Tauranga Golf Club
Greerton, BOP, New Zealand

With its beautiful trees and hundreds of flowering shrubs the course is a lasting tribute to the untiring efforts of the original club members and in particular Mr A J Mirrielees who was Club President in the depression years of the 1930's. Mirrielees used the Government Work Scheme of the time to plant out the 30,000 trees and shrubs, many of which are still in evidence today. Considered short by some, and strenuous by others because of the undulating terrain, the Tauranga course has earned the respect of top amateurs and professionals alike as an exacting test of shot placement and concentration. The course has interesting topography and variation in holes (it has been described as two courses in one) and its fairways and sand based greens are in beautiful condition as a result of permanent and travelling irrigation systems.
In 2006, Pro-Am golf returned to Tauranga with the establishment of the 72 hole Carrus Tauranga Open. Created as part of Greg Turner's Golf Tour of New Zealand (GTNZ), the Carrus Open attracted a record entry of the top New Zealand based Professional and Amateur players. The 2006 Carrus was won by leading New Zealand Amatuer Josh Geary at 22 under the card and in 2007, fledlging Professional Mark Purser won the event. In 2008, in partnership with the NZPGA and NZ Golf, the Carrus Open became the inaugural event of the new (Bob) Charles Tour.

TAURANGA GOLF CLUB

Tauranga Race Course Reserve, Greerton, BOP
New Zealand
Phone   64 7 572 - 7044



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