2025 Nelson Festival of Golf

Registration is open now for Nelson's annual Festival of Golf - held at various golf clubs around Nelson Tasman:
Nelson Golf Club, 38 Bolt Road, Annesbrook
Greenacres Golf Club, 4 Barnett Avenue, Best Island
Motueka Golf Club, 50 Harbour Road, Motueka

Sunday 27th April
Registration day at Nelson Golf Club.

Between 11am to 2pm

▪ We welcome participants along to register for the tournament
▪ You can:
▪ Sign up for the 2’s competition throughout the week
▪ Ask any questions of the committee
▪ Pick up your goody bags and generally meet old friends in the comfort of the clubhouse. The café will be open so you can chat over a coffee or have a nice lunch whilst enjoying the views over the course.
As in previous years, Nelson Golf Club offers you courtesy of the course to go out and play 9 or 18 holes to get a feel for the course, especially useful if you’re a newcomer to the tournament. As we are hosting the South Island seniors that day, This complimentary round is only available after 1pm, and you must be registered first. Please call the pro shop to arrange this. 03-548-5028 so you don’t miss out.

Monday 28th April - Nelson Golf Club Team Day
The competition of the day will be a Stableford Team event with Hidden Partners. You can play with your chosen fourball but they WILL NOT be your Team partners. It will be a good fun day and a great start to our week. Tee off 9.45am.

Today, we have the qualifying for the Long Putt competition. Over the last few years this has proved to be a great success and everyone has one putt to see if they can qualify for Friday’s Final Putt Off. Don’t miss your chance!

There will be a daily prize giving event after play in the clubhouse.

Tuesday 29th April - Motueka Golf Club
First day of the individual tournament, with a shotgun start at 9.45am. There will be handicap divisions in both male and female groups. There will be a daily prize giving event after play in the clubhouse.

Wednesday 30th April
This is your rest day to explore all that our region has to offer. If you are looking for options, just ask us!

Thursday 1st May - Greenacres Golf Club
Second day of the individual tournament, with a shotgun start at 9.45am. You will be staying in the same divisions as you started the tournament, even if the day falls on a day when handicaps have changed. You will, however, be playing off your new handicaps. There will be a daily prize giving after play in the clubhouse.

Friday 2nd May - Nelson Golf Club
The third and final round of the individual competition, so it’s all to play for today! Today’s shotgun start will be at 9.15am – so make sure you’re not late! The reason for this earlier start time is to allow the caterers time to get the room ready for the evening dinner after we have our daily prize giving for the day’s round. We will also be holding the final of our Long Putt competition at the end of play today when everyone not taking part can stand on the balcony and watch/cheer/heckle as the lucky qualifiers do battle on the 18th green!

This evening we will hold our Tournament Dinner and Grand Prize-Giving at Nelson Golf Clubhouse. Timings are approximate at this stage but we plan for arrival around 6pm for a 6.30pm dinner.

If you have any questions regarding the itinerary, or the tournament in general, please contact us directly on our email address, which is: [email protected] and we shall endeavour to get back to you with an answer to your query as soon as possible.

We very much look forward to seeing our returning competitors and also meeting all the new ones for what will be a fantastic week here in the beautiful Nelson Tasman region.