Our team combines destination knowledge with the kind of judgement that only comes from experience.
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Our team combines destination knowledge with the kind of judgement that only comes from experience.
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Our team combines destination knowledge with the kind of judgement that only comes from experience.
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Cape Kidnappers sits high above Hawke’s Bay, where Tom Doak laid out a bold clifftop course across sprawling ridge-and-valley ground. It is a resort test with scale, exposure and a singular sense of place.
Opened in 2004, Cape Kidnappers is Tom Doak at his most expansive, stretching a par-71 layout across the outer headland above Hawke’s Bay. The course moves over immense ridges and plunging valleys, using the natural folds of the land rather than forcing shape into it. Fairways appear broad, yet the scale can be deceptive when wind moves across the clifftops and the ground falls sharply away. The setting gives the course its identity: holes run close to the edge, then turn inland across rumpled terrain with long views back over the Pacific.
At 7,143 yards, it has the length of a modern championship test, but its character comes more from position, angle and exposure than brute force alone. Host of the Kiwi Challenge and ranked 15 in Golf Digest’s Top 100, Cape Kidnappers combines resort polish with a routing that feels elemental and unmistakably its own.
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From the first tee to the final craic at the 19th hole and beyond, let our expert planners curate your perfect journey. Backed by decades of family tradition, we handle every detail so you can focus on the game.
Plan with our team
From the first tee to the final craic at the 19th hole and beyond, let our expert planners curate your perfect journey. Backed by decades of family tradition, we handle every detail so you can focus on the game.
Sean Benville
Trip Planning Manager
Alison Duffin
Events Manager
Susan McCann
Chief Operating Officer
