11 Te Ara Whenua Miharo Kotiti,
Tomarata, Auckland Region 0974
The Course:
18 holes. Seaside links. Undulating terrain - a few slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Coastal duneland alongside the Pacific Ocean.
Designer:
Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw.
Above distances are for the South course. Also at Te Arai is the 18-hole North course (par-71; 6931 yds from back tees) and "The Playground", a two-acre practise putting green.
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21 km SE of Mangawhai / 90km SE of Whangarei / 92 km N of Auckland.
Te Arai Links (South)
Te Arai Links (South course): like several other of the newer top-end golf locations around the world, here at Te Arai Links you can choose between playing a fabulous Coore-Crenshaw designed layout, and an equally splendid Tom Doak creation. Both are oceanside links gems. Both offer access to green-fee payers, although very much at the upper-end of New Zealand green fees.
Te Arai's South course boasts sixteen ocean view holes, with eight holes directly running alongside the sea. The landforms that Coore & Crenshaw worked with varied from folding sand ridges and meandering valleys to the rolling contours reminiscent of Britain's great seaside links. These contours provided the foundation and inspiration for the golf holes, some of which require length off the tee, others needing more finesse.
Pick of the holes: dramatic in their own way, the inland holes like 2, 10 and 11, are eclipsed by the visually spectacular oceanside holes at 7, 8, 9 and 15 thru' 18.
Stay&Play at Te Arai: luxury onsite accommodation available, see Where2Stay section below.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends. The North and South courses alternate daily between one being a members' private course, and the other a resort course for resort guests and green fee payers. As a resort guest/green fee payer you cannot play both courses on the same day.
Must book in advance.
Contact club for full details, discounts, Stay&Play rates, etc. [Last updated: 2024].
Non-metal spike facility. Both North and South are walking-only courses; no golf carts. Caddies and forecaddies available.
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Te Arai Links takes its name from the local Te Ārai community, beach and Regional Park. The park includes a highly sensitive dune and lake ecosystems, wetlands, coastal broadleaf forest and regenerating forest, as well as access to the stunning coastline and beaches. Te Ārai Beach is the exact antipode (polar opposite location) of Gibraltar.
Golf at Te Arai was inspired by American billionaire and private equity investor Ric Kayne. He had already seen the potential for golf on the Te Ārai coast, having already built the nearby Tara iti course. Kayne is now the owner of three world-class links courses on this stretch of coast ... the private Tara iti development and the two green-fee accessible courses of Te Arai.
South course:
New Zealand's 2nd best course (Australian Golf Digest, 2023/24).
World's 85th best course (GOLF Magazine, 2023/24).
11 Te Ara Whenua Miharo Kotiti, Tomarata, Auckland region 0974.
+64 (0)6 883 4600
Visit websiteThe accommodation options at Te Arai Links blend seamlessly into the natural surroundings. You have the choice of one or two bedroom luxury suites, two-bedroom Ocean Cottages and four bedroom villas.
Te Arai (North and South courses).
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Tara Iti; Mangawhai.
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