Golf Traveller Issue Six

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ISSUE SIX FEBRUARY 2018 CANADIAN ROCKIES | HAWKES BAY CLASSIC | MT MICHAEL CENTRAL OTAGO GOLF CLASSIC WITH COMPLIMENTS

Banff Golf

KAURI CLIFFS RANKED IN THE WORLD’S TOP 50…

Can you afford NOT to play it?

2018

Bay of Islands 4-Course Golf Classic

28 May – 1 June

Your chance to visit Northland, New Zealand’s sub-tropical paradise and play the unique coastal Kauri Cliffs* course as well as some of Northland’s best club courses including, The Bay of Islands Golf Club, Waitangi Golf Club and Whangaroa Golf Club. *Ranked #37 in the world by Golf Digest 2018.

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2019 CANADIAN ROCKIES RELEASED

2018 HAWKES BAY 4-COURSE CLASSIC RELEASED

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2018 MOUNT MICHAEL CENTRAL OTAGO GOLF CLASSIC UPDATE

CALENDAR

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2019 Canadian Rockies Golf Tour 2 – 20 JUNE

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Coyote Cubs PAR NZ GOLFING HOLIDAYS INVITES YOU TO TRAVEL WITH US TO THE CANADIAN ROCKIES, WHERE

Fairmont Banff Springs

YOU’LL PLAY SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST SCENIC COURSES. EVEN THE AMAZING PICTURES CAN’T DO IT JUSTICE – SO JOIN US ON TOUR FOR THE COMPLETE EXPERIENCE! All our Canadian Rockies Golf Tours sell out very quickly – so check out the golf courses and be sure to book your place on the 2019 Canadian Rockies Golf Tour!

Top of the pops is the Fairmont Banff Springs Golf Course set in the heart of Canada’s Rocky Mountains.

Renowned for its panoramic beauty, this captivating Alberta golf course with its challenging layout is always a tour favourite.

Canada’s master golf course architect Stanley Thompson designed the original 18 holes in 1928, and his course winds along the Bow River under the snow-capped peaks of Sulphur Mountain and Mount Rundle. An adjoining nine holes, designed by Cornish and Robinson, www.parnz.co.nz

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Kananaskis were constructed in 1989 so there are now 27 holes of championship golf to enjoy.

Back in the 2019 Canadian lineup is the revamped Kananaskis Golf Courses, at the base of the Canadian Rockies. Originally a Robert Trent-Jones II masterpiece, 36 holes in the Kananaskis Valley, offering the Mt Kidd course and the Mt Lorette courses. One of TrentJones claims on this course, is that every tee shot has a different view 8

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of a Rockies peak. And we think he nailed it! Originally opened in 1983, the course reopened last year, 2017 after devastating floods in 2013 took out many holes. Many old holes still exist but a new layout with Kan-Alta Golf Management and Golf Course architect Gary Browning working together to evaluate the damage done to both courses, creating a new layout and presentation while preserving where possible, old holes and the mountain golf experience.

Chateau Whistler The images show the result – PaR nz Golfing Holidays are delighted to have this magnificent course back in our Canadian Rockies itinerary.

One of our tour favourites for both the stay and the play is Predator Ridge Golf Resort, a 36-hole golf resort community in the Okanagan Valley outside Vernon. Opened in 1991, Predator Ridge originally consisted of 27-holes designed by Les Furber. The three nine-hole courses – The Osprey and The Red Tail built in 1991 and The

Peregrine built in 2000 – are named for birds of prey found in the area.

To expand the resort into a 36-hole golf facility, talented Canadian architect Doug Carrick was hired to build nine new holes as well as to renovate the original nine-hole Peregrine course. This new 18-hole golf course was renamed The Predator Course. Carrick opened another 18hole course, named The Ridge Course, which SCOREgolf voted the best new golf course in Canada in 2010. www.parnz.co.nz

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Whistler Green Lake

Greywolf Whistler presents four great golf challenges, and we’ll play three of them on our tour, including the famous Fairmont Chateau Whistler Golf Course designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jnr. Carved into the slopes of the Coast Mountain range of British Columbia, with Blackcomb and Whistler mountains as a backdrop, this magnificent course incorporates creeks, ponds, ancient stands of Douglas fir trees and massive 10

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granite rocks. The course elevation changes by more than 130 metres overall, presenting an impressive golf opportunity and an exceptional experience of natural scenery and wildlife.

