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Hotel and conference centre at Pegasus Golf Club gets the green light

POSTED ON February 11, 2020 @ 6:24 pm

North Canterbury is one step closer to boasting a 50-room hotel and conference facility after consent was granted last month. Pegasus Golf Ltd last year applied for the resource consent in the township north of Woodend and a hearing was held in November. .xslfd69e4ed491be4e { margin-bottom:20px } @media …

70-year-old Tumahu GC (NZ) has been put on the market

POSTED ON February 3, 2020 @ 5:09 pm

When Bruce Sim joined a coastal Taranaki golf club of more than 100 members, a new club captain had to be elected every three years. For the past decade, there’s not been enough fresh members to stick to that rule. This was part of the reason …

Capital raising drive needed to help Kangaroo Island golf project

POSTED ON January 29, 2020 @ 3:37 pm

A new golf course, clubhouse and accommodation at Kangaroo Island could help save the region’s tourism industry, proponents say, as they prepare to launch a capital-raising drive. A $25 million golf course with a restaurant and accommodation could help Kangaroo Island draw 20,000 extra visitors …

The Villa on Gold Coast to be redeveloped into new residential precinct

POSTED ON January 21, 2020 @ 8:34 pm

A DEVELOPMENT that ­includes more than 1600 homes — the equivalent of three Q1 towers — along the banks of the Nerang River is about to change the face of the city’s west. Developer Nifsan has lodged an application with council to build one of …

NZ’s first golf course retirement village under construction

POSTED ON January 17, 2020 @ 3:17 pm

Metlifecare has announced plans for New Zealand’s first retirement village to be developed on an existing golf course. Earthworks have begun for Fairway Gardens in east Auckland’s Botany Downs, a $180 million job on land the business bought from the Pakuranga Golf Club. “The resource …

Asian Summit Focus on Growing Golf Participation

POSTED ON January 10, 2020 @ 6:08 pm

Growing Golf Participation will be the theme of the Asian Golf Industry Federation’s (AGIF) first Club Management Mini Summit Series of 2020. To take place at Sentosa Golf Club on the opening day of the SMBC Singapore Open (January 16), the event is organised by …

Millbrook on par to open new 9-holes

POSTED ON December 23, 2019 @ 5:17 pm

Work on shaping a spectacular $50 million, 67-hectare, rural-flavoured extension to Arrowtown’s prestigious Millbrook Resort is nearing an end. By the end of next month, all the grass for another nine golf holes will be sown, meaning they’ll be playable by spring 2021. And building …

The Links at Kennedy Bay new master planning underway

POSTED ON November 28, 2019 @ 11:03 am

A “once in a generation opportunity” for Port Kennedy is back on the drawing board with planning for a new residential, commercial and cultural development again underway. Adjacent to the southern end of the Warnbro Sound, updated plans for the new Kennedy Bay development include …

New location for Federal Golf Club’s proposed retirement village

POSTED ON September 26, 2019 @ 7:33 am

Federal Golf Club’s long-running bid to redevelop part of its course with housing has been given a major boost, with a new masterplan for the Red Hill precinct earmarking land for the development. However, the chosen site isn’t where the golf club had originally intended …