Boxing Day: 18 holes at Ngamotu

December 26, 2016

After cleaning up from Christmas festivities we played golf at Ham and Sara's club called Ngamotu (pronounced na-moo-too, the g is silent). We had a little match the Kiwis against the Canadians but unfortunately we lost. We dug ourselves into a big hole on the front nine and could not get out of it in time to win the match. Nonetheless a good time was had by all and there were even some good scores. I shot 83 and had 3 birdies on the back nine. Patti had a very respectable 93. Ham shot 74 and Sara was 88. This is a lovely course and challenging enough and for a very reasonable price. The regular green fee is $50 but we paid $30 as a guest of a member. After dinner we went to a free concert in a park and took in the Festival of Lights.

A Pukeko in the yard this AM. We also saw some on the golf course.

#6 the signature hole, a par 3. On a clear day Mt Taranaki can be seen in the distance.

Along with the Pohutukawa trees these Norfolk pines are everywhere. You don't want to hit you ball into them because the branches act like a catchers mitt.

Our hosts Ham and Sara outside of the club.

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