Mountain golf can be challenging and dynamic – and Greywolf is a perfect example of this. Another award-winning course designed by Doug Carrick, Greywolf at Panorama Mountain Village features 18 unique

Nicklaus North

Nicklaus North

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Lake Louise Gondola

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Predator Ridge

and interesting holes that will sear themselves into your memory. One of golf’s true must-plays, Greywolf’s signature hole ‘Cliffhanger’ has an island green perched above the aptly named Hopeful Canyon with cliffs below the front left and back.

Our Canadian Rockies Golf Tour takes in courses from two of the alltime greats, Jack Nicklaus and the late Arnold Palmer. Nicklaus North, designed by ‘The Golden Bear’ Nicklaus, is a par 71, 18-hole course that winds along a gentle valley floor. Your golfing skills will be tested to the full in a spectacular setting. Winner of numerous awards since it opened in 1996, Nicklaus North has played host to the Skins Game, the Shell’s Wonderful World

of Golf, and other prestigious tournaments. Some of golf’s biggest names have played here – Nick Faldo, Ernie Els, Greg Norman, Fred Couples, John Daly, Vijay Singh, Stephen Ames and, of course, the mighty Jack Nicklaus himself.

We also welcome our golfers to Arnold Palmer’s first Canadian design, Whistler Golf Club, home to a truly ‘Whistler’ brand of golf. While visiting golfers to this region quickly come to expect grand views of snow-capped-mountains, signature designs and uncompromising course conditions, this course’s friendly and relaxed ambience contributes to its popularity.

The 2019 tour includes Copper Point Golf Club, which is promoted as a www.parnz.co.nz

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Lake Louise

Predator Ridge natural, lay-of-the-land route with numerous ‘classic’ elements such as roughly-hewn bunkers and clever use of natural hills and ravines. There are stunning views of the Columbia Valley from the deck.

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of natural contours, varied terrain and 360-degree views to create a uniquely challenging golf experience.

An example is the 16th hole, which is a 160-yard par 3 featuring a sandstoneshielded green lying about 25 metres below the elevated tee.

Our tour ends at Mayfair Lakes in Richmond – a genuine golf sanctuary

Vancouver that offers year-round golf in a secluded, countryside setting beneath the beautiful North Shore Mountains and just minutes from Vancouver.

With a flat layout, the abundance of lakes and waterways that come into play on 13 of its 18 holes add challenge and visual appeal.

The 11 courses included in our

highly-rated Canadian Rockies Tour represent some of Canada’s finest championships fairways – and they are all yours to explore.

For more information please contact Denise, Kim and the PaR nz Golfing Holidays Team. www.parnz.co.nz

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Check out the exciting 2019 programme: • 11 selected championship Canadian golf greats including Banff Springs, Kananaskis, Predator Ridge – the Ridge and Predator courses, Chateau

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Whistler, Greywolf, Nicklaus North, Whistler, Copper Point, Eagle Ranch, and Mayfair Lakes.

Luxury accommodation throughout including the 5-star Fairmont Hotel group in Calgary, Banff, Whistler, and Vancouver and the highly-acclaimed, luxurious Predator Ridge Golf Resort & Spa Breakfast daily Special hosted Welcome Dinner in Calgary, High Tea at Fairmont Lake Louise, mid-way Cocktail Evenings at Predator Ridge and in Whistler, Winery Tour and Lunch in Kelowna, and Farewell Dinner in Vancouver Lake Louise Gondola, and Grizzly Bear Sightseeing Tour Air-conditioned coach transport Extensive tour pack including tour clothing, souvenir baggage labels, electronic PaR nz itinerary app for quick reference, and souvenir tour booklets Options available for partners & non-golfers

EARLY BIRD OFFER BOOK BEFORE 1 APRIL 2018 AND RECEIVE AN EXTRA NIGHT PRE OR POST TOUR IN CALGARY OR VANCOUVER!

