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ROTORUA GOLF
The New Plymouth Golf Club, commonly called Ngamotu, is ranked one of the top 5 golf courses in New Zealand, a must for every golfer to play. The course is maintained in great condition, and has generous width fairways lined with stately mature pohutukawa trees. Mt Taranaki is always picturesque to the South, and the Tasman sea to the North provides breath taking views of the magnificent coast line stretching from Cape Egmont in the West to the Waikato in the North-East. The course layout, initially designed in 1930, makes wonderful use of the natural contours, with large greens being guarded by unique black iron sand bunkers.
Wairakei International was created with the magic combination of travelling golf architect Commander John Harris, architect and tour player Michael Wolveridge and 5 time British Open winner, Peter Thomson. Even though it was built back a little in time, the championship tees stretch 6429 metres from tip to tip to stir up awe and appreciation for this magnificent layout. Maybe it was the fact that the late Commander Harris, then Britain's leading and most travelled golf architect, Englishman Wolveridge who was briefly flourishing on the US Tour and the legendary Australian Peter Thomson, all shared an affinity to British architecture that has resulted in a course so full of character and a mixture of subtlety and high drama. It also showed that Peter Thomson had talent both as a player and a golf course architect as this was his first ever involvement in the design of a course and his record triumphs must have led to the championship trail prevalent through the layout.
Vacation NZ provides custom planned golf & leisure vacations Coolabar's International Golf Director "Kangaroo Kelly" has comprehensively golf and travelled both Islands in NZ. He not only knows the popular tourist regions but also knows the favourite places of the crafty locals.
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