I am visiting from the Coromandel Peninsula on the North Island and playing golf around New Zealand. Played your course yesterday in perfect conditions and loved it. I found the layout challenging and particularly the par-3 holes which are the longest par-3 holes I've ever played on a golf course. I shot an 87 off a 13 handicap so felt I handled the course quite well. I will certainly recommend it to anybody else who is visiting your area and I will definitely play it again on my next trip down South; whenever that will be. Chris from
The Dunes Golf Resort
Matarangi, Coromandel
April 2024
"We appreciated the welcome and help we received on arrival. I enjoyed playing a round, and you have a lovely course, run in a very relaxed manner"
Julian
Horndean, Hampshire, UK
January 2023
"A heartfelt thanks for a wonderful week on a superb course, hosted and run by an outstanding group of groundstaff, volunteers and club members. A week we will long remember." Steve, Matt, Brad, Thomo, Mark, Jonno and EJ - Wellington Freyberg Team and Winners of 2022 Freyberg Masters Tournament.
Thanks from Aorangi for hosting the Freyberg recently! The feedback from the players was fantastic and they all thoroughly enjoyed the course and the condition and presentation. Well done on all your hard work leading into this event and thank you once again for hosting and making this event possible!
Tom Wilson
Golf Development Officer
Golf New Zealand | Aorangi Golf
On behalf of the Poverty-Bay East Coast Masters team, I'd like to thank you and your wonderful club for hosting us at the 2022 Freyberg Masters.
From the time we arrived we felt welcomed, and it made it very easy to get comfortable quickly. The boys could not get over how friendly everybody was, right down to remembering our names and asking how we were going. We even got waves while we were playing. The bar staff and caterers were on the same kaupapa as well. (The buns in our lunches were amazing!)
And the course. We understood it's been a wet winter, much like we have had at home. Our courses have been closed multiple weekends on end for periods, so we were expecting the worst. It was the opposite. I would have to rate it as one of my favourite courses over my 25-year rep career, which has allowed me to play the top courses in every province. This is a testament to your Greenkeepers who we saw putting in work after play finished every night and before it started each day.
So, with the combination of a great course, perfect weather, wonderful members/staff, it was easy to figure out why your club was voted New Zealand's Club of the Year 2018. Plenty of ideas to bring back to my home club in Gisborne. Motueka and the surrounding areas is such a great place and I'd like to bring my family here one day.
Tony Akroyd
Manager Poverty Bay East Coast Masters Team 2022
The Taranaki Masters Golf Team wish to thank all who where involved in any capacity for their welcome at the recent Freyberg TOURNAMENT.
Your course and facilities were presented in pristine condition. A top effort MOT. Members and Staff.
Ross Cleaver Manager
November 2022
"....thank you........ for the hospitality and welcome that I always receive. It is always a pleasure to play at Motueka, though I have yet to work out how to play to my handicap!"
John Burnett - Scotland
March 2020
"The welcome and hospitality was something you just don't get normally. Definitely an underrated course in my opinion. We absolutely loved it."
Phil Aickin - NZ Golf Manager
April 2019
"Everyone we came across was really friendly which made our tour even more enjoyable so Thank you all."
Neil and Morag - Scotland
March 2019
I hadn't played the course previously and found it to be a hidden gem.
Sir Bob Charles
