Golf Management+Marketing

07/06/2026

05/06/2026

A pleasure and a privilege to present the DENZA VIP Golf Experience at Te Arai Links during the week.
Senior executives joined staff and valued clients at New Zealand’s premier golf property.

03/06/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1D5beTjCzX/

As the Member of Parliament for Waimakariri I have made the decision to oppose the Wolfbrook development in Pegasus on the following points:

1. With the right investment the golf course will bring revenue and jobs into the district. The Pegasus Golf Club has economic significance to not only Pegasus but also to the wider Waimakariri district. The golf course should be invested in to be a destination for both domestic and international golfing tourism. Consents are already in place to develop accommodation, conference and event facilities.

2. We are lucky that there is no shortage of competing land to open up for housing that will be supported by the community. Waimakariri welcomes housing development but it should be in the right places. Most people I’ve spoken to accept that housing affordability is an issue so we do need to open up land to build more houses but I do believe we already do this well in the district. We have a strong developer community who work constructively with council to build in the right places.

3. Building houses on the golf course will significantly impact Pegasus town and is counter to the intent of development in the district that builds on Waimakariri’s strengths. The Pegasus golf course is unique to the character of the town. Whether you play golf or not the golf course is pivotal to the identity of Pegasus. Many residents have bought in the town for this very reason and for some residents they have invested into living on the golf course belt.

26/05/2026

This was a post on the Pegasus Residents page.
It’s important to recognise that the golf club was and could be a viable, much loved and supported proposition.

It is very disappointing to see so many ignorant, foolish and just plain stupid comments about the viability of the Pegasus Golf course. Sam Huo bought the golf course from Todd Corporation via his company Pegasus Golf Ltd. in 2017 for about $4.8 million which included a number of empty sections around the course which he later sold for well over $2 million. He transferred ownership of Pegasus Golf Ltd to Sports & Education Corporation Ltd and increased the value of the asset to $14.5 million, using this valuation to borrow $6 million plus to fund other totally unrelated ventures. A large part of the golf course annual loss was the interest and other payments for this borrowing. There were over 550 members of the golf club when he bought it and by deleting a number of membership categories he managed to reduce membership to 200 last year. With the average sub at least $1250 he has reduced annual income by over $400,000. He failed to pay the suppliers to the Pro Shop (like Titleist, Nike etc.) so the shop had nothing to sell. He failed to pay the lease of the golf carts, so they were taken away last year - $50 per round gone!

We as members of a privately owned golf course had no say in what was happening, but we do know that if it had been run as a properly promoted golf course and not as a cash cow for Mr. Huo, it would be a very profitable operation.

24/05/2026

24/05/2026

23/05/2026

https://petesimpson.substack.com/p/the-pegasus-community-wasnt-given?utm_source=direct&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web&fbclid=IwZnRzaAR9zWZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEem7ArF0eGrxqOegLDFGibsPFa1myKHjEdlYaW9L01fFkHb1FMXwS32GtG6AA_aem_yKZu8szOyVHjxvVQSALt6g&utm_id=97757_v0_s00_e233_tv2_tp1_a1dennhb75a64n&triedRedirect=true

Why This Fight isn’t Finished - and Why it Shouldn’t Be

22/05/2026

I know this family they are great people and certainly have what’s needed to make the Pegasus Golf Club great again!

https://www.chrislynchmedia.com/news-items/golf-industry-family-says-pegasus-golf-course-sale-process-was-not-fair/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAR8vXxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEerECbz_HAAWJOPS9-nfQqNy0dd7Nt-_cXY_hotFCTM0Y9supG_Ivl4KtNZFA_aem_uaNtcH8_eiNTIJRimrPWMA

A family with decades of experience in New Zealand’s golf industry says it submitted a bid to keep Pegasus Golf...

21/05/2026

Pegasus Golf Club sale.

A post from Matt Doocey.

Big thank you to everyone who reached out to share their view on the recent announcement by Wolfbrook that they have bought the Pegasus Golf Club with the intention to develop the land into housing.

I must say when I read the news online myself it did come as quite a surprise. I’ve been in Australia all this week for Ministerial work as I’m leading a NZ Trade and Enterprise delegation to the Melbourne Digital Health expo as well as visiting Mental Health Commissions in Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia.

I’ve taken the opportunity this week to speak to a number of people in both Pegasus and the wider Waimakariri district to ensure I have engaged views on the Wolfbrook proposal before I made a decision on my position as local MP on the proposal.

I have made the decision not to support Wolfbrook’s proposal on the following 3 principled points.

1. The Pegasus Golf Club has economic significance to not only Pegasus but also to the wider Waimakariri district. The golf course should be invested in to be a destination for both domestic and international golfing tourism. Consents are already in place to develop accommodation, conference and event facilities. With the right investment the golf course will bring revenue and jobs into the district.

2. Waimakariri welcomes housing development but it should be in the right places. Most people I’ve spoken to accept that housing affordability is an issue so we do need to open up land to build more houses but I do believe we already do this well in the district. We have a strong developer community who work constructively with council to build in the right places. We are lucky that there is no shortage of competing land to open up for housing that will be supported by the community.

3. The Pegasus golf course is unique to the character of the town. Whether you play golf or not the golf course is pivotal to the identity of Pegasus. Many residents have brought in the town for this very reason and for some residents they have invested into living on the golf course belt. I believe building houses on the golf course will significantly negatively impact Pegasus town and is counter to the intent of development in the district that builds on Waimakariri’s strengths.

Matt
Waimakariri MP