The tour itinerary is expansive and thorough – from the PaR nz Golfing Holidays team that has been leading this tour for over 15 years! Tour places are strictly limited. Contact denise@parnz.co.nz or kim@parnz.co.nz now to reserve your place.

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Eagle Ranch

Mayfair Lakes

Whistler

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Hawkes Bay 4-Course Golf & Wine Classic

Cape Kidnappers

MONDAY 29 OCTOBER – FRIDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2018 The 2018 Hawkes Bay 4-Course Golf & Wine Classic is now in its third year and is a popular tournament on the New Zealand golfing calendar. PaR nz Golfing Holidays manages this event, which is hosted over five days at four golf courses located in the fabulous Hawke’s Bay – Hastings, Napier, Hawke’s Bay and Maraenui.

The Hawke’s Bay region is a major wine-growing area on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island. Its main city, Napier, is also the Art Deco capital of New Zealand.

The tournament is open to men and women golfers (affiliated 18-hole & 18

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9-hole members are welcome), ages 25+ years and of all handicap levels.

New in 2018 will be an overall teams competition and a seniors 70+ years age division.

We welcome golfers from around New Zealand, Australia and internationals to join us in the Hawke’s Bay for a fun-filled week taking in all that the region offers.

The tournament format is 72 holes (four rounds) individual stableford, played at the four golf courses over four days. Each day, the tournament will host a maximum field of 240 golfers with entries confirmed on a ‘first-in basis’.

The daily programme includes a

Hawkes Bay Wineries round of golf and a food-and-Trinity Hill wine-matching meal experience as either lunch or dinner.

Tournament entry is NZ$399 pp including four rounds of golf, four food-and-wine matching meal experiences – one of which will be during the Prize giving Dinner on Friday night. Non-golfers are welcome to join us for the four daily food-andwine matching experiences, which includes the Prize giving Dinner.

For the tournament week, we are promoting accommodation packages

car ‘Book for 6 days and only pay for 5’.

For a ‘Bucket List’ add-on golf experience at Cape Kidnappers, we are offering a special tournament rate of NZ$225, including cart.

This rate applies for Kiwi and international golfers.

Tournament sponsors include Trinity Hill Wines, BOSCH, TaylorMade-Adidas Golf, Napier City Council, Art Deco Society, and Hawke’s Bay Tourism.

Come join us in the fabulous

with Scenic Circle Hotels, The County Hotel, East Pier and The Quest Apartments in Napier. Budget Rental cars is offering a red hot deal on any

Hawke’s Bay. ENTER ON LINE NOW

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Proudly made in Wanaka and celebrating 20 years!

We use pure ingredients and alpine water to create our hand crafted; micro brewed beers. In simple terms, we make darn good beer in an amazing place.

DAILY TOURS & TASTINGS Wanaka Beerworks was established in 1998 and is situated in one of the most picturesque towns in New Zealand. We get our inspiration for our beer from the beautiful surroundings and the town’s unique vibe that’s why we use the local landmarks on our labels.

Interested in how beer is made or just curious to sample the local brew?

Then feel free to drop in and learn about the beauties of brewing a proper craft beer. Come along and sample a beer tasting or join one of our informative daily tours.

We do tastings between 11:00am and 4:30pm daily along with tours at 2:00pm. Tour bookings are recommended during the summer months.

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891 Wanaka Luggate Highway, Wanaka, NZ +64 (0)3 443 1865 | info@wanakabeerworks.co.nz www.wanakabeerworks.co.nz

Media Release HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY CENTRAL OTAGO AUTUMN GOLF CLASSIC February 2018 What better way to celebrate a milestone for the Central Otago Autumn Golf Classic than with a sell-out tournament, a new event management team, and new sponsors to help everyone celebrate in style.

