Course Reviews

Inside Golf Australia’s popular golf course reviews by golf writers, golf professionals and the average Australian golfer. We travel all around Australia to review your favourite public golf courses and private golf clubs.

100TH ANNIVERSARY: Gailes GC – 100 years of golfing tradition

100TH ANNIVERSARY: Gailes GC – 100 years of golfing tradition

“The (Gailes) layout is first rate. There is little to criticise and I was tickled to death to be able to play there. I’ll bet that course develops some (great) players because they have to play golf there.” – GENE SARAZEN, 1934 GAILES Golf Club’s history is a fortunate one, made possible by Dr Henry […]

Golf along the NSW South Coast

Golf along the NSW South Coast

THE NSW South Coast is “open for business” and ready to turn on the charm for visiting golfers. With a variety of courses, from challenging championship layouts, to family friendly courses for all to enjoy, in a spectacular area of NSW, and the south coast is the ideal destination for golfers and non-golfers alike! Tweet

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Regency Park Community Golf Course 

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Regency Park Community Golf Course 

By Michael Davis Let’s not gild the lily here. When we review little public nine-hole gems like Adelaide’s Regency Park Community Golf Course, we are not pretending they are akin to Royal Melbourne, St Andrews or Augusta. But the proliferation and rebirth of these largely council-run facilities across the country is opening up the game […]

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Peregian Springs GC goes back to the future

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Peregian Springs GC goes back to the future

IT’S probably fair to say Peregian Springs Golf Club has been on a roller-coaster ride since opening to great fanfare 20 years ago. It’s been through name changes and was even forced to close for a short period when it defaulted on its lease and closed in 2016. In December of the same year, up […]

RESORT OF THE MONTH: Moonah Links Resort

RESORT OF THE MONTH: Moonah Links Resort

By Michael Davis PARDON this self-indulgence. But I remember crossing paths with the late Peter Thomson during round one of the first Australian Open being played over the course he designed at Moonah Links. The five-time winner of The Open Championship also had a stellar career alongside partners Ross Perrett and Mike Wolveridge in golf-course […]

PUBLIC COURSE OF THE MONTH: Little Para Golf Course

PUBLIC COURSE OF THE MONTH: Little Para Golf Course

By Michael Davis GreenSpace is fast becoming a force of nature in the golf industry. The company’s passion and enthusiasm is infectious. GreenSpace are pushing hard for industry change, they are driving genuine community outcomes within the public access facility that they are now responsible for.  Their newest edition to the stable is one that […]

50TH ANNIVERSARY: Devilbend Golf Club

50TH ANNIVERSARY: Devilbend Golf Club

By Michael Davis WHEN you’ve been kicking around golf circles as long as some of us at Inside Golf, you know when somebody at a golf club is spinning you a line or has a genuine love of the place. Devilbend’s general manager, Tim O’Sullivan, has been back at the club for six years in […]

REGIONAL CLUB OF THE MONTH: Parkes Golf Club

REGIONAL CLUB OF THE MONTH: Parkes Golf Club

IT’S a finish to any round that could make Parkes Golf Club the envy of every golf club in the mid-west. That’s the view of renowned course architect James Wilcher, called in to redesign the Parkes course with a multi-million-dollar upgrade. Wilcher’s company Golf by Design was delighted to work on what he described as […]

CLUB OF THE MONTH: The Sands Torquay

CLUB OF THE MONTH: The Sands Torquay

ESCAPE to coastal tranquility at The Sands Torquay, where you can indulge in a memorable golf retreat that perfectly combines Surfcoast scenery, friendly hospitality, and world-class golfing experiences. Nestled along the stunning Surf Coast in Victoria, Australia, The Sands Torquay offers an inviting escape for golf enthusiasts of all levels.  From beginners to seasoned pros, […]

Hamilton Island Golf Club – a golf bucket list must  

Hamilton Island Golf Club – a golf bucket list must  

By Ann McAllister If you’re in a window seat, you get your first hint of wonder and anticipation as the flight swoops down over Dent Island and Hamilton Island Golf Club in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef. The scenery is spectacular and Dent Island is a fantastic setting for a golf course. Fairways […]

