 Register for News Golf International September 2001 Mike
Hosking Golf International Kauri Cliffs Great panoramas and
vistas do not a golf course make. But they can be a huge factor,
given that everything else is in place, and there is a new
course in New Zealand called Kauri Cliffs where the sheer
quality of the golf course is matched only by the spectacular
scenery in which it lies. This is a golf course that should
demand consideration for a place in the top-20 in the world, to
be mentioned in the same breath as, say, Muirfield or Pebble
Beach or Cypress Point, in terms of quality, in condition and
its exceedingly scenic site. There are a couple of things that
could do with ironing out, of which more later, but then Dr
Alistair MacKenzie didn't get Augusta National exactly right on
his first go.  The photographs that accompany this article are
stunning, but then many publicity shots of new courses are.
Architects are instructed to build at least one extremely
photogenic hole and photographers then flock to