Tournament organisers PaR nz Golfing Holidays have been working closely with sponsors and the five golf courses involved – Alexandra, Arrowtown, Cromwell, Queenstown and Wanaka – to elevate the event’s professionalism and to introduce heaps of fun into the social programme.

The Mount Michael Wines Central Otago Autumn Golf Classic, to be held April 9 –13, will host over 450 golfers from more than 147 different golf clubs across New Zealand and Australia.

PaR nz Golfing Holidays are delighted with how fast the tournament sold out (there is a long waiting list) and with how eager sponsors have been to get involved.

Queenstown

TOURISM IRELAND TO SPONSOR OPENING ROUND Our first big announcement is from a new sponsor Tourism Ireland.

For those who love their golf and history will know that alongside Scotland, Ireland is the premier links golf destination with many courses featuring in the World’s Top 100.

In 2019, The Open Championship will return to Ireland to be played at Royal Portrush GC, and huge visitor numbers are expected to attend.

For our tournament, Tourism Ireland will sponsor our opening round on Monday, April 9 with an Irish Prize table. To celebrate our 10th birthday along with everything Irish we ask all players to ‘go green’ and dress in a St Patrick’s theme to play golf. Prizes will be awarded for golf and for best-dressed teams. www.parnz.co.nz

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Cromwell

MOUNT MICHAEL WINES SET THE SCENE We are delighted to introduce long term supporter and our naming sponsor: Mount Michael Wines from Central Otago. Established in 1994 near Cromwell, Mount Michael Wines has grown to be one of the premier wineries in the region, producing outstanding wines and winning numerous awards including Air New Zealand Wine Award Gold Medals for its pinot noir, pinot gris and chardonnay.

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year, introducing their wines at our welcome registration, each of the five golf courses and at the final dinner in Queenstown. Anna’s parents, Peter and Pam, will host a group of golfers from Indooroopilly GC.

WANAKA BEERWORKS WELCOMES VISITORS Other platinum sponsors include a new beer sponsor – Wanaka Beerworks. Their beer brands – Jabberwocky (a pale ale) and Brewski (pilsner) and Lake Dry Apple Cider – will be prominent at our welcome registration, each of the five golf courses, and at the final dinner in

Alexandra

Arrowtown Queenstown. Tournament golfers and friends are welcome to visit the microbrewery or tasting room after their Wanaka round.

PUTTING BRITTAIN WYNYARD PRODUCTS THROUGH THEIR PACES Golf company Brittain Wynyard Golf New Zealand will again be a major sponsor, and Sam Sullivan and his team will be playing in the tournament. Their brands Wilson Golf, Sun Mountain and SureShot GPS will be featured on our prize tables and in each of the ProShops.

GOLD SPONSORS INCLUDE: Summit Financial Group, House of Travel Dunedin, Future Bar Group of Queenstown, Anderson Lloyd Lawyers, Masterwood Joinery, Budget Rental Car, Copthorne and Millennium Hotels Queenstown.

SILVER SPONSORS INCLUDE: Kauri Cliffs and Cape Kidnappers, Golfer Skin Sunscreen and The Milford Track.

Other new sponsors will be confirmed over the coming months.

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Queenstown’s best cocktails.

Apparently.

We say ‘meet me here’ and you’ll soon understand why…

Pull up a seat and indulge in our creative cocktail list, seasonal menu of local wines, or selection of craft beers.

••• Hungry? Let us tempt you with our famous Artisan Cheese & Meat platters, tasty tapas or pizzas.

••• Join us for an evening of LIVE music, as we showcase some of New Zealand’s best talent 4 nights / week.

Wanaka ••• Arrive like a tourist but leave like a local, we promise you’ve found your FUN WITH FIGURESfavourite spot here in Queenstown.

