History of St Andrews Golf Course, Hamilton. St Andrews of Hamilton was founded in 1903, and over the first 10 years had three different homes on nine-hole courses.

In 1910, H T Gillies, a scratch golfer and local lawyer, purchased the present property. It was great links style country and with the help of NZ Amateur Champion Arthur Duncan of Wellington, he developed the layout.

By 1913 the course was ready for play. He named it St Andrews, and the Club has played on the course since it's opening in April 1913.

While originally an inland links style course, today it is a picturesque course, with some holes bordering the mighty Waikato River. This gives the St Andrews course a very tranquil and relaxed setting. None more so the challenging par 5 fourth hole. The short dogleg gives the player many options on the drive and second shot, but the river is always lurking to catch the wayward shot.

The signature hole would have to be the par 3 18th. While protected by bunkers surrounding the green that catch any shot lacking in direction and distance, it's the 2 metre deep front bunker that's most intimidating.

As you can see the History of St Andrews Golf Course, Hamilton is great, so come test you game at St Andrews and you might create your own history.

St Andrews of Hamilton has proudly hosted many top amateur & professional events, including the

NZ Open Championship – 1920, 1927, 1937, 1958, 1975
NZ Men's Amateur – 1920, 1927, 1937, 1958, 1964, 1994
NZ Women's Amateur – 1947 & 1957
NZ Men's Inter-Provincial Teams Championships – 1983 & 1999
NZ Women's Inter-Provincial Championship – 1965
Women's Commonwealth Tournament – 1971
North Island Men's Amateur Championship – 1948 & 2004

Champions of the Past include
Tim Woon – World class amateur in the 1950s
Brian Boys – Touring professional for 5 years & a highly regarded coach
Stuart Reese – Touring professional and current club pro
Colin Taylor – 21 appearances in the Waikato Inter-Provincial side & made 2 National Eisenhower teams.
Jan Arnold – National Strokeplay & Matchplay Champion & Touring Professional
Sharee Smail (Higgens) – National Representative & Touring Professional 1990 – 1996

Steve Alker – Current Touring professional
David Smail – Current Touring Professional

Current National Representatives include Mark Purser, James Gill & Richard Wright