New Zealand Golf Awards
Golf Destination of the Year 2009
New Zealand has been voted ‘Golf Destination of the Year 2009’ for the Asia and Australasia region by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators. IAGTO Chief Executive Peter Walton said, “It’s a great achievement because this is not just about great golf courses but also how the destination works with operators and their client’s satisfaction with the destination. It also rewards a progression from a relatively unknown golf destination in global terms to one that is appreciated worldwide".
Golf Digest 2009
Kauri Cliffs 25th in the Top 100 Courses
Kauri Cliffs is placed 25th in the Top 100 Courses in the World for 2009-2010 by the prestigious publication – Golf Digest. Golf Digest’s rankings are the most respected and comprehensive in the business. Kauri Cliffs was also in good company with her sister property Cape Kidnappers Golf Course placed 13th in the Top 100 Golf Courses outside the USA.
Golf Digest 2009
Kinloch Best New Courses 2007
The Kinloch Golf Club was voted one of the Top 10 new Golf Courses in the World for 2007 by the prestigious U.S. Travel and Leisure golf magazine - making it the only course outside of North America to be included in that Top 10.
US Travel and Leisure Golf magazine 2007
Wairakei International Golf Resort Rated as one the top 100 golf courses
The Wairakei International Golf Resort has been rated by the prestigious US Golf Digest as one the Top 100 Golf Courses in the World outside of the USA.
US Golf Digest
Cape Kidnappers golf course rated the world's best
The Cape Kidnappers golf course, has been rated the world's best by England's Daily Telegraph newspaper. Telegraph travel news editor Charles Starmer-Smith says: "This course, on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, comes top of our list for its dramatic location.Built on what was a sheep station, its fairways play out along a series of jagged ridges that jut out like fingers into the Pacific before plunging down to the rocks below. Players must contend with fearsome ravines, contoured fairways and fast, tilted greens."
Daily Telegraph 2008
Cape Kidnappers 4th Greatest Golf Course in the World
Golf Magazine (50th Anniversary Issue) Ranked Cape Kidnappers 4th Greatest Golf Course in the World, and sister property Kauri Cliffs ranked 18th Greatest Golf Course in the World by GOLF Magazine's World Top 100 course ranking panel who has compiled a list of the top 50 greatest golf courses of the last 50 years.
Golf Magazine 50th Anniversary Issue