GOLFTI

The Courses
	Kauri Cliffs The par 72 championship golf course measures 7,119 yards/ 6,510 metres and offers five sets of tees to challenge every skill level. Fifteen holes view the Pacific Ocean, six of which are played alongside cliffs which plunge to the sea. The beautiful inland holes wind through marsh, forest and farmland. What they lack in spectacular views it makes up in in solid design. Amazingly, many consider the short par four eleventh one of the best holes on the course. Opened: 2000 Architect: David Harman

	Cape Kidnappers Tom Doak, of Pacific Dunes fame, had little notoriety beyond the North American continent up to the turn of the century, but with success throughout the Southern Hemisphere, including the spectacular Cape Kidnappers, on New Zealand’s North Island, he has instigated a flurry of favourable press that has brought his name into mention with many of the world’s great contemporary golf course designers. Opened: 2004 Architect: Tom Doak

	Wairakei The course lies on 450 acres of natural rolling countryside and was developed to meet the rigorous design standards required for world class championship competition. Commander Harris was England's leading and most travelled golf course architect, whose family had been involved in the construction of Moor Park, Wentworth and Sunningdale. Wolveridge, an Englishman who appreciated the subtleties of golf course architecture, was enriched by a spell on the US professional tour. This pair was enhanced by the involvement of one of the world's greatest ever playing professionals, Australian Peter Thomson, 5 times winner of the British Open plus many other tour events. With the aim of producing New Zealand's first international recognised golf course This coupled with the 7045 yards from the championship tees and 108 large well placed bunkers has led to worldwide acclaim. Architects: Commander John Harris, Michael Wolveridge and Peter Thomson Opened: 1970

	Paraparaumu Beach Situated on the Kapiti Coast, just north of Wellington, The course is a links built on the site of an earlier nine hole course which was established in 1929 with a second nine added in 1937. The modern course was conceived in the 1940s. Former Australian Open Champion, Alex Russell completed the course design by 1949 which remains essentially unchanged to this day. Paraparaumu Beach Links is considered one of the best courses in the country, because of its qualities as a traditional links. Links golf is unlike that played on inland courses. The well drained undulating fairways, fierce rough, fast greens and intimidating bunkers combine with the naturally windy coastal weather to create a truly challenging golfing experience. Architects: Alex Russell and Dr. Alistair MacKenzie Opened: 1949