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Plans revealed for $425 million Kennedy Bay coastal development

POSTED ON March 15, 2021 @ 9:30 pm

As the new Kennedy Bay golf clubhouse continues to take shape, plans for the multi-million transformation of Links Kennedy Bay were revealed last month. Alongside the new golf clubhouse, the reinstatement of an improved links course will act as an entry statement to the Kennedy …

Sneak peak: New Minnippi Golf Course being constructed in Brisbane

POSTED ON March 11, 2021 @ 8:31 pm

The first fairways, tees and greens at Brisbane’s first new public golf course in 70 years have taken shape in the city’s east, with work under way on the $25 million, 18-hole course. King of the Tingalpa tribe The first fairways, tees and greens at …

Canterbury’s Terrace Downs resort reopens as part of Kiwi-owned hotel group

POSTED ON March 10, 2021 @ 6:42 pm

The new owners of Terrace Downs have reopened the luxury golf and accommodation resort at Windwhistle in Mid-Canterbury. New Zealand-owned hotel group CPG Hotels bought the resort for $6.6 million late last year after its previous owner, Japanese investor Hiroshi Hasegawa, died in Japan from …

Torquay golf resort acquired for only $12.8 million

POSTED ON March 7, 2021 @ 9:06 am

Former Morgan Stanley investment banker Jack Dahan has acquired the Sands golf resort in Torquay on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula for $12.8 million, paying just over half what it changed hands for four years ago. Half price The 76-hectare resort, originally developed by Rupert Murdoch’s nephew, …

Yachting legend Sir Russell Coutts to expand private golf course

POSTED ON March 4, 2021 @ 8:17 pm

Sir Russell Coutts once told Mountain Scene his golf game’s ”crap”, but that isn’t stopping the yachting legend from hoping to extend his field of dreams on the Crown Terrace. He’s applied to Queenstown’s council for resource consent to add another three holes to the …

Video: Watch: Dirt bike riders tear up Auckland’s Howick Golf Course

POSTED ON February 23, 2021 @ 9:33 am

A band of unruly dirt bikers have been filmed taking to an East Auckland golf course doing wheelies and “boosting around” greens and roads while players try to execute shots. Golfers enjoying a quiet round yesterday afternoon at Howick Golf Course found themselves sharing the …

Royal Auckland and Grange Golf Club rezone proposal hit the rough

POSTED ON February 18, 2021 @ 8:23 pm

The Royal Auckland and Grange Golf Club has hit the rough with its plan to rezone its 80 hectare course in Papatoetoe. The Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board voted on Tuesday to unanimously oppose the proposal. But despite the board’s decision, the exclusive golf club is still …

Fremantle Public Golf Course is taking shape

POSTED ON February 17, 2021 @ 8:03 pm

The new look Fremantle Public Golf Course is taking shape, with fresh turf being laid on the newly contoured greens. Fun & interesting challenges The makeover of the course, which has been developed as a result of the Main Roads WA High Street upgrade, includes …

An interactional, not transactional insurance partner for your golf business

POSTED ON February 13, 2021 @ 6:41 am

Don’t let your insurance be your handicap. It’s an inconvenient truth for golf clubs and pro shop businesses in Australia today that there’s a lack of options for industry specific insurance protection. Unfortunately, many of the available coverages are packaged as a one-size-fits-all policy. These …