Set atop Lansdowne Hill, the highest point in Masterton, our course enjoys a setting few clubs can match — mature, tree-lined fairways, rolling contours, and views across the district to the Tararua Range from nearly every hole. That landscape is the reason so many of us love playing here, and looking after it is part of what it means to be a member of the Masterton Golf Club.
A golf course is a large piece of living green space. More than a century after the club was founded in 1899, our fairways, roughs and stands of trees are home to birdlife and native plantings, and form a small but valued part of the wider Wairarapa environment. We take our responsibility as caretakers of this land seriously.
Trees give our course its character, its challenge and its shade. We actively care for the mature trees across the course and continue to add native plantings, gradually returning out-of-play areas and margins to hardy, locally suited species. Over time this supports birdlife, strengthens the land against wind and erosion, and keeps the course looking the way a Wairarapa course should.
We’re committed to managing the course in a way that protects and enhances the natural environment for the generations of golfers who’ll follow us. That means being thoughtful about how we use water and manage turf, minimising waste around the clubhouse and course, and encouraging the native plants and wildlife that make this such a special place to play.
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