- Address16 Tahuna Road, Tainui, Dunedin 9013, New Zealand
- Championships hosted
New visitors to New Zealand might imagine that there is a wealth of links courses in the country, given the rugged terrain and abundant coastline. It may therefore come as a surprise that there is really only a handful of true traditional links worthy of the description.
One of that handful can rather fittingly be found in the most Scottish of New Zealand cities, Dunedin. Chisholm Links was developed on reserve land in the 1930s, originally under the name Ocean Beach Links. The club then changed its name to Chisholm Park and in 2016 it was re-branded "Chisholm Links".
Fourteen of the holes sit amongst the dunes behind St. Kilda Beach, with the stretch from 8 to 11 climbing up to a magnificent headland wedged between two beaches. It is this stretch that visitors will remember most keenly, and in particular the 9th. Measuring 386 yards (353m) from the white tees, the tee clings to the edge of a huge precipice over the picturesque Tomahawk Beach, with the hole running along the cliff edge all the way down. The drive needs to be threaded between two dunes, to leave a short iron in to a beautifully framed green that barely clings on to the edge, high above the Pacific.
Other strong holes include the 13th, a short doglegged par 4 that is probably more reminiscent of a British or Irish links than any other, and the 17th, lengthened to 443 yards (405m) in 2009 by setting a new plateau green 60 metres further back.
As well as hosting two Australasian PGA Development Tour tournaments, Chisholm Links Golf Club hosted the New Zealand Amateur Championship in 2003 (won by James Nitties), and an Australasian PGA Tour event (the Dunedin Scenic Circle Hotels Classic) in 2004, won by local pro Mahal Pearce.
New visitors to New Zealand might imagine that there is a wealth of links courses in the country, given the rugged terrain and abundant coastline. It may therefore come as a surprise that there is really only a handful of true traditional links worthy of the description.
One of that handful can rather fittingly be found in the most Scottish of New Zealand cities, Dunedin. Chisholm Links was developed on reserve land in the 1930s, originally under the name Ocean Beach Links. The club then changed its name to Chisholm Park and in 2016 it was re-branded "Chisholm Links".
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