BUSINESS OF THE MONTH: Precision Golf WORLD’S largest TrackMan indoor golfing facility: POWERED BY TRACKMAN DRIVEN BY TAYLORMADE

BUSINESS OF THE MONTH: Precision Golf WORLD’S largest TrackMan indoor golfing facility: POWERED BY TRACKMAN DRIVEN BY TAYLORMADE

IF the whispers on the greens and conversations on the fairways are correct then the word about Precision Golf is spreading … and fast. Precision Golf is emerging and expanding from its current location in the industrial area of Gibbes Street at Chatswood in the Lower North Shore of Sydney. It will soon become the […]

CLUB OF THE MONTH: New age face of the game

CLUB OF THE MONTH: New age face of the game

By Michael Davis PETER Vlahandreas and his GreenSpace management team have transformed yet another public golf facility, Freeway Golf in Melbourne’s leafy inner east, turning it into a thriving hub and the face of new age golf. But Vlahandreas is quick to point out he could not have done it without the vision, foresight and […]

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Brookwater – community-minded, but with ambitious goals to meet

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Brookwater – community-minded, but with ambitious goals to meet

By Peter Owen THE first thing that strikes you about Brookwater Golf & Country Club is its beauty.  Carved out of thick forest on rolling terrain on the western outskirts of Brisbane, each hole is a masterpiece of design. The course is spectacular, many fairways framed by eucalyptus trees whose stark white trunks often act […]

75TH ANNIVERSARY: How Spring Valley became one of the best Sandbelt courses

75TH ANNIVERSARY: How Spring Valley became one of the best Sandbelt courses

By Peter Owen WHEN Dandenong councillor Bill Dunlop popped into a barber shop in Springvale, in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs, more than 75 years ago all he was looking for was a neat trim and perhaps a quick shave. But when he left 30 minutes later he’d achieved a whole lot more – he’d disposed of […]

75TH ANNIVERSARY: Patterson River Golf Club 

75TH ANNIVERSARY: Patterson River Golf Club 

WHILE the Patterson River Golf Club is ready to kick up its heels and planning to celebrate its 75th year, the truth is golf has been played in the area for quite a lot longer. Club president Paul Housiaux and 50-year member John Elliott  have been putting together a booklet to help members commemorate the […]

75TH ANNIVERSARY: Green Acres Golf Club

75TH ANNIVERSARY: Green Acres Golf Club

The hidden gem on the Yarra SINCE its inception in 1948, Green Acres has grown from a dairy farm on the banks of the Yarra River at Kew East to a beautiful tree-lined, character-filled golf course filled with an abundance of flora and fauna. And this year, the club is celebrating its 75th birthday, with […]

75TH ANNIVERSARY: Latrobe Golf Club

75TH ANNIVERSARY: Latrobe Golf Club

From small beginnings come great things GIVEN its colourful history and distinctly working-class origins, Latrobe Golf Club, in many respects, is unlike any other private golf club.  Latrobe is located on one of Melbourne’s most historic sites. Melbourne was first settled in 1835, and in June 1840 Thomas Wills purchased, for £3784, 176 acres (70 […]

RESORT OF THE MONTH: Noosa Springs – championship golf in the heart of Noosa

RESORT OF THE MONTH: Noosa Springs – championship golf in the heart of Noosa

By Peter Owen BEFORE it became Noosa Springs Golf and Spa Resort, it was just thick bush – 103ha of overgrown trees and swamps on the banks of shallow Lake Weyba, with some cleared land that was used as a place to breed speedy quarter horses. Today – just 25 short years later – it’s […]

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Cromer Golf Club

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Cromer Golf Club

Putting here makes rivals ‘green’ with envy SYDNEY’S Northern Beaches are renowned for stunning beaches, a buzzing café culture and a glorious natural setting.  Yet nestled deep within, bordered by the expansive Garigal National Park and the serene waters of Narrabeen Lake, is the hidden gem of Cromer Golf Club. Just 40-minutes by car from […]

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Noosa, a club that never stops striving to become even better

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Noosa, a club that never stops striving to become even better

