Best Island,
Richmond, Nelson 7050
Office
+64 (0)3 544 6441Pro shop
+64 (0)3 544 6441Website
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Alistair PalmerThe Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined & open parkland. Relatively flat terrain - easy to walk.
Surroundings:
Coastal estuary and rural countryside.
Designer:
Current course location dates back to 1959, with the full 18-hole layout opening for play in 1966.
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173.148597
20 km SW of Nelson / 6 km NW of Richmond.
Greenacres Golf Club is home to a good quality golf course, popular with local golfers. The tree-lined and open parkland layout is scenically located on the western half of Best Island in the Waimea Inlet. Bell Island and the much larger Rabbit Island are in close attendance to the north.
The layout contains a variety of attractive holes and pleasant features, which should provide an enjoyable test of golf at a generally affordable rate. Worth a visit if you are golfing in and around the Nelson.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Worth booking ahead to ensure tee-time availability.
Walking permitted at all times. Golf carts available for hire.
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Nelson is a bustling provincial town and holiday resort, regularly rated as having the lowest annual rainfall and most sunshine hours of any New Zealand location - a wonderful place to visit.
Greenacres Golf Course, Best Island, Richmond, nr Nelson.
+64 (0)3 544 6166
Visit websiteOnsite accommodation alongside the 18th hole at Greenacres Golf Club.
Greenacres
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