Windross Farm came into being when the members of Manukau Golf Club decided to sell their course to property developers, and relocate to a potato farm in Ardmore, 6 kilometres inland from their original home.
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Windross Farm came into being when the members of Manukau Golf Club decided to sell their course to property developers, and relocate to a potato farm in Ardmore, 6 kilometres inland from their original home.
Windross Farm
Windross Farm came into being when the members of Manukau Golf Club (who played over a Charles Redhead course good enough to sneak into the lower reaches of our New Zealand Top 50) decided to sell their land to property developers, and relocate to a potato farm in Ardmore, 6 kilometres inland from their original home.
They drafted in Brett Thomson as architect, to lead the transformation. Thomson had built a pedigree helping John Darby design Jack’s Point and The Hills (both located in Queenstown and both NZ Top 10 layouts) and was now working under his own banner, RBT Design. Former PGA Tour player Phil Tataurangi joined Thomson in a consultant role.
The property at Windross Farm required plenty of work to protect against a high water table, and we understand the site was sandcapped throughout to ensure firm playing surfaces. The result is a links-style layout that is very different from anything else in the Auckland area.
Within weeks of opening its tees for play in September 2016, Windross Farm secured New Zealand’s first LPGA Tour event, the 2017 McKayson New Zealand Women's Open.