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.
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
When you hear the the term “Mini Golf”, you’ll doubtless conjure images of windmills, dinosaurs, brightly-coloured balls and amusement-park-themed structures. Over the years, the game—also commonly referred to as putt-putt—has become synonymous with kids’ parties, cheeky first dates or even the occasional Bucks’ night frivolity…with any truly “serious” golfer generally choosing to give these facilities […]
AT sunset the Alice Springs Golf Club is bathed in a ribbon of golden colour. Stripes of drab brown and muted green become awash of crimson, orange, purple and golf as the days comes to an end on one of the world’s top-10 desert golf courses. As the sun descends, the ancient MacDonnell Ranges light […]
PERHAPS the only thing missing from Nelson Bay Golf Club’s storied history is recognition outside of one of the most popular holiday spots in our country, Port Stephens. Just about everything else has been squeezed into its 60 years. There’s been fires, floods, name changes, birthdays, anniversaries…you name it, and it has probably happened in […]
Lonsdale Links has begun an exciting new chapter of the club’s 99-year history with a completely redeveloped 18-hole course and brand-new clubhouse now open to the public. Formerly known as Lonsdale Golf Club, the club has undergone a transformation, launching new branding and a new website in August. Located in Point Lonsdale on the Bellarine […]
SET at the foot of the McPherson Ranges some 90 kilometres from both Brisbane and the Gold Coast, The Kooralbyn Valley (resort and golf course) is the one inland golf experience you won’t want to miss. The serene and distinctive beauty of its 18 holes is a complete departure from coastal resort courses.It’s a credit […]
It wouldn’t be fair to say it’s business as usual at Pennant Hills Golf Club these days. That’s because it’s a heck of a lot more than that, following major construction works to the tune of around $7.0m, giving the whole club a new, much-more-modern look. The old pro shop, down near Copeland Road, for […]
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HOME of the NSW Open…now that does have a certain ring to it. You only have to glance at the honour roll for that tournament and you’ll see why it’s become an important quiver in the bow of Sydney’s Twin Creeks Golf and Country Club. This iconic event heads there again this month for the […]
Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula is one of Australia’s most popular golfing destinations. Featuring some of the country’s highest-rated courses along with jaw-dropping scenery, golfers are spoiled for choice. Portsea Golf Club Portsea Golf Club consistently ranks in the top 50 golf courses Australia wide and with its new modern clubhouse, hotel and course upgrades, it […]
We explore some of our favourite country golfing gems in and around NSW and the ACT Gold Creek Country Club Outfitting a new golf shop, launching a new on-line booking system and even a new menu at their popular restaurant, Trevino’s, things have never looked brighter for Gold Creek Country Club. The […]
GAILES Golf Club, originally known as Goodna Golf Club, is renowned for having one of the best layouts in Queensland. In fact, it was rated good enough to host the 1955 Australian Open won by South African great Bobby Locke. But long before Locke won the national open at Gailes, another world-beater rated the course […]
WHEN the owners of a golfing facility pour $30 million into improving it for the benefit of golfers and the local community you know you are going to have something special. Wembley Golf Course, a Town of Cambridge council-owned and run facility, is considered a jewel in the West Australian capital. A golfing facility of […]
A GOLF club can ill-afford to rest on its laurels these days. You need to move with the times and there is no better example of that than the magnificent Catalina Country Club on the New South Wales South Coast. Not content with having an iconic golf course, magnificent clubhouse and ‘contented’ membership, this club […]
ESTABLISHED in 1898, the Yarra Yarra Golf Club is proving that a positive, forward-thinking attitude can pay massive dividends in today’s environment, while still retaining the historic, character-filled charm and traditions of a long and treasured past. Designed in 1926 by Alex Russell in partnership with the great golf architect Dr Alister MacKenzie, the world-class […]
A quick 20 minutes from the Melbourne CBD, Kooringal Golf Club is a picturesque and challenging members club, and a perfect candidate for this month’s Club of the Month. While it may be relatively unknown by many golfers, Kooringal Golf Club has a long and cherished history. Originally established as the “Williamstown Golf Club” in […]
Rich River Golf Club is situated within the beautiful Murray River region of Echuca-Moama. Less than 3 hours from Melbourne, this popular historic town was voted number 35 amongst the top 100 towns to visit in Australia. Rich River Golf Club features two very impressive 18-hole championship courses, the East and the West. They’ve been developed […]
Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula is regarded as one of the Australia’s most treasured and exciting locations for golfers. The variety and quality of the many golfing “gems” in the area is unmatched in our country, and at only a one-hour drive from Melbourne, it’s no wonder why many golfers (including the Inside Golf team) consider it […]
LIKE any good golfing anecdote, a golf course can always be improved on – and with a bit of embellishment, get even better with time. So when Mornington Golf Club ‘discovered’ a pocket of uncleared land on one corner of the course, they decided it just might be the perfect opportunity to give the membership […]
IN common with great golf courses everywhere, Brookwater, located at Springfield, 30 minutes from Brisbane’s CBD and 45 minutes from the Gold Coast, is very much a product of its natural surroundings. There is an aesthetic quality to the Greg Norman-designed course and a self-conscious reverence for nature. The course is quite different, of course, […]
BEYOND the large gates on Powderworks Road, in the shadows of the famous Baha’i Temple at Ingleside on Sydney’s famous Northern Beaches, lies a ‘cathedral’ of a different kind. It’s one that golfers ‘worship’ as one of Sydney’s private Group One courses, sitting firmly in many golfers’ “must play” lists. It’s just part of the […]
LET’S be honest . . . 30 years is a long time between ‘hits’. Yet that’s how long it has been since Nelson Bay Golf Club hosted a pro-am, hosting some of the best professional golfers in the state. This will just be one of many major moments that will take place at Nelson Bay […]
