After 14 years in China and 12 in Australia, the Wellingtonian moved his family from Shanghai to Dunedin to settle down.
Court (50) brings a wealth of golfing experience with him.
He spent the past 18 months as the golf programme director at Shanghai Singapore International School in Shanghai.
Before that, he was a director of instruction at Tomson Golf Club in Shanghai, and was instrumental in winning the club-hosting rights for the BMW Championship in 2004-08.
''I've been a director of golf, director of instruction, deputy general manager and school teacher,'' he said.
''It's great to be back at a golf course like Chisholm and the green grass is the office floor opposed to a shop in the city.
''It's great to get back into real golf. This is what I call real golf, working in a clubhouse.''
Court, who did his apprenticeship at Shandon Golf Club in Petone before working there as the head pro and leaving New Zealand in 1989, started his new job at the beginning of the month and joins Andrew Whiley as the second pro.
As well as working in the shop, Court plans to do some coaching.
''Our big aim here is to cultivate and develop junior golf. This is a great area to come and learn.
"What we would like to do is develop a teaching centre down here so people who want to learn golf know to come here.
''Andrew and I have both got a lot out of golf and we'd like to give a bit back,'' he said.
Court has experience in developing quality players. New Zealand professional Mark Brown honed his game at Court's academy at the Shandon Golf Club.
While working across the Tasman, Australian professionals Ewan Porter and Scott Arnold went through his junior development programmes.
''I've always been at clubs that have created active junior programmes because that's the future of golf, and that's what I'd like to see here at Chisholm,'' Court said.
''I've always liked Chisholm Park because of the rolling fairways and the precipice. Being so close to the edge of New Zealand knowing you could fall into the Pacific Ocean is quite cool.''
Court, who met his wife, Tracy, the first day he moved to China, is enjoying life in Dunedin after living in a metropolis for more than a decade.
The move is the first time his wife and children, Chloe (6) and Michael (10), have been to New Zealand.
''My wife can't believe the Dunedin people. They just blow her away.
"We have had the case where we have stopped and talked to people on the street and been invited to their house for a coffee.
''She thought that was all a myth, but it really happened.''
- Robert van Royen
