Millbrook’s original layout opened in 1992, designed by Sir Bob Charles, and quickly ranked among New Zealand’s finest resort courses. As competition around Queenstown intensified, Millbrook engaged former professional Greg Turner and architect Scott Macpherson to build an entirely new nine on higher ground to the west – named Coronet, after the neighbouring peak. That nine opened in 2009; a further land purchase allowed it to be extended into a full, standalone 18-hole course by 2014.

The Coronet 18 blends more with the land’s natural character than Millbrook’s original, manicured layout – schist outcrops, sharp undulation and low wetland all in play. A significant cart ride connects the original Coronet holes to the newer “Mill Farm” section, which sits on notably higher ground and delivers the course’s most dramatic holes, including the par-5 11th, its fairway cut into a rocky hillside. Millbrook has hosted the New Zealand Open