RUSSLEY GOLF CLUB
428 Memorial Ave Christchurch, New Zealand

The Course

The Russley Golf Club provides an outstanding Championship Course and Practice area. This has attracted many International and National Tournaments including:
NZ Open Championship - won by Cory Pavin.
Espirito Santo Trophy - Women's World Amateur Teams Championship.
NZ Men's and Ladies'.
Amateur Golf Championships Asia Pacific Teams Championship.

The course is 18 holes with 4 sets of tees - blue (championship), white, yellow and red. Russley is a parklands course lined with pines, oaks and many other beautiful trees. Bird life includes ducks, Canadian geese and swifts. On the water holes at number 6 and 7 you will find the water lovely and challenging. The secret to a great score at Russley is to drive straight and true, as the motto "Medio Tutissimus Ibis" advises.

About Russley

The Russley Golf Club is part of the gateway to Christchurch's Garden City. It's only a few minutes to the International Airport and 10 minutes (15 if there is a traffic jam!) to Christchurch city center.

Building a new clubhouse was embarked upon in the early 1990's and by October 1994 the vision became reality. From the new clubhouse you get a wonderful vista of the golf course as well as a warm, modern building. A function facility hosts many seminars, conferences, birthday parties and now sees over 24 weddings a year.

Visitors to the course and facilities have been as wide ranging as the sultan of Brunei to New Zealand's Prime Minister and Governor General. On the course itself some challenging renovations have been made to keep the course at the standard the club's forefathers would be proud. These include adding lakes at the sixth and seventh holes, adding lots of new mounding to Russley's otherwise flat terrain and enlarging the greens.

Russley has a proud history as a venue for tournaments. These include the Men's and Women's National Amateurs, the Wills Classic which attracted top professionals like Tom Watson, Kel Nagle and Peter Thompson, the New Zealand Open(Corey Pavin) and the Women's World Championships amongst others.

Not to break with tradition Russley held a Pro-Am at midnight of the new Millennium. Players had a great time playing in the depth of darkness, with lights powered by generators brightening the tees and greens.

Russley was founded on good old kiwi determination and innovation. Our founders went in search of a new site away from their 12 hole golf course, Hagley Golf Links, for several reasons. Hagley was over subscribed, not considered as challenging or long enough as the younger players wanted and because they wanted a course that was open throughout the whole year. The quest for the current site was achieved in 1927.

The first clubhouse was built in 1929 and was not replaced until 1994. The oldest building still standing today is the old greenkeeper's shed which was built in approximately 1930. As you play you can see it gingerly standing to the right of the 11th hole where it looks like a good Nor' Wester will knock it over!