27 holes. 5 tee positions. Voted Best Overseas Golf Resort 2011.
Set in a natural, alpine amphitheatre, against the backdrop of the Remarkables mountain range, the golf course at Millbrook exploits the dramatic terrain fully, delivering world-class golf. Millbrook is quite simply a fantastic golf resort.
The 18 hole, par 72 championship course was designed by the legendary master golfer Sir Bob Charles. It features four different tee positions for complete enjoyment at all levels of playing expertise.
Greens:Egmont Brown Top(colonial bent), 3mm*
Tees : NZ Brown Top (colonial bent), 7mm*
Fairways : NZ Brown Top (colonial bent), 11mm*
Int. Rough Fescue/NZ Brown Top, 22mm*
Semi Rough : Fescue/NZ Brown Top, 75mm*
Rough : Fescue/NZ Brown Top, 125mm*
*Cut heights
Bunker Sand Type NZ Glacial Sand
Speed of Green Summer - 9.5 stimp metre
Winter - 8.0 stimp metre average reading
Coronet Nine
Millbrook has recently added their third nine, titled the 'Coronet Nine'. Designed by former European Tour player Greg Turner, the new nine has received superb accolades since opening in March 2010 and drives Millbrooks' reputation.
AWARDS
Queenstown’s five-star Millbrook Resort has been named the world’s best golf resort by a prestigious Australian travel magazine.
Millbrook has taken out top place in Luxury Travel Magazine’s 2011 Gold List Award for overseas golf resorts, ahead of strong New Zealand and international contenders.
Last year Millbrook came fourth in the awards, which are decided upon by a survey that goes to tens of thousands of discerning, travel-loving readers and clients of Virtuoso, the world’s most exclusive travel agents, to vote on their favourite destinations each year.
This year Millbrook heads a golf resort list that includes The Farm at Cape Kidnappers (2nd) Kauri Cliffs in Matauri Bay (3rd), Mission Hills Resort in Shenzhen, China (4th) and Sun City Resort in South Africa (5th).
For Millbrooks Website visit www.millbrook.co.nz
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