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Situated on prime real-estate 10 minutes west of the central city, Chamberlain Park was at the centre of a bitter, five-year battle over a controversial proposal to re-develop the golf course, halving it from 18 to nine holes. John Parker, who has played golf at Chamberlain Park for 30 years, said balls going over the fence was nothing new, and claimed his local course was being unfairly targeted for its land. “It’s been no different to what’s been for the last 30 years in Chamberlain,” he said about the recent spate of sub-par shots. “There are hundreds of sports grounds and fields that border roadways around Auckland, and they’ve picked on Chamberlain, because they’ve been after Chamberlain for quite a while.