Says New Zealand Golf Digest, "New Plymouth’s Waitara Golf Club is a seaside gem and also likely our shortest course, playing just 4,756 metres for men with a par of 67. This course is as coastal as it gets, with the Tasman Sea unfortunately eating away the perimeter holes. That same sea, along with Mt Taranaki’s looming in the distance, provides spectacular scenery to go alongside a fun, firm, fast golf experience. Bumpy fairways and the use of natural contours sit alongside charming handmade signage at this course that epitomises the link between land and sea."