Every Auckland Anniversary weekend a group of us golf guys head for the Coromandel and our first game is always played on the Titoki Course at Whangamata. The Titoki course is always busy due to the fact that it's still summer and Whangamata is a very popular holiday spot for Aucklanders.
Once upon a time the Coromandel was called, "A haven for hippies" and it still has its fair share of alternative lifestylers, painters and potters. However the times they are a changin' and in fact have changed. In 2004 they opened the Lakes Resort golf course. A half-hour drive from Whangamata and in a very short time it gained a reputation as a resort course. Tucked away in a valley abundant with typically Kiwi native bush and wetlands.