Winton Golf Club

Eighteen holes in rural Southland, thirty minutes north of Invercargill on the road to Queenstown.

Drive north out of Invercargill for 30 minutes towards Queenstown and you will get to Winton. A vibrant little town in rural Southland.

Winton Golf Club is an 18 hole course that is one of the best in the area. Looked after by the locals it is in good condition on both fairways and greens.

You’ll find a friendly Southland welcome here and some less friendly small greens to keep you on your toes. A challenging course for young and old.

The course is Championship quality and should not be overlooked when playing in the South.

The Course

A golfer carrying a bag down a wide fairway lined with tall poplars and eucalypts — Down the tree-lined fairway, bag on the shoulder

A ball sitting in the fairway with a hedge and tall trees lining the hole — A hedge-lined hole, mower stripes underfoot

A stand of pine trees beside the fairway with freshly cut firewood stacked beneath them — Firewood stacked beneath the pines — a working course as much as a scenic one

A green guarded by a bunker, framed by a vivid red autumn tree — A green framed by autumn colour

The clubhouse across the practice green, with a golfer putting in the evening light — The clubhouse, seen across the practice green

Get to Know the Holes

Just two of Winton’s hole markers made it into this photo set, but both are worth a look — each one doubles as a local sponsor board, a nice small-club touch.

Hole 16 sign, Cassino, par 3, sponsored by Winton's Middle Pub and Central Southland Lodge, with a $100 hole-in-one shout — Hole 16 · Cassino (Par 3) — sponsored by Winton’s Middle Pub, $100 up for a hole-in-one

Hole 18 sign, Kia Ora, par 4, 336 and 310 metres for the two tees, backed by a dairy hygiene sponsor board — Hole 18 · Kia Ora (Par 4, 310–336m)

Local Character

Winton’s own copy calls this “a friendly Southland welcome” with “some less friendly small greens” — and the course backs that up with a bit of genuine farming-country character right on its boundary.

A green with a red and white checkered flag, dairy cattle grazing in the paddock just beyond the boundary fence — The back fence doubles as a dairy paddock — cattle grazing right up against the green

A white marker post labelled GUR, for ground under repair, in front of a green and bunker — A “GUR” post — ground under repair, marked and left well alone

Club History

A roadside sign reading Winton Golf Club Incorporated, proudly supported by Powered Sites — The club’s own roadside sign, out among the Southland paddocks

The clubhouse building with a Welcome to Winton Golf Club sign beside the entrance — The clubhouse, and its own welcome sign

Ken’s Visit

Winton Golf Club – CHAMPIONSHIP Quality in the Heart of the South

PHYSICAL ADDRESS:

Substation Road, Winton