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RANKING: Australia's Top-100 Courses for 2024
Ranking golf courses, not unlike critiquing movies or restaurants, is far from being an exact science.
24 Jan 2024
Top-100 Spotlight: Barnbougle Lost Farm
When Barnbougle Dunes opened for play in 2004 it had its share of critics who suggested it was too isolated for the golfing masses to make it a financially viable success.
5 Oct 2022
RANKING: Australia’s Top-100 Courses for 2022
After two years of uncertainty brought by pandemic lockdowns and border closures, here is the most comprehensive ranking of the nation’s finest layouts.
24 Jan 2022
50 Rounds of ‘WOW’ in Australia & New Zealand
There are more than 1,800 golf courses in Australia and New Zealand, but only a small percentage have the ingredients – the setting, history, dramatic holes, the tournament dramas – that combine to take your breath away during a round.
6 Oct 2021
14 Reasons to put Tassie atop your golf holiday bucket list
Make no mistake, if you are undecided where to go for your next golfing holiday or extended weekend away with a group of friends, put Tasmania at the top of your list.
30 Jun 2021
The Thing About Golf Podcast #44 – Bill Coore
In the world of golf course architecture Bill Coore is considered royalty.
16 Jun 2021
Born To Run: The story of Barnbougle's newest course
The world’s only course built during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic is now open for play, right next to two of Australia’s most highly-ranked layouts at Barnbougle. Say hello to Bougle Run.
15 Jun 2021
Travel: Tassie's awesome Top End
Over the past two decades, northern Tasmania has emerged as a world-class golf destination offering a mix of internationally acclaimed layouts and fun, picturesque courses anyone can play.
28 May 2021
Ranking: Tasmania's best public access courses for 2021
Over the past two decades, Tasmania has emerged as one of the world's great golf destinations. Here, we shine a spotlight on the best courses everyone can play in the Apple Isle.
18 May 2021
RANKING: Australia's Top-100 Public Access Courses for 2021
Our biennial ranking of the Top-100 Public Access Courses in the nation is here. With international travel off the table for the foreseeable future, here is a feast of fine courses everyone can play … right here at home.
27 Jan 2021
Australia’s 50 Favourite Courses for 2020, as voted by you
What do you like about the golf courses you play? Are you a course design geek or does the quality of the playing surfaces get the juices flowing?
3 Dec 2020
Australia's 100 Best Long Par-4s
The best long two-shotters test a player’s ability to execute a pair of classy long shots. At the same time, they show off interesting strategies most often built around a green benefiting a shot played from a particular part of the fairway.
17 Nov 2020
Australia's 100 Best Short Par-4s
At the heart of all great short par-4s is the interesting choice to be made on the tee. As a rule, if you decide to eschew the challenge and play the ‘easy’ tee shot the pitch will be pretty demanding. It works the other way too.
5 Oct 2020
Australia's 100 Best Par-3s
Bigger is not always better and, when it comes to golf, the shortest offerings can often provide the most memorable moments during a round. They can be the most picturesque and, in many cases, they can be the most difficult holes.
8 Sep 2020
Ranking: Tasmania's best courses
Tasmania punches well above its weight in terms of high quality golf courses. Here, we aim to showcase the cream of the crop.
27 May 2020
REVIEW: Gary Lisbon golf course jigsaw puzzles
It is said that “necessity is the mother of invention and in these challenging Covid-19 times many businesses have been greatly affected.
11 May 2020
GALLERY: 25 golf courses with views to die for
Location, location, location! It’s not just real estate that benefits from offering a view. Here are some of the best views to be found during a round of golf anywhere on the planet.
27 Apr 2020
RANKING: Australia's Top-100 Courses for 2020
After two years of judging, here is the most comprehensive ranking of the nation’s finest 100 layouts in the land.
10 Feb 2020
RANKING: Australia's Top-100 Public Access Courses for 2019
Here it is ... Our biennial ranking of the Top-100 Public Access Courses in the nation. That's right, all the best courses everyone can play.
13 Feb 2019
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