Coming soon · New Zealand
Douglas Links
Ōhau, North Island · by Darius Oliver
A links on sandy dunes near Waikawa Beach, under construction since early 2026, with opening expected in 2028.
Australia and New Zealand
New and upcoming
Courses opened since 2020, the big redesigns, and what is still to come, year by year with the latest first. Each comes from a published report, linked on its card.
2028
Expected.
Coming soon · New Zealand
Hogans Gully
Arrowtown, South Island · by Gil Hanse with Greg Turner
A long-proposed 18-hole course off Hogans Gully Road; Hanse joined Turner as co-designer in 2025.
Redesign under way · Australia
North Adelaide
North Adelaide, SA
A state-led rebuild into an 18-hole championship course to host LIV Golf Adelaide and the Women's Australian Open from 2028.
2027
Expected.
Redesign under way · Australia
Moore Park
Sydney, NSW · by Harley Kruse
A $50 million rebuild, under construction, turning the 18-hole public course into 12 holes, a bigger range and parkland.
2026
This year.
Coming soon · Australia
Country Club Tasmania (Championship Course)
Prospect Vale, TAS · by Robin Gibson
A new championship 18 at the Country Club Tasmania resort, opening in December 2026.
Coming soon · Australia
The Cliffs Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island, SA · by Darius Oliver
A new 18-hole clifftop course at Pelican Lagoon, under construction since December 2022 and due to open to the public in October 2026.
Coming soon · Australia
The Short 18 at The Pat GC
West Beach, SA
A new short 18-hole course at The Pat GC, West Beach Parks, planned to open in November 2026.
Opened · New Zealand
Gibbston Valley
Gibbston, South Island · by Greg Turner
A nine-hole, par-32 course on a river terrace above the Kawarau Gorge, opened in March 2026.
Opened · New Zealand
Glendhu
Wānaka, South Island · by John Darby
An 18-hole public course at Glendhu Station on the shore of Lake Wānaka.
Redesign · New Zealand
Boulcott's Farm
Lower Hutt, North Island · by Kristine Kerr
Six holes remodelled after land sales, including a realigned 9th and a new 10th, due to reopen in October 2026.
Redesign · Australia
Newgreens Chatswood
Chatswood, NSW · by Neil Crafter
The former Chatswood Golf Club, redeveloped into a 12-hole course, opened in 2026.
2025
Opened · Australia
Seven Mile Beach
Hobart, TAS · by Clayton, DeVries & Pont · #10 on The Golf List
New 18-hole course on a peninsula east of Hobart airport, officially opened on 4 December 2025.
Redesign · Australia
Commonwealth
Oakleigh South, VIC · by Tom Doak (Renaissance Golf Design) · #22 on The Golf List
Sandbelt course renovated in two phases by Renaissance Golf Design, the first finished in 2022 and the second covering the southern holes.
Redesign · Australia
Links Kennedy Bay
Port Kennedy, WA · by Graham Marsh · #39 on The Golf List
The links reopened its full 18 holes on 2 November 2025 after an $18 million redevelopment.
Redesign · Australia
New South Wales
La Perouse, NSW · by Tom Mackenzie and Martin Ebert · #5 on The Golf List
The clifftop course at La Perouse reopened in May 2025 after a redesign by Mackenzie & Ebert.
Redesign · Australia
Royal Sydney (Bay course)
Rose Bay, NSW · by Gil Hanse · #25 on The Golf List
The championship course, comprehensively renovated by Hanse Golf Design, reopened in 2025 as the newly named Bay course.
2024
Redesign · New Zealand
Omaha Beach
Omaha, North Island · by Kristine Kerr · #46 on The Golf List
The north nine reworked to match the south, hole by hole: the 15th in 2021, the 17th in 2022 and a rebuilt 18th by April 2024.
2023
Opened · New Zealand
Te Arai Links (North)
Te Arai, North Island · by Tom Doak · #3 on The Golf List
Tom Doak's second course at Te Arai Links, opened on 1 October 2023, about 90 minutes north of Auckland's airport.
2022
Opened · New Zealand
Millbrook (Coronet)
Arrowtown, South Island · by Greg Turner and Scott Macpherson · #12 on The Golf List
Nine new holes extended Millbrook's Coronet nine to a full 18.
Opened · New Zealand
Te Arai Links (South)
Te Arai, North Island · by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw · #2 on The Golf List
Coore & Crenshaw's links over the dunes south of Tara Iti; limited play from October 2022, public play from March 2023.
Redesign · New Zealand
Royal Auckland and Grange
Auckland, North Island · by Chris Cochran (Nicklaus Design) · #14 on The Golf List
After the 2017 merger, two 18-hole courses were rebuilt as three nines, finished with the Middlemore nine in early 2022.
2021
Opened · New Zealand
Tīeke Golf Estate
Hamilton, North Island · by Brett Thomson and Phil Tataurangi · #17 on The Golf List
A new 18-hole course on the former Narrows course site beside the Waikato River.
Date not reported
Under way or done, but the source gives no year.
Coming soon · Australia
5 Mile Beach
Hobart, TAS · by King-Collins
A council-approved second course beside Seven Mile Beach, on the northern side of the spit east of Hobart airport.
Coming soon · Australia
Arm End
South Arm, TAS · by Ogilvy, Cocking & Mead
A course at the tip of South Arm near Hobart; construction began around the turn of 2023, with no opening date given.
Coming soon · Australia
Lovedale Farm
Lovedale, NSW
A championship course in a Hunter Valley resort and housing development, with construction due to begin in early 2026.
Redesign · New Zealand
Cape Kidnappers
Hawke's Bay, North Island · by Tom Doak · #4 on The Golf List
Its original architect regrassed all 18 fairways and rebuilt and regrassed all 18 greens.
Redesign · Australia
Huntingdale
Oakleigh South, VIC · by Ogilvy, Cocking & Mead · #46 on The Golf List
The Sandbelt course has reopened after a two-year redevelopment with OCM that re-routed several back-nine holes.
Redesign · Australia
Mount Lawley
Perth, WA · by Ogilvy, Cocking & Mead · #58 on The Golf List
A phased OCM renovation of greens, bunkers and tees, with phases in 2022 and 2023 and a final phase planned after.
