Mataura Golf Club

Flat fairways and maturing trees on the edge of an Eastern Southland farming town

Mataura is an industrial town in a farming community in Eastern Southland. This 9 hole course is flat but interesting with maturing trees.

Established in 1974 to serve this community with a golf course. It is a friendly and relaxed place to play your next round.

The Course

A fairway framed by trees, with a small bridge and hills rising in the distance A fairway with a golf bag standing mid-round, hole markers visible ahead A fairway bordered by a tall windbreak hedge and a flowering bush A wooden footbridge crossing a dip between two fairways A green with the flagstick standing before the clubhouse A tee shot resting on the fairway beneath a line of power poles The clubhouse framed by tall gum trees and a palm

Get to Know the Holes

Three of Mataura’s hole markers made it into this photo set, each doubling as a local sponsor’s ad board:

Hole 3 sign, Longway, stroke index 1, par 4, 364 metres
Hole 3 · Longway (Par 4, 364m)
Hole 4 sign, Westward Ho, par 3, 139 metres
Hole 4 · Westward Ho (Par 3, 139m)
Hole 18 sign, Last Chance, par 5, 393 metres
Hole 18 · Last Chance (Par 5, 393m)

Local Character

A rustic trackside sign and the clubhouse’s own handwritten rules, both full of local character:

A weathered red sign reading Clarkies Xing, built in 1985, mounted on a fence
“Clarkies Xing,” a rustic trackside sign built in 1985
A chalkboard reading Read the Local Rules, with rules for sprinkler heads and a windbreak fence
The clubhouse’s own hand-chalked local rules board

Club History

Signage from the entrance and clubhouse, plus a nice find: Ken’s own scorecard from a round played here in 2017:

A sign reading Mataura Golf Club Welcomes You, with club days and green fees listed
The clubhouse wall sign, with club days and green fees
A red hanging sign reading Mataura Golf Club Inc at the course entrance
The roadside entrance sign
A hand-filled Mataura Golf Club scorecard listing all eighteen hole names
Ken’s own scorecard from a round on Christmas Eve, 2017, with the club’s full set of hole names, front nine and back

Ken’s Visit

Mataura Golf Club – High Tension

PHYSICAL ADDRESS:

Craig Road, Mataura 9774

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