By Peter Owen FOR a golf club that honours former Victorian governor Sir Dallas Brooks, the epitome of English aristocracy, Noosa Golf Club, on Queensland’s beautiful Sunshine Coast, is remarkably down to earth. Brooks, the British war hero who served as Victoria’s governor from 1949 to 1962, was a regular visitor to Noosa, and loved […]

30TH ANNIVERSARY: Links Hope Island Resort

30TH ANNIVERSARY: Links Hope Island Resort

WITH Links Hope Island set to celebrate its 30th anniversary this month, the ghosts of Peter Thomson and Mike Wolveridge still whisper around the championship layout, though the links has been tweaked a number of times. And if you turn back the clock three decades another familiar voice is remembered for his praise of the […]

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Randwick Golf Club

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Randwick Golf Club

IT can boast something few, if any, golf club in Australia could hope to equal. And that’s views of the ocean from every one of the 18 tee boxes. That alone makes Randwick Golf Club rather special … and if any other club can match that, well, do let us know. Yet there are so […]

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Club Mandalay

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Club Mandalay

CLUB Mandalay Golf Course is still young in the context of golf courses around the world, but this course just keeps getting better as it matures.  Located in Beveridge, Victoria – only a 45-minute drive from the heart of Melbourne’s CBD – Mandalay Golf Course is nestled in the rolling hills and fields of country […]

RESORT OF THE MONTH: Cypress Lakes Golf and Country Club

RESORT OF THE MONTH: Cypress Lakes Golf and Country Club

SELDOM do you get the opportunity to say ‘world-renowned’ about any golf course in this country. So Cypress Lakes Golf and Country Club in the Hunter Valley is entitled to be blowing their trumpet at the moment. From a star-studded field including all our major resorts, Cypress Lakes has been named as Australia’s Best Golf […]

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Latrobe Golf Club

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Latrobe Golf Club

ONLY 10 kilometres from Melbourne’s CBD, Latrobe Golf Club needs little introduction. Many will know it for its challenging 18-hole championship layout, tight driving holes that are full of energy, intelligence and wonder. Now the club boasts an additional five holes – albeit a par-3 short course that was designed and built to further grow […]

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Southern Golf Club – the quiet achiever

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Southern Golf Club – the quiet achiever

NESTLED in the heart of the famous sandbelt, Southern Golf Club’s general manager, Brad Robb, understands the club is surrounded by a very competitive region of golf courses.   “We have 15 other courses within 10 kilometres of us as the crow flies and if you increase that to 15 kilometres, the number increases to […]

75TH ANNIVERSARY: Hervey Bay – a golf club built by volunteers over 75 years

75TH ANNIVERSARY: Hervey Bay – a golf club built by volunteers over 75 years

By Peter Owen A DECADE ago the future of the Hervey Bay Golf Club was at the crossroads. Costs were rising, membership falling, the bar and bistro were losing money, and debts were growing. The golf club, which had been meeting the needs of Fraser Coast golfers since before World War 2, needed a new […]

100TH ANNIVERSARY: Singleton – the club everyone supports

100TH ANNIVERSARY: Singleton – the club everyone supports

By Peter Owen WHEN the club’s fairway mower, purchased a year earlier for sixty-two pounds, nine shillings and sixpence and pulled by a horse named Dolly, broke down in 1940, the astute stewards of Singleton Golf Club responded by arranging for 2000 sheep to be brought in to graze the links. It is a measure […]

60TH ANNIVERSARY: Rosebud Country Club

60TH ANNIVERSARY: Rosebud Country Club

By Michael Davis ROSEBUD Country Club is turning 60. And the club’s chief executive officer, Danny McGrath, says it’s time for this unsung hero on the Mornington Peninsula to take its place back in the top handful of courses in the country. The 36-hole parklands layout has always been very good. But McGrath has well […]

RESORT OF THE MONTH: Curlewis Golf Club

RESORT OF THE MONTH: Curlewis Golf Club

By Michael Davis THE DREAM: Curlewis Golf Club owners Lyndsay and David Sharp’s multi-million dollar foray into golf almost came about by accident.  As owners of Leura Park Estate vineyard across the road from the club, they had been the official wine partner at Curlewis for years. They stepped up when they heard the iconic […]

