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Levin Championship Links
        Levin, Kapiti Coast
        North Island, New Zealand

      Looking for a little-known gem of a golf course?

Length & Par: 
    Championship (Blue) Tees:  Par 72, 6835 yards
    Middle (White) Tees:           Par 72, 6385 yards
    Forward (Ladies) Tees:        Par 73, 5725 yards

Greens Fees per ROUND:
        Daily: NZ$30 (approx. US$15)

Credit Cards Accepted: VISA

Open and Playable Year Round

Booking of Tee-Times Required at least 48 hours in advance of play.

Visitors welcome every day. Some days may be unavailable due to scheduled club events.

Minimum Handicap: NONE

Bookings Tee-Times:
    Phoning from outside of New Zealand: Tel: +64 6 638 6189
    Phoning within New Zealand toll-free:   Tel: 0800 113 112
    OR e-mail: golf@levinlinksgolf@co.nz
    OR have Home at First book a tee-time for you as part of your New Zealand travel itinerary—it’s FREE!

Facilities:
        Changing rooms for men and women
        Pro Shop: fully-equipped
        Practice area and putting green
        Cafι restaurant

Rentals:
        Pull carts (trundlers): YES
        Golf carts (Buggies):  YES
        Club rental:                YES

Special Rules and Regulations: 
    1. DRESS: Smart casual wear is acceptable on the course and in the clubhouse.
    2. SLOW PLAY: the MAXIMUM time for a three-ball is three and a half hours.
        Individual four-ball stroke play competitions are not permitted on the course.

LOCATION: Five minutes west of south end of Levin town center.
Turn west from Highway 1 onto Hokio Beach Road, then right on Moutere Road.
   Address:  Levin Championship Links Golf Club
           Moutere Road, Levin, New Zealand

Nearest HOME AT FIRST lodgings:
    15 minutes south of Levin Championship Links (direction Wellington),
    along the Kapiti Coast.
    More about HOME AT FIRST's NEW ZEALAND travel program.
    More about WELLINGTON AND THE KAPITI COAST.

Other Golf in the region:
    New Zealand's top-rated course, Paraparaumu Beach Links, 15 minutes further south
    along Highway 1.

THE COURSE & SOME NOTABLE HOLES: When golfers comer to the southwestern tip of New Zealand's North Island, they generally come to play the famed Paraparaumu Beach links course made famous in America by Tiger Woods's caddy, Steve Williams. If the Scottish-style links of Paraparaumu is New Zealand’s best-known—and best—course, just 30 minutes up the road may be its least-known quality course, Levin Championship Links. Laid out in 1952 on a broad swath of primarily flat but undulating grassland in the flood plain between the town of Levin and the Tasman Sea, Levin Links is not wasteland—not a Scottish-style links tucked into the folds of wild dunes. Although its base soil is sandy, and drains well, it is loamy enough to support tall pine trees and lush grass. Indeed, were Levin not a golf course it appears rich enough to be farmed intensively.
        Despite having little water, the course is interesting, with several tight fairways among the trees and bunkered, fast greens adding challenge to its modest length. Ironically, its most difficult holes are two of its longest, the 532-yard par 5 4^th, and the 591-yard par 5 10^th, while its three par-3’s (2 on the front and 1 on the back), are among the easiest. The encroaching mature trees and undulations add challenge to most fairways and put a premium on being straight.
        Levin Links is never dull and is always scenic. Although the ocean is not close enough to touch the course, it is close enough to bring low billowy clouds and sea breezes. The backdrop for the more open holes, surprisingly, is mountains—the jagged line of mile-high peaks of the Tararua Range only a few miles inland (east).

THE REGION: New Zealand’s Kapiti Coast is named after a large island just offshore, now home to an important nature reserve and bird sanctuary. Like a mini-Chile, the Kapiti Coast is a fertile, narrow corridor of land between ocean and mountains. There are long, broad, empty beaches here, and productive farms. As Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city an hour to the south, has grown, the former small towns of the Kapiti Coast have grown with it, and many have become bedroom communities to Wellington. As such, the city’s cultural influence has brought fine restaurants and upscale shopping into the region. But Wellington, often compared to San Francisco, remains the region’s cultural center. Its theater, botanical gardens, museums, shops, restaurants, and harbor continue to be the focus of visitors.

Want to learn about other courses throughout New Zealand including some of the
greatest tests of golf in the world? See our NEW ZEALAND COURSE GUIDE for more information.