100 Augusta Drive (off Hikuai Settlement Rd),
Pauanui, Coromandel Peninsula
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Richard Ellis (Director of Golf)The Course:
18 holes. Open parkland. Relatively flat terrain - easy to walk.
Surroundings:
Rural countryside, forest and wetlands.
Designer:
Sid Puddicombe Associates
-37.062510
175.839851
145 km E of Auckland centre
From Auckland Harbour Bridge travel south on Hwy 1 for approx 50 km, then take exit 477 onto Hwy 2 direction Coromandel Peninsula. After 32 km turn left onto Hwy 25 direction Thames / Coromandel Peninsula. After 24 km take Hwy 25A direction Pauanui. After 25 km take Hwy 25 north direction Pauanui. After 2 - 3 km turn right off Hwy 25 direction Pauanui. After 6km turn right into Lakes Resort.
Lakes Resort - Pauanui
Lakes Resort - Pauanui: Nestling down in a bowl of forested hills, approx 5 kms in from the coast, this excellently designed, constructed and maintained course is a New Zealand favourite.
A few of the early holes are lined by real estate, but only a few. The majority of the course is played away from any housing, often alongside one of several small lakes. Best of all, parts of the back-nine meander through some very natural swamp-like wetlands - here the course is at its most natural. On one occasion, between the 4th and 5th holes, you'll take a boardwalk through an area of wetland, intriguingly lined by Maori carvings.
The bunkering on this Sid Puddicombe design is excellent, not least at the par-5 17th, let's just call it "bunker alley". The 14th is one of many attractive holes, a tight par-4 with swamp on either side.
A picturesque characteristic of the course is the surrounding scenery ... wooded hills that provide a constantly changing backdrop as you journey round. Definitely a resort course with a wonderfully natural persona - lakes and all!
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance.
Non-metal spike facility. Walking permitted at all times. Golf carts available for hire.
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The tee-box markers here at the Lakes Resort depict indigenous species of New Zealand birds: a Tui (men's back-tee), Pukeko (men's tee), Fantail (men's front tee), Kiwi (women's tee).
100 Augusta Drive, Lakes Resort, Pauanui
+64 (0)7 864 9999
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