This is the 13th time the Paraparaumu Beach Links golf course has hosted the New Zealand Open.
It was last held at Paraparaumu in 2000 when New Zealand No. 1 Michael Campbell pipped fellow kiwi Craig Perks for first place with a 12-foot eagle putt on the 18th.
Set in sand dunes on the North Island’s Kapiti Coast (about 40 minutes drive north of Wellington) the course measures 5919 metres and is known throughout the world as a classic links.
It is ranked 95th in the world by