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| Mangawhai Golf Club is a valley course located in Northern
New Zealand. The course consists of naturally undulated fairways that are
lined by towering pines. The course has a mixture of double-tired, triple-tired
and rock-hard greens. This was done in order to make the course challenging.
Some of the holes within the course also consist of dunes, which help provide
an overall sense of a links style course. |
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The second hole consists of a sharp dogleg bend to the right. The landing
area off the tee is relatively narrow. There is a dune on the right and
the hazard along the left hand side. The green is elevated and slopes form
back to front. |
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This par three is one of the easiest holes of this course. The views both
from the regular tee and the back tee are completely different. Players
should definitely check out both views since the green from both tees looks
as if it’s an image captured straight from a postcard. |
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| The seventh hole is a relatively straight and difficult par
four that totals up to 412 yards. Players should look out for the creek
that runs along the right side of the course. The second shot will require
the ball to be hit on an uphill slope. Once on the green, players must be
careful during putting as the triple-tiered green has strong undulations
and slopes towards the right. |
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| A relatively straight par five that requires the second shot
to be hit on an uphill slope and a third shot to land safely on a double-tired
green. |
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| The twelfth hole is a straight par five and has undulating
fairways. The third shot will require the ball to surpass an uphill slope
and land on a double-tired green. |
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| This next hole is a beautifully bowl-like designed par three
that has a downhill tee shot. The green is double-tiered and slopes towards
the right. Players will find it more difficult if the pin position is placed
at the back since there is a bunker that guards the back left side, and
a sharp-drop-off section on the right. |
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A par four that is designed with a dogleg that bends to the right. The fairway
bunker is reachable from the tee shot if players are able to hit 250 yards.
The second shot is an uphill leap and there are bunkers on the front and
left sections of the elevated double-tiered green. |
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| This hole consists of a dogleg to the left with an uphill second
shot. |
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IIt is an hour and a half drive to get to Mangawai Golf Club from Auckland
city. Since the holes are measured in meters, I have taken the time to
convert them into yards. There are some slot machines inside the clubhouse
that both players and guests can enjoy after their play.
The Top 100 Golf Courses of the World (top100golfcourses.co.uk) ranks
Managawhai Gold Club as the 33rd best course in New Zealand in 2016. It
was ranked 20th in the top 25 courses in New Zealand by a panel of NZPGA
Professionals and Golf Travel operators. There are 400 golf courses in
New Zealand. The other Harry Dale designed courses in New Zealand are
Onuma GC and Te Puke GC.
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2nd Par 4 423 yards (2)