Course Description:
The Cape Kidnappers course is a links style course set 500 feet above the ocean and some very dramatic cliffs. Designed by Tom Doak the architect boasts that, "if Cape Kidnappers were a book, it would be described as an epic."

The Cape Kidnappers name immortalizes the first visit by Captain Cook and the crew of the HMS Endeavour in 1769. From the long driveway up the hill to the commanding views over Hawke's Bay, everything here is at a grand scale, and it now has a golf course to match.

The Cape is not true links terrain, instead, the land tilts toward the sea as a series of ridges jutting out toward the edge of the cliffs. Yet, the play is seaside golf at its finest. The surface is firm and fast, and the conditions can be windy, so the player who can control his trajectory will be master of the course. You'll hit heroic shots over the tops of the tea trees, and play cautiously along the edges of deep ravines. Every hole has a view of the Bay, and at the sixth and fifteenth holes it's possible to pull your approach off the very end of the earth, though it will take nearly ten seconds of hang time for your ball to reach the ocean, 500 feet below.

Cape Kidnappers was selected as the 27th Best Golf Course in the World by Golf Magazine (September 2005.) Also in its first year of operation (2004) Cape Kidnappers was voted “Course of the Year” by Travel +Leisure Golf Magazine, described as “the eighth wonder of the golf world.”
 

Tee	Par	Yardage	Rating (US)	Slope (US)
Championship	71	7147	76.3	141
Men’s White	71	6686	73.8	137
Men’s Green	71	6242	71.5	137
Ladies' Red	71	5808	74.4	142
Ladies' Yellow	71	5182	70.4	126

Golf tee times are subject to availability and black-out dates
and some restrictions may apply.

*All descriptions, costs and amenities are subject to change.