Arrowtown, South Island, New Zealand

Arrowtown

Designed by Reg Romans and B.V. Wright

Arrowtown is ranked #13 in New Zealand and #4 in South Island on The Golf List, with an average position of 13.75 across 4 of the 4 lists we aggregate.

Watercolour of Arrowtown
Watercolour. Original image by Gary Lisbon, from Top100GolfCourses.com
In New Zealand
#13
In South Island
#4 of 18
Average position
13.75
On lists
4 of 4

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Arrowtown on each published list
Golf ListCourseAvgT100 ’26NZ40 ’24AGD ’25GD ’26
1313Arrowtown13.758211016

Its best placing is 8 (Top100.com NZ 2026) and its worst is 21 (NZ Top 40 2024), a gap of 13 places. The lists disagree sharply.

Edition on edition: Australian Golf Digest moved it down from 9 (Golf Digest NZ 2023) to 10 (Golf Digest NZ 2025); New Zealand's Top 40 moved it down from 19 (NZ Top 40 2022) to 21 (NZ Top 40 2024).

Range across the lists (1–50)

821

Arrowtown Golf Club
Arrowtown Golf Club, via Top100GolfCourses.com

Ranking history

Every edition we hold for Arrowtown. Move compares each edition with the one before it; a green ↑ means the course rose.

Australian Golf Digest

Arrowtown in Australian Golf Digest editions
EditionRankMove
Golf Digest NZ 202510↓1
Golf Digest NZ 20239

Golf Digest

Arrowtown in Golf Digest editions
EditionRankMove
Golf Digest (US) NZ 202616

Top100GolfCourses.com

Arrowtown in Top100GolfCourses.com editions
EditionRankMove
Top100.com NZ 20268

New Zealand's Top 40

Arrowtown in New Zealand's Top 40 editions
EditionRankMove
NZ Top 40 202421↓2
NZ Top 40 202219

More in South Island

About Arrowtown's ranking

Where does Arrowtown rank in New Zealand?
Arrowtown is #13 on The Golf List consensus, averaging position 13.75 across 4 of 4 published lists.
Where does Arrowtown rank in South Island?
Arrowtown is #4 of 18 ranked South Island courses on The Golf List, and #13 in New Zealand.
Which golf course lists include Arrowtown?
Arrowtown is ranked on Top100.com NZ 2026 (#8), NZ Top 40 2024 (#21), Golf Digest NZ 2025 (#10), Golf Digest (US) NZ 2026 (#16).
Has Arrowtown moved up or down recently?
Australian Golf Digest moved it down from 9 (Golf Digest NZ 2023) to 10 (Golf Digest NZ 2025); New Zealand's Top 40 moved it down from 19 (NZ Top 40 2022) to 21 (NZ Top 40 2024).