The Royal Wellington Golf Club, (formerly Wellington Golf Club) founded in 1895, has one of New Zealand's most beautiful and historic golf courses.
Situated at Heretaunga, Upper Hutt, just north of Wellington, the course is one of the best tests of golf in New Zealand. It has been a regular venue for New Zealand Open championships, and men's and women's national amateur championships. The club, which also has a nine-hole "inner" course, has a strong and active membership.
The course is a par 72. The par of the "inner" nine-hole course is 32.