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| Muriwai Golf Club is a links Course facing the sea. The fairways
have natural rolling with strategically placed bunkers. It course offers
breathtaking views of sea and forests. It is a demanding course as the sea
winds always blow and roughs as deep as knees are placed left & with
of the fairways and the greens are fast and hard to bite approach shots.
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| A dogleg to the left. The bush on the left and bunkers left & right will come into play off the tee. The green, sloping slightly
from back to front, has 3 pot bunkers on the front. |
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A straight & long par4. Watch out a OB line on the left. The green is
deep and slopes from right to left. |
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A dogleg to the right with OB on the left. The second shot is downhill and
the green slopes from front to back, so it is hard to stop your ball on
the green. |
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A downhill hole with the beautiful ocean view. 2 bunkers are placed in front
of the green. |
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| A slightly dogleg to the right, relatively short par 5. The
fairways slopes from right to left with dense woods on the left. The green
is raised a little and surrounded by 4 pot bunkers. |
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| A straight hole with fairways sloping sharply from left to
right. The view of the small mountain beyond the hole is good. |
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| A slightly dogleg to the left, short par 4. The fairway slopes
from left to right. The hole features green that is elevated, very wide
and not deep. |
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A demanding straight hole. The tee shot is to hit onto the naturally raised
fairway. The green is triple-tiered with big undulations |
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| It is a 45-minute drive from Auckland. The distances
are in meters, so I have converted them into yards.
It was ranked 17th in the top 25 courses in New Zealand in 2010 by a
panel of NZPGA Professionals and Golf Travel operators.
Harold Babbage originally designed the course in 1960 and John Bourke &
Alex Gresgou renovated it between 1996 and 2003.
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2nd Par 5 504 yards (3)