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Here are the most frequently asked questions we recieve about NZ Golf Rankings.
Many of the other rankings of New Zealand golf courses are done by international rankers only playing a small number of the golf courses or have been compiled by local golfers who love golf but who don’t have extensive golf knowledge.
Our rankers have extensive golf experience, with many having played professional golf around New Zealand and internationally. Yes, our rankers have over 800 years of combined golfing experience! We appreciate rankers that can rank the golf courses from their own perspectives plus how their amateur golfing partners would play the golf course.
NZ Golf Rankings has been working using this approach since 2012, so it has great consistency. The seven elements allow rankers to review the golf course with a 360-degree approach. This approach ensures that when you visit the golf course you will have a good indication of what your golfing experience may be like.
Every two years is the ideal time from talking to international ranking experts. This allows the rankers to get out and play over many of the courses and check their rankings from their previous submissions. We also have seen some good jumps in rankings from golf courses having improved their design and conditioning along with new golf courses getting noticed quickly. So, two years works, ensures consistency and is generally fair.
No, I do not rank courses, I only coordinate and collate the NZ Golf Rankings. This ensures that I avoid personal bias as to which golf courses should be where in the listings. In the last 12-months, I have played or toured 16 of the golf courses in the rankings, so I do stay across what is happening with New Zealand Golf Courses. My personal favourites – I’m a big fan of Te Arai South and of course Chisholm Links where I used to be the Head Golf Professional.
Of course, the top golf courses are amazing and you will have a blast playing them! However, make sure that you do check out the golf courses that are not in the key tourism areas. I am a fan of the golf courses in Dunedin (where I live) but playing golf courses like Muriwai, Tieke or Hastings Golf Club are great to play and you will experience awesome Kiwi hospitality.
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New Zealand Golf Rankings also wants to acknowledge the great work that golf clubs across the country do to present their golf courses in outstanding condition.
For many, it is a ‘labour of love’ and even though a course may not be in the ‘Top 10’, you will know why it is worth playing and what makes it so enjoyable.
Please use these rankings to get out and play as many of New Zealand’s great golf courses as you can. It will be worth your while!
