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— Explore New Zealand 18 Holes at a Time — |
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Alister MacKenzie's contribution to New Zealand. |
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Titirangi Golf Club |
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Titirangi Golf Club put New Zealand on the world golf map—but not immediately. First conceived in 1914, Titirangi hired the prominent English-American course designer Dr. Alister MacKenzie (1870-1934) to redesign its original course in 1926. MacKenzie, a Yorkshire physician turned golf course architect, learned his craft in association with the legendary H. S. Colt in England before emigrating to the United States in the 1920s and pursuing a solo golf architecture career. Although Dr. MacKenzie was not especially accomplished as a golfer, he was able to envision how best to adapt the natural features of a property to the challenge of the game. At Titirangi, which MacKenzie |
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designed before producing his masterworks at LAHINCH in Central Ireland (1927) and Blairgowrie Rosemount in Central Scotland (1927), Cypress Point in California (1928), Royal Melbourne West (1931), and, most famously, Augusta National in Georgia at the request of Bobby Jones in 1933. The good doctor found the site at Titirangi “exceptionally well adapted for golf: undulating, without being hilly”. Although a course building surge has swept New Zealand in recent years adding several world class courses to the country’s roster of top courses, Titirangi Golf Club still makes New Zealand’s top ten list, despite being relatively short (at 6,616 yards) by modern championship golf standards. MacKenzie’s time-tested and now very mature design at Titirangi, therefore, has proved that, with golf at least, longer isn’t necessarily better. |
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THE MACKENZIE CHALLENGE: At Titirangi, Alister MacKenzie designed four par-3 holes, two on each nine, all of similar length, but each facing a different point of the compass. Titirangi Golf Club invites visitors to accept its MacKenzie Challenge — recording par or better on each of the four compass threes: the 4th (160m, 175 yards), 7th (170m, 186 yards), 11th (161m, 176 yards), and 14th (168m, 184 yards) holes. ALISTER MACKENZIE |
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LENGTH AND PAR:
Championship Tees: 6,050m (6,616 yards), Par 70
Club Tees: 5,653m (6,182 yards), Par 70
Women's Tees: 5,113m (5,592 yards), Par
72
GREENS FEES FOR VISITORS:
NZ$150
VISITORS WELCOME every day
year round, with time restrictions:
Mo:
visitors welcome from 12N
Tu & Th: visitors welcome from 11:03AM.
We: visitors welcome from 7-10AM and after 1PM
Fr: no restriction
Sa: visitors welcome from 1PM
Su: no restriction
MAXIMUM
HANDICAPS: No handicap certificate
or club membership required.
ADVANCE TEE-TIME: required
VISITOR PICK-UP: Titirangi offers visitors a special hosting package, including pick-up at their Auckland area lodging.
RESERVATIONS:
Advanced reservations
are required.
Tel: +64 (0)9 827 3967
E-mail:
director.Titirangi@golf.co.nz?subject=GolfBooking
LET HOME AT FIRST BOOK YOUR TEE-TIME AT TITIRANGI as part of your New Zealand travel plans. There is no service charge for making your booking.
FACILITIES:
• Pull Carts (trundlers)
rental: NZ$5
• Electric Golf Carts rental:
NZ$35
• Club rental:
NZ$25
• Bar &
Café
• Clubhouse with Locker
Rooms
• Practice Area
• Pro Shop
LOCATION: Southwest of Auckland City in suburban New Lynn. From National Highway 1 (south of the harbor bridge), take Hwy. 16 west to Hwy. 11, then Hwy. 11 (Blockhouse Bay Road) south to Wolverton Street. Take Wolverton Street SW to Astley Avenue and Astley Avenue south to Links Road. Links Road leads to the entrance to Titirangi Golf Club.
NEAREST HOME AT FIRST LODGINGS: approximately 20-30 minutes from our lodgings in and around Auckland city.
OTHER GOLF IN THE AREA
within easy reach of HOME AT FIRST’s lodgings in
New Zealand:
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Gulf Harbour Golf Club, Whangaparaoa, Auckland region
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Muriwai Beach Golf Links, Muriwai, Auckland region
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Formosa Country Club, Auckland Beachlands
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Waitemata Golf Club, Devonport, Auckland region
MORE INFORMATION ON HOME AT FIRST'S TRAVEL PROGRAM TO: NEW ZEALAND
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THE REGION: Auckland is New Zealand’s largest city, with fully one-third the population of the nation within its limits. As such, it is New Zealand’s commercial and social center, with many of the nation’s major corporations headquartered here. Auckland is a university city, with a youthful population and dynamic nightlife centered in the harbor district, around Sky City, and in Parnell Village and across the harbor in Devonport. There are numerous museums, excellent restaurants, and trendy boutiques scattered throughout Auckland. Aucklanders are noted outdoorsmen, fond of sports of all kinds: tennis, golf, rugby, soccer, cricket, running, fishing, swimming, and, especially, sailing. Set as it is on an isthmus between two oceans (the South Pacific and the Tasman), Auckland has beaches, islands, and open water enough for its burgeoning population and many more to come. Auckland is also a small but important wine-producing region of New Zealand, noted for its rich red cabernets and bright chardonnays. |
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