Golf

New Zealand luxury lodges - The Lodge at Kauri Cliffs, and Huka Lodge at Taupo - have been named among the world’s best places to stay, according to US magazine 'Condé Nast Traveler'.

Two young Kiwi lawyers who’ve spent nearly 12 months travelling the world playing a different golf course every day – are on the home straight and will return to New Zealand next month.

New Zealand celebrity jeweller Michael Hill is on a quest to find the world’s best couple – offering as the grand prize a diamond engagement ring of massive proportions.

New Zealand’s premier golfing event, the 92nd Michael Hill New Zealand Open championship tees off at the picturesque ‘The Hills’ course in Arrowtown, near Queenstown, on 28 January.

It might sound like a golfer's pipe dream but a plan by two young Kiwi lawyers to travel the world playing a different golf course every day in 2010, has more behind it than pure indulgence.

US golfing phenomenon Anthony Kim was on the lookout for birdies rather than the spectacular landscape that was all around him as he took out the lucrative Kiwi Challenge golf tournament in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, yesterday (12.11.09).

Four of the world’s best young golfers will soon be chasing US$2 million in prizes in the Kiwi Challenge, at Cape Kidnappers golf resort in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.

Teenage Rotorua golfer, Danny Lee, has become New Zealand’s highest paid athlete after signing a lucrative deal with International Management Group (IMG).

Kiwi golfers missed out on top placings in the Michael Hill New Zealand Open yesterday (15.03.09), but the dramatic local scenery of mountains, lake and tussock hills provided a breath-taking backdrop to the final rounds.

New Zealand’s teenage golfing sensation Danny Lee swung his way into a dramatic victory at the Johnny Walker Classic in Perth yesterday (22.02.09), confirming his reputation as one of the world’s most exciting young golfers.