You all knew the time would come when I would return, so…

Anyone got any course recommendations?

racinfarmer

I played Omaha about two years ago and they were in the process of making changes to the course and at the time it was a mixture of good and bad. It is a pleasant enough golf course but don’t expect anything too great. Great beach at Omaha spoiled a little by the amount and style of real estate though – so what’s new?

Mangawhai Heads further north is not a bad country type coastal layout although not what you would call a links course as such.

If you are looking for something more elaborate then you might try Gulf Harbour about an hour south of Omaha which has a mixture of some good holes but some very ordinary ones also.

Peninsula Golf Club is another about an hour or so form Omaha towards Auckland that has some merit so as long as your expectations are not too high you an at least have some fun on thise courses.

Anyone else. We are already planning to play the course that it out on the penninsula, which looks very nice.

“Omaha”...that is a great song by the Counting Crows…

racinfarmer

Another vote for Mangawhai Heads GC, played it back in January and always enjoy the course.
Good challenge and not so much like the basic rural courses that are unfortunately dotted around most of the country.
Another one possibly worth looking into is Muriwai, which is as close to a links course you will get up around that way.

Played Omaha after the changes, and they have created some pretty nice holes, unfortunately it is mixed in with the pretty poor original 9 hole layout, so really hit and miss in terms of course quality.