The Kinloch Club Golf Course

The Kinloch Club golf course, New Zealand’s only Jack Nicklaus 18-hole Signature course, adds yet again to its awards by being recognised ‘2023 World Golf Awards - New Zealand’s #1 Golf Course’.

One of the golfing world's most prestigious awards, World Golf Awards determines it’s winners by using course peers, PGA professionals, specialist golfing travel companies and global golfing enthusiasts. Adding to a long list of awards, in June this year, The Kinloch Club was acknowledged in USA GOLF Magazine’s ‘2023 Top 100 Courses in Asia-Pacific’, and The Kinloch Club featured in the top 10 Nicklaus Design list.

The perfectionist-inspired design of the course, overseen directly by Jack Nicklaus, is often compared to the classic links courses in Scotland and Ireland. However, many well-travelled golfers will instead witness traditional New Zealand scenes looking across a world-class championship-level Par 72 with greens positioned between panoramic views of Lake Taupō, New Zealand’s largest fresh-water lake and the natural beauty of rugged rural farmland. 

Kinloch cleverly merges aspects of links and parkland golf course design. Its undulating fairways and roughs are sewn with fescue grasses, whilst the USPGA specification sand-based green complexes are immaculately carpeted with creeping bentgrass. Kinloch is the best-conditioned year-round golf course due to the exceptional drainage system that underlies the golf course, and is open for play 365 days of the year.