Golf Industry Central Winter 2012 | Page 21

Kerr said the repositioned clubhouse meant a number of holes would be re-routed. “We will have 13 new holes and the remaining five holes will be resurfaced and will incorporate a little bit of the dunes. With the addition of a few bunkers, that will make it a more strategic course,” she said. “We are keeping the look on those five holes the same as the new holes, but leaving the layout the same on those five holes.” “It will be a fair course, but there will be more strategy involved in playing the golf course,” said Kerr, who designed Pegasus golf course, now rated number eight in the country. “Initially Waimairi Beach was very narrow and lined with pine trees, but the club has removed a lot of the pines which has exposed some sand dune formation ̸+