Golf Industry Central Winter 2013 | Page 15

membership numbers, we have been surprised at how many people are still out there playing golf but don’t belong to a golf club.” Consistently ranked in the top5 in New Zealand, the Terrace Downs Resort’s Sid Pudicombe and Associates-designed golf course is world-class. Located 450m above sea level, the scenery is breathtaking with vistas over Rakaia River gorge and the snow-capped Hutt Mountain ranges. “You are blown away sometimes with snow-capped peaks, which can make it hard to concentrate on your game when you have all the scenery around you,” Davis said. Oftentimes, golfers take more shots with their cameras than they do with their clubs. “The golf course is a good challenge,” Da ٥́