Here are some interesting statistics related to this year’s tournament entries:

Show your tournament pass to receive VIP prices on • 70% males and 30% females • The oldest in the field is 80 years of all tap beers, house wines & spirits, • 104 teams, or 93% of the field, age and youngest merely 20 years

have entered to play 2in meat the • Seven will celebrate their PLUS 30% off / 2 golfers cheese platters. teams competition • For 44% of entries this will be their first Central Otago Autumn Golf Classic. So, there will be lots of ‘newbies’ • The furthest-travelled golfer from New Zealand will be from Kaitaia GC in Northland • We have plenty of Aussies from NSW, Queensland and Victoria but our furthest-travelled Aussies will be coming all the way from Spalding Park GC in Perth and Mingenew GC, in the Geraldton region of Western Australia

birthday during tournament week • 10% of the golfers are single figure handicaps with the lowest on 0 • The biggest contingency of golfers will be coming from Greenacres GC in Nelson, 15 golfers; closely followed by 14 from Wanaka GC; 13 from North Shore and Pleasant Point GC; 12 from Charteris Bay GC • If you forget your player partner’s name – try out these most popular tournament names: John (19), David (17), Peter (14), Chris (11), Michael, Rob, Peter, Steve, Ian (10 of each).

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Queenstown’s best cocktails.

Apparently.

We say ‘meet me here’ and you’ll soon understand why…

Pull up a seat and indulge in our creative cocktail list, seasonal menu of local wines, or selection of craft beers.

••• Hungry? Let us tempt you with our famous Artisan Cheese & Meat platters, tasty tapas or pizzas.

••• Join us for an evening of LIVE music, as we showcase some of New Zealand’s best talent 4 nights / week.

••• Arrive like a tourist but leave like a local, we promise you’ve found your favourite spot here in Queenstown.

Show your tournament pass to receive VIP prices on all tap beers, house wines & spirits,

PLUS 30% off 2 meat / 2 cheese platters.

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2018 QUEENSTOWN 4BBB

Millbrook LOCATION Millbrook Resort

PaR nz Golfing Holidays and the host venues

& Jacks Point, Queenstown

of Millbrook Resort and Jacks Point, welcome

WHEN 5 – 7 April 2018 WHO CAN PLAY? Golfers with a valid NZ handicap or overseas equivalent. Players are invited to make up their own pairs – either men, women or mixed teams – or players can be teamed with others, who are also seeking partners.

PRICE From $690pp

players to enter the 2nd Queenstown 4BBB Tournament. This is specifically timed around the Mount Michael Central Otago Autumn Classic giving you the opportunity to see the best of what Queenstown has to offer over an extended break.

The two day event will be played over 36 holes – 18 on the world renown Jacks Point, with the final 18 holes played at the 5-star resort of Millbrook.

Great golfing packages including accommodation at the 5-star Millbrook Resort are available to players and partners.

CLICK FOR MORE INFO

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FUN, NATIONAL EVENTS FOR ALL 2018 FEB

NZ WOMENS SENIORS @ BAY OF ISLANDS KERIKERI February 19 – 22 Women aged 50+ | All handicaps

MAR

NZ WOMENS AUTUMN FOURSOMES @ WHAKATANE March 20 – 22 Women all ages & handicaps

OCT

NZ MIXED FOURSOMES CHAMPIONSHIPS @ MARAENUI October 20 – 21 All ages & all handicaps welcome

NOV

NZ WOMEN’S SENIOR FOURSOMES @ NELSON November 26 – 29 Women aged 50+ | All handicaps welcome

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2019 JAN

NZ MEN’S & WOMEN’S MID-AMATEUR @ OMANU January 11 – 13 Men & Women aged 30+ |Handicaps Men max 14 | Women max 24

JAN

NZ MEN’S & WOMEN’S 9-HOLE MASTERS January 11 – 13 Men & Women aged 40+ | All Handicaps 9 & 18 hole welcome

FEB

NZ WOMEN’S SENIORS CHAMPIONSHIP @ CROMWELL February 18 – 21 Women aged 50+ | All handicaps

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