25 Reasons You Should Visit New Zealand to Play Golf By Bob Fagan

  • Great golf vacations begin with GREAT GOLF COURSES …Wairakei International, Cape Kidnappers, Kauri Cliffs, Paraparaumu Beach, Titirangi, Jacks Point, Kinloch, The Hills, etc.
  • FRIENDLY PEOPLE where hospitality, congeniality, and just plain friendly decency are still in the forefront.
  • WORLD-CLASS GOLF RESORTS … Kauri Cliffs, Cape Kidnappers, Terrace Downs, Carrington, etc.
  • BREATHTAKING SCENERY.
  • ENGLISH is the primary language.
  • Experience the unique Maiori culture.
  • Trips average only twelve hours from West Coast cities.
  • Only 3 hours time difference from the West Coast during their peak summer season.
  • A great warm weather escape when our weather turns cool and rainy (their summer is our winter).
  • Golf course architects such as Alister MacKenzie, Robert Trent Jones, Jr., Jack Nicklaus, Tom Doak, Peter Thomson, etc.
  • Roads are easy to navigate.
  • No snakes, poisonous spiders, or bears to hassle you on the golf course.
  • Golf green fees run half or less typically to what we might expect (golf balls are expensive so bring your supply with you).
  • The quality of lodging is as good or better than what you find in America.
  • There are a variety of different styles of golf courses – spectacular cliffside, parkland, genuine links, mountain, and meadow layouts and most are easily walkable.
  • Can ski and golf in the same day at the same facility (at Terrace Downs).
  • Great tour operators – try www.greenfernz.com.
  • Great tourism website – www.newzealand.com.
  • Uncrowded golf – easy to get tee times.
  • Little or no traffic congestion apart from Auckland.
  • Lots of good wineries to sample.
  • Lots of other outdoor activities – trekking, bungee jumping, sky diving, rafting, skiing, heli-skiing, fishing, hunting, horseback riding, bird watching, mountain biking, scuba diving, skeet/trap shooting, etc.
  • Can watch rugby or cricket in person.
  • Safe, clean, healthy environment with great health care if you need it.
  • Wonderful beaches.

Bob Fagan is the author of Golf’s Higher Plane, an empowering psychospiritual guide to better golf. One of America’s best traveled golfers and former teaching and playing professional, he is coaches, speaks, and writes to a variety of golf topics. Refer to www.golfshigherplane.com.

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