai
Perhaps you’ve heard of Tara Iti, home to Tom Doak’s design, widely regarded as the best modern course in the Southern Hemisphere. This is one of the rare New Zealand clubs that are not accessible to the public. You have become a member-or know a member. That’s bad news. The good news is that about 15 miles away, the owner of Tara Iti built Te Arai, which Holt described as Pebble Beach of Tara Iti: anyone can stay there for the price. These accommodations are stylish and understated, the food is spots, and two 18-hole courses, North and South (designed by Doak and Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, respectively), are the kind of track you cross the ocean. They are open to the public on alternating days. So you’re outing for two days to play both.
Day 5
King Lodge Golf Club
After a 90-minute drive to Auckland Airport, a 50-minute commercial flight is followed by a stunning 50-minute commercial flight in Taupo, ready for the Kinloch Golf Club designed by Jack Nicklaus in the heart of North Island. If you watched the Hobbit movie version, you can have a good idea of what the land here looks like. It was rolling, rustic, cut with creeks, knotted with woods, wrapped in local grass-untained scenery, coming straight out of the county, and the lesson Holt said reminded him of the Inland Kings Barnes. It happens that the shaped man of that famous modern course near St Andrews is also shaped here.
The Kidnapper’s Corner is one of the most photogenic courses in the world.
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Day 6
Kidnapper
An hour or two drive eastward takes you to the coastal city of Napier, which brings you to a round of another kidnapper under Doak Design. “Even if you don’t think you’ve seen a picture of it,” Holt said. He is right. It is one of the most photogenic lessons in the world, with holes running like knob fingers along the coast, allowing you to look to the ocean and the landscape of the island, and you will swear to swear until you see them real. Like Kauri Cliffs, Cape Kidnappers owns a rosewood hotel, but Napier has many other accommodations.
Day 7
Paraparaumu Beach Club
You can’t see the water, but you know it’s close. You can feel the ease of its influence on this very interesting link, a golden age joy designed by former Mackenzie assistant Alex Russell. In 2002, at the urging of Steve Williams, his then-Kiwi Caddy played at the New Zealand Open – the memorable look still inspires conversation around the club’s bar. The golf here is very subtle and quirky, and the green fee ($225 NZ, about $130) makes it one of the greatest bargains anywhere.
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Josh Sens is a golf, food and travel writer who has been a golf magazine contributor since 2004 and now contributes to all the golf platforms. His work is concentrated in the best sports roles in the United States. He is also a co-author of Sammy Hagar, and we had fun: Cooking and Party Manuals.
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