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Course Review: Hamilton Island Golf Club
There is nothing ordinary about playing a round of golf at Hamilton Island Golf Club.
8 Sep 2026
Course review: Sandhurst Club
Sandhurst’s twin championship layouts were born from one of Australia’s most ambitious golf developments. More than two decades on, the Melbourne club is thriving, evolving and proving its best days may still lie ahead.
15 Aug 2026
Review: Magenta Shores Golf & Country Club
Born from coastal dunes and a designer’s imagination, Magenta Shores has evolved into one of Australia’s finest modern links experiences, where seaside drama, strategic golf and sustainability now combine beautifully.
10 Aug 2026
Review: Glenelg Golf Club
Wiser people than this humble golf writer have often proclaimed all good things take time. And better things, it could be argued, take just a little bit longer.
10 Aug 2026
Review: Ocean Dunes
The first time I interviewed the late, great Peter Thomson, I asked him: of the hundreds of courses he had designed or redesigned in his post-playing career, which one did he consider the best.
5 Aug 2026
Course Review: Randwick Golf Club
Randwick is a quirky, seaside course which is not unlike some of the underrated and little-known natural links scattered around the coastline of Scotland and Ireland.
22 Jun 2026
Feature Story: 10 years of Cape Wickham
A wooden deck sits just outside the entrance of the current clubhouse at Cape Wickham Golf Links. It is a humble structure, yet it offers a view that immediately captivates every visitor to this remarkable stretch of golfing landscape on the rugged north west coast of Tasmania’s King Island.
8 Jun 2026
Course Review: Spring Valley Golf Club
Quietly elite on Australian golf’s most famous strip, Spring Valley is stepping from the Sandbelt shadows, pairing pedigree design with pristine presentation as a bold, multi-stage renovation aims to sharpen its standing.
12 May 2026
Review: Mollymook Golf Club - Hilltop Course
Between celebrated classics and flashy resorts, the 1970s quietly shaped Australian golf. Mollymook’s Hilltop Course, born of that era, now rises anew, honouring its heritage while embracing bold, modern enhancements.
29 Apr 2026
Review: Growling Frog Golf Course
At no stage in the storied history of golf in this country has the game been more popular.
15 Apr 2026
Review: Hidden Valley Resort
Robert Holmes à Court was one of the biggest names in Australian business during the booming 1980s. His flagship company, The Bell Group, spread its tentacles far and wide into transport, oil, mining, wool, real estate and media.
25 Mar 2026
Review: Yering Meadows Golf Club
The first time I played at Yering Meadows was in the spring of 2008, just a few months after Croydon Golf Club took up residence, having sold its Melbourne home of 80-odd years to relocate 15km north to greener pastures in the Yarra Valley.
20 Jan 2026
Course Review: Riverside Oaks
Riverside Oaks has seen it all - boom, bust, and rebirth. From its star-studded 1980s debut to battling natural disasters, this iconic course remains a must-play, blending rich history with modern excellence, writes Brendan James of Snaphook Media.
27 Nov 2025
Budget Golf: 60 best metro courses you can play for $75 or less
More Australians are playing golf today than at any other time in the game’s history in this country. The economic reality is, however, many of us now need to make our golfing dollar stretch a lot further than it did even five years ago.
13 Aug 2025
Review: Bonville Golf Resort
For more than three decades, the dramatic, densely treed and visually breathtaking landscape that is home to the Bonville Golf Resort has drawn observational comparisons with the iconic Augusta National Golf Club, where the 89th Masters Tournament will be played this week.
8 Apr 2025
Review: Glenelg Golf Club
For the best part of a century, Glenelg Golf Club has existed in the shadows of its critically acclaimed golfing neighbours Royal Adelaide, Kooyonga and, to a lesser extent, Grange.
12 Feb 2025
Review: Mt Compass Golf Course
Golf was born on flat, sandy land deemed unsuitable for any kind of agriculture. History, however, shows us that relatively flat sites can still produce great golf courses because of what lies beneath.
5 Feb 2025
Review: Sandy Golf Links
Melbourne’s incredible Sandbelt is a golfing region like no other anywhere in the world.
26 Nov 2024
Review: The Australian Golf Club
The course today looks nothing like its original 1905 layout, but has been widely accepted as a fine tournament venue and remains ranked among Australia’s best courses. It is arguably the best-conditioned course in the country.
19 Nov 2024
Review: Links Lady Bay
One of golf’s most appealing attributes is the unpredictable nature of the game.
16 Oct 2024
Review: Gerringong Golf Club
With panoramic ocean views from every corner of the layout, this always-improving course on NSW’s South Coast is quirky, challenging and – most importantly – a lot of fun to play.
4 Sep 2024
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