8 NZPGA CHAMPIONSHIPS
2 NEW ZEALAND OPENS
4 NZ WOMEN'S OPENS
100% QUALITY GOLF
CHAMPIONSHIP PEDIGREE
“One of the best courses I play all year”
- Lydia Ko. - Feb 2015
World Number 1
COURSE RECORDS
MENS PROFESSIONAL
63 - Steven Bowditch (2005)
63 - Ryan Palmer (2003)
WOMENS PROFESSIONAL
61 - Lydia Ko (2015)
Testimonials
2002 – Holden Clearwater Classic
Winner Peter O'Malley (Aus)
2003 – Clearwater Classic
Winner Ryan Palmer (USA)
2004 – NZ PGA Championship
Winner Gavin Coles (Aus)
2005 – ING NZ PGA Championship
Winner Peter O'Malley (Aus)
2006 – ING NZ PGA Championship
Winner Jim Rutledge (Can)
2007 – HSBC NZ PGA Championship
Winner Nicholas Thompson (USA)
2008 – HSBC NZ PGA Championship
Winner Darren Stiles (USA)
2009 – NZ Women's Open
Winner Gwladys Nocera (France)
2009 – HSBC NZ PGA Championship
Winner Steve Alker (NZ)
2010 – NZ PGA Championship
Winner Mitchell Brown (Aus)
2011– BMW New Zealand Open
Winner Brad Kennedy (Aus)
2012– BMW New Zealand Open
Winner Jake Higginbottom (Aus-Amateur)
2013– ISPS Handa NZ Women's Open
Winner Lydia Ko (NZ-Amateur)
2014 - ISPS Handa NZ Women's Open
Winner Mi Hyang Lee (South Korea)
2015 - ISPS Handa NZ Women's Open
Winner Lydia Ko (NZ)
2016 - ISPS Handa NZ Women's Open
Winner Lydia Ko (NZ)
 Lydia Ko, Winner - 2016ISPS Handa NZ Women's Open 2016, won by Lydia Ko , world number 1. |  Lydia Ko, Winner - 2015ISPS Handa NZ Women's Open 2015, won by Lydia Ko , world number 1. |  Mi Hyang Lee - Winner 2014ISPS Handa NZ Women's Open 2014, won by Mi Hyang Lee. |
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 Lydia Ko - Winner 2013ISPS Handa NZ Women's Open 2013, won by Lydia Ko ( amateur). |  Jake Higginbottom - Winner 2012BMW New Zealand Open 2012, won by Jake Higginbottom ( amateur). |  Brad Kennedy - 2011BMW New Zealand Open 2011, won by Brad Kennedy. |
“I'm really looking forward to going back to New Zealand this year.The people there were so friendly and I love the Clearwater Golf course.”
- Charley Hull. - Jan 2015
Ladies European Tour #1
WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF CHAMPIONS.
Clearwater Golf Club has come a long way in a short time and it is hard to imagine that less than two decades ago there were no beautifully manicured greens and fairways, no buildings and no water to be seen.
John Darby set about designing a championship course of which Christchurch and New Zealand could be proud and he enlisted the help of the legendary golfer Sir Bob Charles to turn his vision into reality.
It was always the dream to create a course that would test some of the world’s top players, and in an incredibly short period of time Clearwater has achieved this aim.
Jason Dufner, Bubba Watson, Lucas Glover, Jason Day and Jimmy Walker are five of the golfers to have played in professional championships here. None were household names at the time as they developed their games on the Nationwide Tour, but we can now say proudly that five future men's international Major champions have enjoyed the challenge posed by Christchurch’s most progressive golf club.
We have also proudly hosted New Zealand's Michael Campbell, US Open Champion 2005, most recently at the 2011 BMW NZ Open.
Clearwater is also extremely proud to have been the home of the ISPS Handa NZ Women’s Open from 2013 until 2016, the latest of many prestigious championships it has hosted since our opening in 2002.