Island rankings
Best golf courses by island
Each course is ranked among its island's courses by the Golf List, then shown with where that puts it in New Zealand.
| Island | Best course | In New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| North Island | Tara Iti | #1 |
| South Island | Jack's Point | #5 |
North Island
31 ranked courses, top 5 shown
| NI | Course | New Zealand | Avg | Top100.com NZ 2026T100 ’26 | NZ Top 40 2024NZ40 ’24 | Golf Digest NZ 2025AGD ’25 | Golf Digest (US) NZ 2026GD ’26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1Tara Iti | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2Te Arai Links (South) | 2 | 2.75 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3Te Arai Links (North) | 3 | 3.25 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 4Cape Kidnappers | 4 | 5.00 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| T5 | T5Paraparaumu Beach | T6 | 6.50 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
South Island
18 ranked courses, top 5 shown
| SI | Course | New Zealand | Avg | Top100.com NZ 2026T100 ’26 | NZ Top 40 2024NZ40 ’24 | Golf Digest NZ 2025AGD ’25 | Golf Digest (US) NZ 2026GD ’26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1Jack's Point | 5 | 6.00 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | 2The Hills | 9 | 9.25 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 11 |
| 3 | 3Millbrook (Coronet) | 12 | 12.00 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| 4 | 4Arrowtown | 13 | 13.75 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 16 |
| 5 | 5Christchurch | 18 | 17.75 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 18 |