Mossburn Golf Club

Nine flat holes in the deer capital of New Zealand, beneath the Takitimu Mountains

The town of Mossburn is known as the deer capital of New Zealand. The 9 hole golf course is not dear, $10, and your away. A flat course with wide fairways underneath the attractive Takitimu Mountains.

The course is flat with many trees for company. Some of the softest greens in the country are right here. The course is rural and quiet, if you do meet a local they will be friendly.

There are distinct tee variations on the second nine. So they get the right to have two names for each hole. The ninth is a par 3 or a par 4 for the 18th from a different angle.

The Course

A view down the fourth fairway to the green and flag, Takitimu Mountains behind A tree-lined avenue down the first fairway The second fairway bordered by a hedge, flag visible in the distance The curving sixth fairway past a marker post and farmhouse A tree-lined avenue on the final hole, framing a gap in the mountains The clubhouse exterior with a car parked outside The clubhouse and fairway approach, mountains rising behind

Get to Know the Holes

Every hole marker here doubles as an ad board for a local business, a small-town sponsorship touch that turns up on almost every sign in the set.

Hole 1 sign, Five Rivers, par 4, 384 metres, sponsored by Te Whata Shearing
Hole 1 · Five Rivers (Par 4, 384m)
Hole 5 sign, West Dome, par 4, 316 metres, sponsored by Mossburn Motors
Hole 5 · West Dome (Par 4, 316m)
Hole 6 sign, Rocky Point, par 3, 136 metres, sponsored by Nightcaps Contracting
Hole 6 · Rocky Point (Par 3, 136m)
Hole 7 sign, Murray Creek, par 4, 350 metres, sponsored by MacDonald Excavating
Hole 7 · Murray Creek (Par 4, 350m)
Hole 9 sign, Acton, par 3, 140 metres
Hole 9 · Acton (Par 3, 140m)
Hole 11 sign, Mount Hamilton, par 4, 305 metres, sponsored by Ravensdown Dipton Lime, sheep grazing behind
Hole 11 · Mount Hamilton (Par 4, 305m)
Hole 13 sign, High and Dry, par 3, 171 metres, sponsored by Southern Wide Real Estate
Hole 13 · High & Dry (Par 3, 171m)
Hole 15 sign, Wee Willie, par 3, 120 metres, sponsored by G.J. Richmond Contracting
Hole 15 · Wee Willie (Par 3, 120m)

Local Character

A bronze stag statue standing over the course
A bronze stag keeping watch over the fairways, Mossburn’s own tribute to the “deer capital” title
An irrigation sprinkler at work between hay bales, mountains behind
An irrigation sprinkler at work between hay bales, the Takitimu Mountains behind
A ground-level macro shot of a green with a blurred golfer in the background
A ground-level look at the green, some of the softest turf in the country by Ken’s account
An old rusty flatbed farm trailer parked beside the third fairway
An old flatbed farm trailer parked beside the third fairway, a reminder this course shares its paddocks with working farmland

Amenities

A rustic outhouse with the door open

Ken’s Loo Report

A classic rural long-drop, door left open to the fairway view.

The same tin-shed loo seen from a distance among trees
The same loo block, seen from across the fairway

Ken’s Visit

Nine o’ Nine – A quick tour of some of the better examples of the shorter version of the game.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS:

60 Cumberland Street, Mossburn

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