CLUB OF THE MONTH – Hawks Nest Golf Club

CLUB OF THE MONTH – Hawks Nest Golf Club

THERE’S no doubt Hawks Nest is widely-regarded as a sleepy coastal town on the NSW North Coast. And that only makes it a bigger surprise when you visit Hawks Nest Golf Club and discover it fits perfectly into that well-worn cliché of a ‘hidden gem’. Certainly, renowned golf professional Craig Parry would agree. The former […]

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Heritage Golf And Country Club

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Heritage Golf And Country Club

By Michael Davis HAD Tony Cashmore won a couple of ‘majors’ he would be right up there with the world’s great golf course designers. Chief among Cashmore’s works are Coonawarra GC, designed for the Housing Commission and his first foray into golf; turning Colin Campbell’s Limestone Valley into The Dunes and also adding nine holes […]

Ocean Shores Country Club turns 50

Ocean Shores Country Club turns 50

IT’S been 50 years since the first ever golf ball was launched down the first fairway at Ocean Shores CC and over the five decades the club has managed to combine the attraction of a resort-style facility with the charm and personality of a local golf club. First-time visitors to Ocean Shores CC in the […]

GOLF COURSE OF THE MONTH – Palmer Coolum Resort

GOLF COURSE OF THE MONTH – Palmer Coolum Resort

WORD of mouth is a powerful advertising tool and it is making Palmer Coolum Resort a fan favourite all over again. This year golfers have been flocking to the Sunshine Coast to play one of Australia’s iconic layouts designed by Robert Trent Jones Junior. Yes, the resort did find the rough a number of years […]

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Richmond Golf Club

CLUB OF THE MONTH: Richmond Golf Club

RICHMOND Golf Course may be the oldest in NSW, with a superb playing heritage, but it is getting some very modern refurbishments in the coming months to further improve its offering to players. Located at 34 Bourke Street, Richmond, the picturesque course, home to the annual Australian PGA Seniors Championship, has gracefully survived the battering […]

CLUB OF THE MONTH – Gisborne Golf Club – Centenary celebration

CLUB OF THE MONTH – Gisborne Golf Club – Centenary celebration

THE township of Gisborne, often referred to as “the Village in the Valley”, nestles in the southern slopes of Victoria’s Macedon Ranges.   Only 55kms from Melbourne GPO and 40kms from Tullamarine airport, the Macedon Ranges are one of Victoria’s tourism highlights. Located on the fringe of the township but at a higher elevation, Gisborne […]

REGIONAL CLUB OF THE MONTH – Griffith Golf Club

REGIONAL CLUB OF THE MONTH – Griffith Golf Club

DON’T cruise into Griffith Golf Club and think you’ll ‘carve it up’ because you’ve heard there are few bunkers and no water holes. This layout is widely regarded as one of the best in the Riverina and is a stern test of anybody’s golf skills. And here are just some of the reasons why. Griffith […]

Club of the Month: Lynwood Golf and Country Club

Club of the Month: Lynwood Golf and Country Club

Golfers are a hardy bunch. They’ll go out and play in just about any conditions. But nothing could really prepare them for the hurdles that Lynwood Golf and Country Club has had to endure over the past couple of years. The experts say a storm such as that they were subjected to comes along about […]

Driving Range of the Month: The 19th Golf Driving Range

Driving Range of the Month: The 19th Golf Driving Range

When David Zahra and Elias Sarkis took over the 19th Golf Driving Range in Sydney’s west, they felt they had a blank canvas at their disposal and began to improve the whole complex – stroke by stroke. It’s fair to say that the 19th Golf Driving Range is now widely regarded as western Sydney’s newest […]

Centenary Celebration: Waratah Golf Club

Centenary Celebration: Waratah Golf Club

Waratah Golf Club is about to chalk up a major milestone of 100 years on their present site. The club is planning to celebrate in style with some major events scheduled before the end of the year and leading up to their December 3 anniversary. The club’s officials have put together a time-line of one […]

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