This morning we played golf at Cape Kidnappers, which is a course that has been laid out over some fairly severe landscape. The layout follows the tops of the ridges and these drop off into severe hay and then bush. The greens are quick and very grainy so some of the breaks on them come as a bit of a surprise and down hill, down grain is quite scary. We had a caddy (a +1 player) who could give some guidance on the grain but, on occasions, we set him a bit too much of a challenge with the clubbing. Whilst ranked the No 1 course in New Zealand in some ratings, it is one of those places that you tick the box to say you have played it rather than think that it is a place that you must get back to and play again.
Some of the views when the holes were near the cliffs were quite spectacular. From Cape Kidnappers (named because Captain Cook's - yes him again - had his cabin boy 'kidnapped' by the local Maori tribesmen there) we went on to Liz's in Taradale near Napier. A warm reception awaited us and we are looking forward to a few days in the same location.
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