Opening Hours

Saturday: 10.00 am – Midday
Monday: Variable hours (staffed by volunteers)
Tuesday–Thursday: 9.00 am – 3.00 pm
Friday: 9.00 am – 4.00 pm

Nestled in the heart of Invercargill, the Queens Park Golf Shop is your one-stop destination for everything you need to enjoy a great round of golf. Stocked with everyday essentials — balls, tees, gloves, and accessories — the shop ensures you’re fully equipped before you head out onto the course.

We also offer golf club hire, trundlers, and golf cart hire to make your game more comfortable and accessible.

Through our retail partnership with inGOLF, we can order a wide range of golfing products. If you’re after something specific, just let us know — we’re always happy to source it for you.

 Our Pricing Philosophy

We know golfers want good value without compromising on quality. That’s exactly what we aim to deliver.

The Queens Park Golf Shop exists to provide members and visitors with the essentials they need at fair, competitive prices. We’re not trying to be the cheapest outlet in town, and we’re certainly not a discount warehouse — but we are committed to offering honest pricing that stacks up well against the big retailers.

If you ever find an item cheaper elsewhere, or you think one of our prices feels out of step, please tell us. We’re more than happy to review it. If we can match it, we will. If we can’t, we’ll explain why — and often we can source the same product for you at a great rate through our inGOLF partnership.

Your feedback helps us stay competitive, support our members, and keep the shop running in a way that benefits the whole club.

Whether you’re a seasoned member or a casual visitor, the Queens Park Golf Shop is here to help you stay game-ready with convenience, value, and friendly service.

Not sure which golf ball you should be using

You’re not alone. Check out our Hacker’s Guide to Golf Balls — a light-hearted, practical breakdown for golfers of all levels.

 A Hacker’s Guide to Golf Balls

There is an old Chinese proverb dating back to the Ming dynasty:

A mid value ball in the middle of the fairway is worth two ProV1’s lost in the bush.

Walk into any golf shop and you’ll see shelves packed with golf balls promising “tour spin”, “explosive distance”, “soft feel”, and apparently the ability to save your marriage and lower your handicap.

Choosing the right golf ball is one of the most misunderstood parts of golf. Most golfers use:

• what their favourite tour player uses,
• what their ego demands,
• what was on special,
• what their mate Barry, who plays off scratch, uses,
• or whatever they found in the bushes on the 7th hole last Saturday.

 A golf ball should suit your ability, swing speed, and how often you donate balls to the local wildlife sanctuary. Here is a Hackers Guide to matching your ball to your ability.

The Two Main Types of Golf Balls

The first thing you need to know and understand is that there are two different types of golf balls:- ionomer and urethane.

Ionomer Balls – The Everyday Workhorse

Best for beginners and mid-to-high handicappers — and anyone who keeps the local golf shop financially healthy.

They generally:

• feel firmer
• spin less
• fly straighter
• last longer
• cost less

Less spin = fewer banana-shaped tee shots that start on one fairway and finish in another postcode. They’re tough too — you can hit cart paths, trees, rocks, sprinkler heads, and possibly small farm machinery without destroying them.

Examples: Titleist Velocity, Callaway Supersoft, TaylorMade Distance+, Srixon Soft Feel.

They won’t give you tour-level one-hop-and-stop magic, but if you’re putting for triple bogey, that’s probably not your biggest concern.

Note:- Ionomer balls come in varying degrees of softness. The softer Ionomer balls are sometimes referred to as hybrids.

Urethane Balls – The Tour-Level Option

Designed for better players, faster swing speeds, and golfers who want control around the greens. They:

• feel softer
• spin more
• offer better short-game control
• allow more shot-shaping
• cost more

Examples: Pro V1, TP5, Chrome Tour, Z-Star.

The real advantage is control — wedges that land, grab, and stop. But more spin cuts both ways: that beautiful stopping power can also turn a slight slice into a full-scale search-and-rescue mission.

The Big Question: What Actually Costs You More Shots?

This is where golfers need to be honest with themselves. The smarter approach is to analyse your own game.

Ask yourself:

• Do I lose more shots off the tee?
• Or do I lose more shots around the greens?

If you:

• Aim at the trees on the left and end up in the lake on the right, use a distance ionomer ball.
• Can straighten your slice into a fade, but still prone to occasionally blading your pitching wedge through the green, use a soft (hybrid) ionomer.
• Regularly hit fairways, can shape the ball both ways “on demand” and reach greens in regulation, use a urethane ball.

Because golf balls are a trade-off.

Recommendation Guide

Final Thought

Golfers love buying equipment because it’s easier than fixing their swing. A new driver promises 20 extra metres. A new putter promises confidence. A premium golf ball promises tour-level control.

Unfortunately, none of them will fix your swing, stop you topping a 7 iron 15 meters or trying to play a recovery shot even Rory wouldn’t try.

The truth is that the “best” golf ball for you is not necessarily the most expensive — it’s the one that helps your game the most.

For some golfers, that means spinning wedges beside the flag. For others, it means finding the ball before sunset.

There is absolutely no shame in playing a cheaper, straighter golf ball. Because at the end of the day, a golfer using a $5 ball from the middle of the fairway will always beat the golfer searching for a $9 Pro V1 in the bushes.

So, remember, contrary to popular belief, golf balls do not have a mind of their own. They react based on what they were designed to do, and whether the club face was open or closed, the swing path was out-to-in or in-to-out, attack angle, club speed, strike location on the face, angle of delivery, dynamic loft, spin rate, swing tempo, shaft lean, whether the weight shift actually happened or stayed glued to your back foot, turf interaction, wind conditions, and the small but important technical factor known as “trying to absolutely murder the cover off it.”

Therefore, for most of us, we have a greater chance of breaking par than NOT hearing an American shout out from the crowd “GET IN THE HOLE”. Do yourself a favour, work out your game, what you can do and what is costing you and use a ball that best matches your ability, not your ego!!

Happy golfing, and you’re welcome.