The Hāwea golf course, which sits on 20 hectares of prime real estate on the outskirts of New Zealand’s fastest-growing township, is open to offers.
The property is home to a modest nine-hole golf course, which has about 500 members.
As it is zoned as rural, there is no obligation for its new owners to continue the golf course and they could develop, subdivide and even close the course.
Tim Lambeth, who runs the golf course business, said he and landowner Nicky Mead would not sell for anything less than what it was worth, but he could not put a figure on what that might be.
"It’s more of an exercise than anything. It is only worth what it is worth to whoever wants to buy it."
Ms Mead is from Dingleburn Station near Wānaka and Mr Lambeth is from Alexandra.
Mr Lambeth said he would like to see the new buyers continue the popular golf course, but he had no say over that.
When they took it over eight years ago, there were just 65 members.
"At the end of the day I can’t control what they would do with it. The membership is established, and numbers have quadrupled since Covid."
He said the club offered a relaxed atmosphere, great scenery and good people.
The club was established in 2000 when former Taieri farmers Dick Sullivan and his former wife Colleen bought a few sheep and deer paddocks in the late 1990s.
The block was formerly part of Grayburn Farm.
It took two and a-half years and 500 trees to establish the original course.
With extensive frontage to State Highway 6 and 570 metres bordering the river, it is only a stone’s throw from the lake itself.
The property has its own bore.
Sotheby’s real estate agent, and local Quentin Landreth, said the land would be worth a lot, as smaller blocks of about 800sqm in the heart of Hāwea were selling for between $1.8million and $2.2m.
He said growth in Hāwea was no surprise given its beauty.
"Queenstown was the older brother, Wānaka is next and Hāwea is the youngest sibling and it is just coming of age."
