Facilities

The Manawatu Golf Club has some of the best warm up and practice facilities in New Zealand. One of the best features is that they are all centrally located by the Clubhouse, within a ‘stone throw’ of each other and very close to the starting holes of 1 & 10.

 

Practice Range 

With a concrete base and all-weather hitting pods the driving range is the ideal facility for golfers of all abilities to practice. The hitting pods provide a great surface to hit irons right through to drivers, which can be teed up on a rubber tee coming through the mat.

All drivers and the use of clubs that you can hit 200m plus are prohibited between the hours of 9am-5.30pm during standard time, and 8am-8pm during daylight saving time.

The range has a number of target flags down the fairway ranging in distances. The range measures approximately 250m in length.

The range is also fitted with lights, which allows for practice at night. They provide great light above the hitting pods and the flood from these lights goes approximately 100m down the range. The lights are on a timer with an easy push-button to operate. They stay on for 30 minutes at a time and can be used between 5am and 11pm.

 

Putting Green

The Club's main putting green, located right behind the practice range and next to the driveway on the way into the Club, is 800m2, which allows golfers to practice any length of putt they may desire. 300m2 is laser leveled flat with the remaining 500m2 being contoured, allowing golfers to practice up and down hill putts, as well as breaking putts from either direction.

 

Chipping Green 

The Club has a well-established chipping green on the opposite side of the driveway to the putting green, measuring approximately 300m2 with a slight tilt from back to front. Although prominently a chipping green, it is of high quality and mirrors the greens on the golf course very closely so can be used for practice putting.

 

Hitting Nets 

Next to the Chipping green (in the trees by the car park) are two hitting nets with all-weather hitting pods that golfers can warm up in before a round. The pods are also equipped with tees to allow drivers to be hit into these nets.

 

Bunkered Chipping Green 

At the back of the car park, located near the 12th green and 13th tee, is the bunkered chipping green. This green, like the chipping green, is maintained to the highest quality and is equal to those out on the golf course. The green has two white-sand bunkers next to it and is approximately 400m2. It allows for not only bunker shots to be practiced but pitch shots ranging from 20m to 40m from mown surrounds or rough.

 

Multiple Tee System 

In 2014 the Multiple Tee System was introduced and we changed from offering four fixed gender-based courses, to a Multiple Tee System that offers seven non-gender-based courses.  The Multiple Tee System allows members of any ability to choose the difficulty of course that they play on any given day.  

The main reason for introducing a Multiple Tee System was to address the industry-wide problem of recruitment and retention of golfers.  We wanted to be proactive in confronting this issue and saw the introduction of multiple non-gender-based tees as a way to offer choice to existing members and encourage new members learning the game 

For more information on our multiple tee system please click here. 

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