One of the closest quality golf courses to Auckland's CBD, Akarana is a membership-based club on Dominion Road in Mount Roskill, with two distinct nines. It is open seven days a week, and the club says it is 15 minutes from Queen Street.
The inner loop is a par 34 that includes the par three 8th, which measures 176 metres from the blue tees to a narrow green with bunkers on the left and water on the right. The outer nine is longer, with out of bounds on the left of six holes. The club has laid more than 3.5 kilometres of new drainage, which it says keeps the fairways playable all year on Auckland's clay soils. The club also has a large Business Women's membership, weekday and nine-hole sections, and a 36-hole... no, it runs an 18-hole Pimms Cup tournament.