Lake Taupo Hole in One Challenge — Attraction in North Island

A bit of a different fun activity for those visiting Taupo. Found near the entrance to Taupo, the target green floats on a pontoon in the magnificent Lake Taupo, with vìews of Mt Ruapehu in the background. While the chances of hitting the green are reasonably high for any golfer (it's fun to compete with your mates to see who can achieve this the most often), a hole in one is nearly impossible. There are, however, prizes if you do manage it. It is quite expensive, you don't get many attempts unless you are prepared to pay for it. But overall the prices are fairly typical of any tourist activity in Taupo. Worth a go at least one time when you...

For $25, you get to hit 25 balls. And the pontoon doesn't move around. It's just really windy. Seems legit. Everytime you hit the pontoon, you get a free ball. They average a hole in one every few weeks but there are three holes. People only get the grand prize once or twice in a whole year. For someone who plays golf, I found this quite enjoyable and an interesting challenge for my skills. Great way to spend 30 minutes if you got $25 lying around. Just make sure you can hit 100 metres with a sand wedge. Everything else will bounce...

The game is of course really simple. That is, to hit a hole-in-one, over Lake Taupo to a platform located 102m (111 yards) away. Simple in the sense of the game play but of course, not simple in its execution. Here are the prices:

1 Ball – $3 15 Balls – $25 30 Balls – $35 50 Balls – $50

And of course, the prize money for Lake Taupo Hole-In-One Challenge is a cash prize of $10,000. During our visit, we saw that till date, there were already 1200 winners of the hole-in-one challenge.

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