The Cape Kidnappers course is a links style course set 500 feet above the ocean and some very dramatic cliffs. Designed by Tom Doak the architect boasts that, "if Cape Kidnappers were a book, it would be described as an epic."

The Cape features in Maori mythology, and its name immortalizes the first visit by Captain Cook in 1770. From the long driveway up the hill to the commanding views over Hawke's Bay, the landscape here is of a grand scale and with the addition of Cape Kidnappers it now has a golf course to match.

The Cape is not true links terrain, instead, the land tilts toward the sea as a series of ridges jutting out toward the edge of the cliffs. Yet, the play at Cape Kidnappers is seaside golf at its finest. The surface is firm and fast, and the conditions can be windy, so the player who can control his trajectory will be master of the course. You'll hit heroic shots over the tops of the tea trees, and play cautiously along the edges of deep ravines. Every hole has a view of the Bay, and at the sixth and fifteenth holes it's possible to pull your approach off the very end of the earth, though it will take nearly ten seconds of hang time for your ball to reach the ocean, 500 feet below.

One of the most original and dramatic golf locations in the world, Cape Kidnappers offers the very pinnacle of unforgettable golf.