admin Including one owned by United States President Donald Trump and other Scotland courses in list of the world’s best non-US golf courses has topped by a New Zealand golf course. Golf Digest an American monthly publication released its list of the world’s best non-US courses, naming Tara Iti Golf Course at Te Arai, between Pakiri and Mangawhai north of Auckland, as the world’s second-best outside the US.
Trump Turnberry, a course owned by Trump in Scotland was ranked 10th best. American President has bought the golf courses and Hotel from Leisurecorp in 2014 for $60 million, and the resort was renamed Trump Turnberry and Trump remains the owner of Golf Recreation Scotland, which in turn owns SLC Turnberry.
Royal County Down Golf Course which opened in 1889, a Northern Ireland course was named the world’s best non-US course. New Zealand golf course was re-rated from last year’s sixth-place to this year’s second place.
Golf Digest publication on January 6 mentioned that Tara Iti in New Zealand, a dazzling Tom Doak design from 2015 course is challenging Northern Ireland as it was debuted at number six in 2018 and now jumps to no 2 on this survey.
Tara Iti was founded by billionaire Ric Kayne of Los Angeles-headquartered Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors and the invitation is only private members’. Ric Kayne is a New Zealand resident who spent an estimated $100m establishing that course with luxury house sites surrounding it.
A Tara Iti director, Jim Rohrstaff said “Scotland’s Old Course at St Andrews is really the home of golf because the game was founded there centuries ago. That course was ranked six and we’ve moved from sixth place last year to second which is stunning. I would not look at it as us versus Trump Turnberry or any other Trump courses because we don’t look at it that way. We let others compare us. We’re not list makers. Every day we strive to be better and better.”
The course 90 minutes north of Auckland is said to have a six-figure membership fee, a strict “no assholes” policy and to be New Zealand’s first American-style private golf club with the emphasis on private.
Northland golf course Tara Iti has climbed to No 2 on a list of the world’s best courses outside the United States, whereas the coastal links course situated at Te Arai, just south of Mangawhai, climbed four places from No 6 on the annual list produced by respected publication Golf Digest.
Magazine 
