Coaching & Club Fittings

Whether you are looking for individual coaching or you want to get into golf through our Beginner Clinics or our award-winning Discover Golf programme, you can be sure that the professional team at the Manawatu Golf Shop has programmes and times to suit everyone.

If it is a new club or a set of clubs you are looking for, the Manawatu Golf Shop utilise the very latest in technology to ensure you get the perfect club or set for your game. With a full array of fitting and demo clubs, through to the groundbreaking FlightscopeX2 available during testing and fittings, you can be assured that your next club or set will be the best you have ever owned. Click HERE to book a fitting.

Our coaching team consists of:

Alan Hyatt - Head Golf Professional (NZPGA Advanced Professional)

Tim Berry - Assistant Head Golf Professional (NZPGA Certified Professional)

Brydie Hodge - Junior Golf Coordinator (NZPGA Certified Professional)

Andre White - Golf Operations Manager (NZPGA Long Service Advanced Professional)

Mitchell Proctor - Trainee Professional

Click HERE to find out more abut our coaching team.

Click HERE to see our lesson prices.

Click HERE to book a lesson.

Junior Golf

Our comprehensive junior programme for children aged 5 and above involves coaching, playing and a tournament programme that is all designed to help children learn and improve while having lots of fun. 

Click HERE to find out more about what our junior programme involves.

We also stock a wide range of junior golf equipment, including a complete selection of Future Star Junior Golf equipment and US Kids clubs.

Practice Range 

Our weather-protected practice range provides members and affiliated members with the ideal facility to work on their swing no matter the weather. 

Range tokens for the ball dispenser can be purchased from the Golf Shop so the practice range can be used even when the Golf Shop is closed. Only range balls purchased from the Golf Shop are allowed to be used on the practice range.

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

Range balls cost:

30 balls/1 token (MGC members $6, Affiliated members $12)

60 balls/2 tokens (MGC members $11, Affiliated members $20)

Click HERE to read more about our practice range and the rest of our practice facilities. 

Golf Shop

We have a well-stocked golf shop that includes:

Golf Clubs – With a full array of fitting kits and demo clubs, our experienced team utilise the very latest in technology to ensure you get the perfect club or set for your game. Brands in store include Titleist, Callaway, Ping, Mizuno, Cobra, Odyssey, Scotty Cameron, LAB Putters. Click HERE to book a club fitting with one of our team members.

Golf Balls – We stock the full range of the most trusted golf ball – Titleist – along with premier brands Callaway and Bridgestone.

GPS & Range finders – The team at the Manawatu Golf Shop can help you decide which GPS or Range Finder would be best for you and your game. Come in and try one — you’ll be amazed at how they can transform your game!

Bags & Trundlers – Whether you like to carry your bag or if you need a trundler to push a larger cart bag, we have many options and styles to suit you.

Accessories, Shoes & Apparel – From head covers to rain covers, socks to caps, whether it is summer or winter, we have all the accessories and golf gifts you are looking for and all the clothes and shoes to keep you stylish this season.

Repairs – Our team have the machines and equipment to get your clubs out of the repair room and back on the course in the shortest time possible. This includes regrips, reshafts, shaft extensions or shaft cut downs, loft and lie angles, shoe spikes and trundler repairs.

Club Fittings

If it is a new club or a set of clubs you are looking for, the Manawatu Golf Shop utilise the very latest in technology to ensure you get the perfect club or set for your game. With a full array of fitting and demo clubs, through to the groundbreaking FlightscopeX2 available during testing and fittings, you can be assured that your next club or set will be the best you have ever owned. Click HERE to book a fitting.

Golf Clubs 

 Come in and check out the brands in store: 

• Titleist 

• Callaway 

• Ping 

• Mizuno 

• Cobra 

• Scotty Cameron 

• LAB Putters 

Accessories  

If you are looking for a gift to showcase one of New Zealand’s oldest golf courses (est. 1895) or just a knick knack, come in and take a look at our logo’d caps, towels, shirts, markers or choose from our full range of accessories, from head covers to rain covers. Whether it is summer or winter, we have the umbrella’s, rain gear and hand warmers to get you through whatever season the weather throws at you. 

Junior Golf Equipment 

Young golfers need to be nurtured with correctly-sized and weighted equipment and the Manawatu Golf Shop stock a complete selection of Rising Star junior golf equipment and USKids clubs. We have size charts to match the right set for each kid and their height. 

Golf Balls 

There’s only one piece of equipment you use on every shot: your golf ball.  Every shot counts and so does your golf ball.  By stocking the full range of the most trusted golf ball – Titleist – along with premier brands Callaway and Bridgestone, you can be sure to find the right ball for your game at the Manawatu Golf Shop. 

GPS and Range Finders

“How far am I from the pin?”   With a GPS or range finder, this is a question from the past — why guess the distance, when you can measure it? 

With GPS units loaded with 30,000 different courses that update the distance as you walk along through to laser range finders that give you a precise distance to the flag, the team at the Manawatu Golf Shop can help you decide what is best for you and your game.  Come in and try one — you will be amazed at how they can transform your game. 

Bags and Trundlers 

Bags - If you’re someone who likes to carry their bag or if you need a larger cart bag to fit all your Knick Knacks in, we have over 6 different brands to choose from. If you want to ditch the raincover this winter, ask us about our waterproof range of bags. 

• Ogio 

• Titleist 

• Callaway 

• Sun Mountain 

• Mizuno 

• Ping 

• Cobra 

Trundlers - We have many options and styles to suit you and your car boot with our electric MGI trundler range through to Clicgear and Sun Mountain push trundlers. 

Apparel 

We stock all the clothing brands to keep you stylish this season. Footjoy and Ecco will be sure to keep your feet cozy, warm and dry, and we have plenty of floral or minimalist clothing to jeuje up your golfing wardrobe. 

• Ecco 

• Greg Norman 

• Sporte Leisure 

• RobbieBrown