We’re proud to run New Zealand’s biggest She Loves Golf programme, with over 230 women participating every summer.

She Loves Golf is a friendly, no-pressure way to try golf, improve your game, and meet other women who are learning too. We offer coaching sessions with up to 8 coaches each Tuesday evening through summer.

All sessions are one hour, gear is provided, and every session is designed to be unintimidating, social, and fun.

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Chip & Sip (Summer)

6-week learn-to-play blocks

Tuesday evenings (Term 4 and Term 1)

Free bevy after each session 

Spot prizes, cheese platters and a mini prizegiving on the final night

 

Chip & Sip is our most popular She Loves Golf programme. You’ll see returners and beginners alike having a laugh, sharing a drink, and actually improving week by week.

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She Loves Golf (Winter)

Our Winter Warriors learn in small groups, rain or shine. Sessions are less busy but just as rewarding. Some players even bring bubbles on a Sunday.

Tuesday 12pm sessions for flexible learners

Sunday 10am or 11am for weekend crews

Sessions are built to suit the season — bring layers and a good attitude

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K-Golf Nights

Want to practice indoors, in warmth, and with rad women? K-Golf Night sessions are hosted offsite in a golf simulator setting, with She Loves Golf flair. Still coaching, still laughs, just with ball tracking tech.

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Tuesday & Sunday Play Sessions

TUESDAYS (Summer Only)
Every Tuesday night from 5pm, She Loves Golf participants are welcome to jump onto the front 9 and play as many holes as daylight allows.

Cost: FREE (non-participants $20)

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SUNDAYS
We reserve tee spots on Sunday afternoons for She Loves Golfers to enjoy relaxed, social rounds.

Cost: $20

Email frankie@pupukegolf.co.nz to book a tee time and let us know you're coming.

SLG 6s Competitions
Keep an eye on your inbox and our socials — we sometimes run fun 6-hole competitions for She Loves Golfers on Sundays.​​

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Why We Back It

Pupuke proudly supports Golf NZ’s Our Ambition strategy for women and girls in golf. We’re committed to creating a welcoming, accessible, and inclusive environment where women feel confident to learn and enjoy the game.

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Need a Golf Buddy?

ell us a bit about yourself and we’ll match you with someone in the same waka. Whether you're a nervous beginner or back after a break, we’ll help you find your crew.

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Stay in the Loop

Make sure you’re signed up to our database for event invites, competition updates, and new programme dates.

Email golf@pupukegolf.co.nz to join.

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Upcoming Highlights:

Tania Dalton Golf Day – Thursday 27th November 2025 Learn more →

International Women’s Day Event – Saturday 7th March 2026

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Read: Ash London's Story

"I took a swing. Made contact. And watched the ball glide up into the air... I f*cking nailed it."

 

 

Read the full blog →

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the golf course

and the surprise I never saw coming

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Never in my life have I ever been good at a sport. Or any physical activity for that matter. In fact, I am sitting here racking my brain trying to think of one single time in my life that I’ve excelled in this area and I’m coming up blank.

Put me in front of thirty thousand people and ask me to chat about nothing for five minutes with no preparation? Fine! I’m confident I could nail it.

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Throw a javelin? Fill in on a Wednesday night netball team? Run around the block?

No.

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So last week when my friend reached out and asked if I’d like to come along for a golf lesson, I accepted for the role reason that I enjoy her company and figured we could talk shit for an hour while we both embarrassed ourselves on the practice green. My husband is also obsessed with golf so I figured knowing a thing or two might pay off on the ‘family golf holiday’ we will no doubt end up taking. And yes, that is the whitest thing you’ll ever hear me say.

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So at 9:30 am last Tuesday I roll up to the golf course wearing entirely non-golf appropriate clothes and we get going. The lovely teacher Andy gives us all some tips and I step up to the tee, ready for the inevitible moment that I disappoint him terribly and he gives the kinda sigh that an only be interpreted as ‘why the fuck am I wasting a sunny morning with this chump?’.

But then something crazy happened.

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I took a swing.

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Made contact.

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And watched the ball glide up into the air and off into the distance.

Andy laughed in disbelief. My friend looked at me in shock.

I lined the next shot up. Same thing.

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I fucking nailed it.

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After swearing on my young son’s life that I wasn’t pulling his leg and had in fact never hit a golf ball in my life, I cried tears of disbelief and shock. It was entirely pathetic and altogether wonderful.

I will not be a champion golfer. My skills will probably never make it past the driving range. But I tried something new, something that I never in a million years thought I could not suck at, and I didn’t suck one bit. And it was fun. And it felt good.

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There is something out there you’ve never tried that you’ll have a natural talent for. There’s a gift waiting for you to discover it. A skill that comes naturally to you that you’ve never given rise to explore. Your only job is to take enough chances and give yourself enough chances to find it! HOW FUN!

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I am nearly forty years old (ok I’m a year off but it sounds dramatic so go with me) and I’ve found a new hobby that brings me immense joy. I can only wonder what other things I’ll discover as the years go on.

Let yourself surprise yourself. Give yourself the space and opportunity to do it.

grace + peace

ash