Our final New Zealand episode and arguably, we've saved the best for last. Both Te Arai courses have leapt into the top 100 in the world despite being less than 5 years old.

And we are delighted to say that New Zealand's best golfer, Ryan Fox, was so keen to talk about the courses, he joined us from Florida, while Jim Rohrstaff, the club's managing director, is also our special guest.

The South course will host the Asia-Pacific Amateur championship in late 2026, and when you watch highlights on TV, you'll see just how spectacular it is…

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An honours board at Blackmoor gives a hint of its pedigree. How many provincial members clubs can boast of having had a US Open champion win a tournament on their course?

Matt Fitzpatrick is one of several future professional stars to win a top amateur prize at this Harry Colt gem in Hampshire.

In an effort to preserve the character of the course, the club hired designer Tim Lobb to carry out renovations, and he explains why Blackmoor is on a par with more famous neighbours in Surrey and Berkshire.

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It's been called the spiritual home of New Zealand golf, having hosted many tournaments, and is still rated the country's second-best course. It's also the only NZ course that Tiger Woods has played competitively - as a favour to his then Kiwi caddie Steve Williams.

Paraparaumu Beach recently welcomed back the tour pros for the New Zealand PGA Championship. It's not a long course, so you might expect a flood of low scores. But the wind blew, and only TWO players finished under par!

But good scores can be made in benign conditions…

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Cleeve Hill has had a lot of publicity in recent years - largely because it almost went out of business until new owners took over - and it is now in England's Top 100.

But this is so different from a lot of courses in the rankings - not just in terms of its setting, high above Cheltenham, but because this is raw golf as it used to be. The course might lack perfect paths and intensive maintenance, but it is a real adventure at a bargain price.

Visit this part of the Cotswolds, and you will be rewarded with breathtaking views and some stunning holes.

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Titirangi is the Maori word for "fringe of heaven", and is quite a contrast to many of the modern courses which have been opened in New Zealand in recent years.

Dr Alister MacKenzie drew up his plans for the course a century ago, shortly after he'd designed Royal Melbourne and before he got to Augusta National.

And that legacy has been protected by recent renovation work.

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If you watch some of the birds-eye view videos of Tom Doak's course, you might think you need a head for heights to play it.

Fear not, some of the holes may look precariously placed on the edge of a precipice, but the wide fairways and substantial greens will reassure those with vertigo.

That is not to say Cape Kidnappers lacks the "wow" factor. It is world-class, and the vistas are spellbinding.

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A visit to one of the world's more unusual courses, where, as well as bunkers, you'll find thermal mud springs as hazards.

Arikikapakapa is Maori for "the gentle sound of plopping mud", and it's set in one of the country's most popular tourist areas.

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It's always a dilemma when we feature a golf course that's so exclusive that you can't play unless you know a member.

But we make an exception when a course is so highly rated that anyone who aspires to play the World's Top 100 will try to find a way to get on.

Opened in 2015 and designed by Tom Doak, Tara Iti has such a stellar reputation that Rory McIlroy wanted to play a round here while on holiday. Course record holder Ryan Fox describes what their game was like…

Interview courtesy Yardage Book Podcast

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