Numbers tell a story for golf in New Zealand.

Chamberlain Park is an inner city oasis for golfers, a melting pot where duffers learn without embarrassment.

Gazing down from the planned clubhouse site at Wainui, you can see the shaping for more than half the fairways and greens due to be filled with golf enthusiasts in 2016.

For several years, Michael Hendry made himself at home on the golf courses of Australia. The burly New Zealander was a regular at the pointy end of leaderboards across the Australasian tour.

On the eve of the LPGA Tour's season-ending Tour Championship, a handful of the circuit's leading players posed for photos with a glass box that contained US$1 million ($1.3 million).

If their rivals are sick of the Keh sisters dominating them at the Toro New Zealand women's interprovincial golf tournament, then things just got a little bit worse.

Kiwi golf fans will need to subscribe to online provider Coliseum Sports Media to catch Lydia Ko on the LPGA Tour next season.

Ryan Fox has enjoyed his best year as a professional golfer this year and he is only two weeks away from earning some opportunities that could further shape his future.

Auckland’s Ryan Fox finished the Australian Open with a one-under 70 in his final round to claim a share of seventh place.

Teen golf sensation Lydia Ko has been spending her time helping junior and amateur golfers in Auckland before she heads to Korea for Christmas.

Teenage phenom Lydia Ko is back in the country after eight months of doing sod-all apart from becoming a millionaire a few times over and winning the LPGA Tour Championship.

Lydia Ko shows how it is done as she meets junior golfers for one-off training session. "Hopefully I can see a couple of them on tour or on TV one of these days."

Everything about Lydia Ko astounds. She has put the giggle into golf and stunned her contemporaries while her direct credit entries have given her a flurry of investment opportunities.

While we may be staggered at the speed and size of Lydia Ko's success on the LPGA tour, her triumphs have not surprised this country's golfing knight.

Kiwi professional golfer Michael Hendry put himself in a great position, shooting a one-under 70 at the Australian Open yesterday.

Champion golfer touched down in Auckland airport this morning to flowers, cheers and applause from family and friends.

New Zealand Golf needs to find a way to entice Lydia Ko to line up at Clearwater at the national women's open in February.

New Zealand Golf chief executive Dean Murphy remains hopeful that Lydia Ko will play in next year’s national women’s open at Clearwater.