Chisholm Park is a golf club and
links course in the New Zealand city of
Dunedin
Dunedin ( ; ) is the second-most populous city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from ("fort of Edin"), the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of S ...
. It is located in the southern coastal suburb of
Tahuna, close to
Andersons Bay Cemetery and the coastal headland of
Lawyers Head.
The course was created as part of a public works project during the
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and ...
of the 1930s, and was officially opened in 1933 as Ocean Beach Links.
[History - Chisholm Links](_blank)
club website. Retrieved 27 January 2018. It was named after former Dunedin mayor
Robert Chisholm.
The links hosted the New Zealand Amateur Championship in 2003 and
Australasian PGA Tour events in 2001, 2002, and 2004. The course is rated highly; it is ranked among the country's top 20 courses, and leading New Zealand golfer
Greg Turner has described it as "the second best links course in New Zealand".
The course has a par of 71, and measures some , with undulating terrain and the challenges of weather associated with links courses. Holes 8 to 14 are regarded as among the best in Otago, with impressive views across both the Pacific and the city's southern suburbs, and hole 9 ("Lawyer’s Head") is considered by many as the country's best golf hole.
[Russell, P. G. (1985) ''Golf courses of Otago,'' Christchurch: Whitcoulls Publications. p. 14. ] With both tee and cup on ocean promontories, a straight line between the two crosses open water.
The club has some 500 members, and is served by a pro shop and clubhouse. The head pro is
Allan Court.
[van Royen, R.]
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" ''Otago Daily Times
The ''Otago Daily Times'' (''ODT'') is a newspaper published by Allied Press Ltd in Dunedin, New Zealand. The ''ODT'' is one of the country's four main daily newspapers, serving the southern South Island with a circulation of around 26,000 and ...
,'' 16 May 2015. retrieved 27 January 2018.
The course is naturally sand drained, allowing it to remain open year-round.
See also
*
List of links golf courses
References
External links
Official website
Golf clubs and courses in New Zealand
Sports venues in Dunedin
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