Kura Golf Course Design prepares remodeling plans for Boulcott’s Farm
Kristine Kerr of Kura Golf Course Design has prepared plans to remodel six holes at Boulcott’s Farm Heritage Golf Club near Wellington, New Zealand.
In 2010, the nine-hole Boulcott Golf Club (1938) merged with the 18-hole Hutt Golf Club (1909), following the sale of land to retirement village provider Summerset and to the Greater Wellington Regional Council for flood protection of the Lower Hutt Area. As part of the flood protection work, an embankment that runs through the course was expanded.
The merged club was named Boulcott’s Farm, with an 18-hole layout, six-hole short course, chipping green and driving range. Six holes of the former Hutt course – which now play as the fifth, seventh and tenth to thirteenth were left untouched during the merger and are therefore quite different from the other 12.
Having already completed a new putting green in front of the clubhouse, Kerr has developed plans that included relocating hazards, updating shaping and completing work that would provide a consistent and uniform style.
The project is awaiting council consent, with construction on these two holes potentially starting around March 2025. Kerr hopes the next two holes will be completed in 2027 and the other two in 2029.
