Welcome to The Kinloch Golf Club
On a visit in 2011 to Kinloch, the legendary Sir Bob Charles offered this statement as feedback after his round:
"Having just played Kinloch for the first time I can honestly say this is the # 1 golf course in New Zealand.
For those unable to play the great links courses of Scotland, Kinloch compares with the best of them. A true Links experience with Jack Nicklaus at his best."
The recent inclusion of Kinloch in the Top 100 in the World for 2011 by www.top100golfcourses.co.uk, reinforces Sir Bob's comment, ensuring that Kinloch is a must visit golf course for Kiwi and International visitors alike.
Kinloch welcomes all guests to experience this outstanding golf experience. Please explore our website and call to make your tee booking, or alternatively request a tee time through our online booking request form.
A hole by hole tour of the course including playing tips for each hole.
Where to find us in New Zealand.
Request a tee-time between Tuesday and Sunday.
HISTORY
The Kinloch Golf Club was completed and open for public play in February 2008. Jack Nicklaus visited to officially open the golf course and was extremely impressed with the final product.
Since opening the stature and maturity of the golf course has grown significantly as increasing numbers of guests experience the truly unique character of the golf course which challenges every single aspect of a golfers game.
27,000 years since a super eruption created the stunning landscape and pumice soil base, Jack Nicklaus has created a masterpiece which could fool you into thinking the course has been there for over a century. A stunning backdrop of Lake Taupo to the south and the Kinloch hills to the east creates a unique ambiance that is rarely experienced anywhere else in the world.
5 sets of tees offer all levels of golfer a remarkable day at Kinloch, topped off with exceptional service at the fully stocked pro-shop, as well as exquisite food at the Restaurant and Bar.
Opportunities also exist to stay onsite at The Kinloch Club at two available properties (Dunalistair House and The Fairways) purpose built for visiting golfers.
"Jack Nicklaus played an exhibition in New Zealand forty-five years ago and fell hard for the place. But despite having designed courses in thirty countries, Nicklaus hadn't left his mark on the Land of the Long White Cloud until now.
After four years of planning and construction, overlooking moody Lake Taupo in volcanic terrain, Nicklaus has completed The Kinloch Club. The course rumbles across a dramatically undulating landscape punctuated by exposed rock. Its fairways are contoured and conditioned for ground play and flecked with disheveled bunkers."
(Best New Courses 2007- US Travel and leisure Golf magazine - Nigel Wall)
