Golf
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Apparently Gulf Harbour golf club is closing. Had a lot of fun playing there circa 2000.
It was a lovely golf course to play. I used to enjoy Formosa as well, but that's gone too
Actually it's not gone. Formosa is still operating and whilst a whole lot better than it was 10 years ago, its still a shadow of its former prime time self.
Both courses turned up around the same time from memory and have struggled through the majority of their life span.
Gulf Harbours had a number of owners and the current one is a property developer who purchased GHCC a couple of years back with only one real plan, and it doesn't include golf. I've never been particularly fond of the track but still a real shame to lose it.
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@barbarian said in Golf:
Fizzer. Good on Harman, he made it very boring. But that was one very forgettable Open.
Sure was eh. I was pumped for it and watched a fair bit but left a bit disappointed.
Not my dad though, who had a sweat $10 on Harman at $126. The jammy bugger!
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@JK I only played there once, and was Ambrose.
NZ is pretty blessed with plenty of quality golf courses and most are reasonably priced, I am not sure what costs were exactly at GHCC, but from what I gather were not cheap, even by Auckland standards, and when the course isnt top notch, not sure you are gonna get much traction.
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Its a great ambrose course - particularly with carts.
Well, up until this current owner changed the management team out and started running it purposely as a loss, it made money, and enough to cover costs etc. Unfortunately not enough to fund a desperately needed clubhouse upgrade, but that was far from a priority of the current owner anyway.
Last year green fees were $180 to $200 for a non-affiliate and $130 for an affiliate, but came down more recently. Hard to justify paying that when like you say its not in top notch, or anywhere near it.
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Alker with an ace, he currently sits T2 in the latest senior event.
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Great stuff Fox!
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@1kiwi $2.6m...not a bad weekends work.
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@taniwharugby not bad at all. To come back after that triple bogey and play the way he did was nothing short of amazing and to beat a field that had the whole European Ryder Cup team playing!
The significance of this win is huge for him. Will pretty much guarantee him a PGA Tour Card for 2024 -
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Ha, comment from Fox to his wife...did you like the leader board
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Short par 4 it may be, but an ace on a 4 is the business
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