Maramarua Golf Club

The Friendly Country Club, south of Auckland over the Bombay Hills.

South of Auckland over the Bombay hills is a friendly golf course worth a visit.

Maramarua Golf Club is a quiet country course which is very enjoyable to play. The course has character and the greens are true. Take a moment to visit and enjoy this affordable course with great hospitality.

For a flyover to get a sneak peek check out their video here.

The Course

A green guarded by its own stone-walled pond, an island planting of flax at its edge — A green with a stone-walled pond of its own

A gravel path curving down from an elevated tee past rocks and a bench, with a bunkered green and the club's scoreboard visible below — Down from an elevated tee, the clubhouse road beyond

A fairway lined with tall trees, a small pond tucked along the left side and a golf cart at the edge of the frame — A tree-lined fairway, pond tucked along the left

A wide, sweeping fairway falling away from an elevated tee, a golf cart parked at the edge and hills rolling in the distance — A sweeping downhill fairway

A green with a yellow flag, framed by a tree-lined avenue running back up the fairway — A green framed by a tree-lined avenue

A pond catching the afternoon light in front of rolling fairways, the clubhouse just visible in the distance — The course rolling out toward the clubhouse

A duckweed-covered pond fringed with raupo, a red hazard marker post on its bank — One of the course’s water hazards, thick with duckweed

Get to Know the Holes

Only three of Maramarua’s eighteen hole markers made it into this photo set, but between them they span the card from the 4th to the 18th, and each one doubles as a local sponsor board. The 10th, Long Fellow, is the more unusual of the three — it’s listed as a par 4 from the blue tee and a par 5 from the yellow, one of the few holes in the series where the par itself changes with the tee colour, not just the distance.

A signboard for Hole 4, Fish or Chip, a par 4 measuring 308 metres, sponsored by Tripp Andrews surveyors — Hole 4 · Fish or Chip · Par 4 · 308m

A signboard for Hole 10, Long Fellow, listing 386 metres as a par 4 from the blue tee and 379 metres as a par 5 from the yellow, sponsored by Farmlands — Hole 10 · Long Fellow · Par 4/5 · 379–386m

A signboard for Hole 18, Redwood Return, a par 4 measuring 361 metres from the blue tee and 328 metres from the yellow, sponsored by Pokeno Bacon Co — Hole 18 · Redwood Return · Par 4 · 328–361m

Local Character

Two small finds worth a mention: the bunkers get raked in full view of the clubhouse’s own noticeboard, and out by the road the club makes its pitch to passing traffic with a roadside billboard of its own.

A bunker rake standing in the sand beside another rake near the green, the clubhouse's noticeboard and a large scoreboard structure visible behind — A bunker rake, the clubhouse noticeboard behind

A roadside billboard reading HASHTAG GOLF, PLAY HERE NOW, seen through sprinkler spray with cars passing on the road behind — The club’s own pitch to passing traffic

Club History

The clubhouse end of the course carries its own welcome sign, and from Ken’s own visit, the golf bag that gave his blog post below its title.

A large roadside sign reading WELCOME TO MARAMARUA GOLF CLUB, THE FRIENDLY COUNTRY CLUB, ENJOY YOUR GAME, flanked by two sponsor boards — The club’s own welcome sign — “The Friendly Country Club”

A golf bag full of clubs standing in the grass, headcovers on the driver and fairway woods — Ken’s own bag, freshly kitted out with a new full set

Ken’s Visit

Maramarua Golf Club – with a new full set.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS:

40 Golf Rd, Mangatawhiri 2471,

http://maramarua.co.nz/