course review

Review: Gerringong Golf Club

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
Top-100 Spotlight: The Brisbane Golf Club

Top-100 Spotlight: The Brisbane Golf Club

Founded in the late 19th century, Brisbane’s oldest golf club boasts an honour board adorned with the names of all-time greats who have won club and significant amateur events, including the likes of Norman Von Nida and Frank Phillips. 14 Aug 2024
Top-100 Spotlight: The Heritage Golf & Country Club: Henley Course

Top-100 Spotlight: The Heritage Golf & Country Club: Henley Course

The first time I played the Henley Course at The Heritage Golf & Country Club, I got lost heading to the 1st tee. 31 Jul 2024
Review: Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club

Review: Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club

It seems to be the same old story every summer these days. Bushfires in the south of the country, rain and floods to the north. 5 Jul 2024
Review: Monash Country Club

Review: Monash Country Club

It is nearly 40 years since I first laid eyes on the beautifully prepared fairways and greens at Monash Country Club, which sits high on a hill overlooking Sydney’s sprawling northern beaches. 4 Jun 2024
Review: Cobram Barooga Golf Club

Review: Cobram Barooga Golf Club

The founding members of Cobram Golf Club could never have envisioned their humble nine-hole sand scrape course would one day expand to become a massive rolling 36-hole complex. 15 Apr 2024
Inside Golf Australia May 2024

Inside Golf Australia May 2024

With LIV Golf Adelaide fast approaching, Aussie Lucas Herbert blasts onto the cover of the May edition of Golf Australia magazine. 10 Apr 2024
Inside Golf Australia April 2024

Inside Golf Australia April 2024

The Masters is nearly upon us, and Tiger Woods graces the cover of the April edition of Golf Australia magazine. 13 Mar 2024
Review: Pymble Golf Club

Review: Pymble Golf Club

Of all the questions that are asked of a golf course one that is rarely heard is “does it give the members what they want?” 13 Mar 2024
Review: Red Rocks Golf Course

Review: Red Rocks Golf Course

Phillip Island is about two hours’ drive south of Melbourne and is internationally famous for two things – its motor racing circuit and the daily march of penguins that waddle ashore at sunset. 20 Feb 2024
Review: Moonah Links

Review: Moonah Links

A tick over 25 years ago, five-time Open Champion and prolific course designer Peter Thomson stood on a sand dune overlooking a vast area of grazing land on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. He liked what he saw. He would later proclaim the site as the “some of the finest golfing land to be found in Australia.” 15 Feb 2024
Inside Golf Australia March 2024

Inside Golf Australia March 2024

Do you want to start flushing it? We can lend a hand in the March edition of Golf Australia magazine. 14 Feb 2024
Course Review: Carrington Estate

Course Review: Carrington Estate

The seaside location of the Carrington Estate had me fully expecting to find a links style course. 24 Jan 2024
Inside Golf Australia February 2024

Inside Golf Australia February 2024

Looking for a better swing? You might find it in the February edition of Golf Australia magazine. 17 Jan 2024
Review: Mollymook Golf Club

Review: Mollymook Golf Club

“I guess now we know why they call them rapids and not ‘slow-pids’, huh?” – Ned Flanders, The Simpsons, 1993, 17 Jan 2024
Review: Titirangi Golf Club

Review: Titirangi Golf Club

The 1920s was a golden age for golf course construction in Australia thanks, in no small part, to the creativity and genius of legendary designer Dr Alister MacKenzie. 13 Dec 2023
Review: Pelican Waters Golf Club

Review: Pelican Waters Golf Club

Bevan Henzell had a long-held dream of building a championship golf course on his family property near Golden Beach, just south of Caloundra on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. 15 Nov 2023
Review: Metung Country Club

Review: Metung Country Club

When husband and wife, Adrian and Rachel Bromage, saw an opportunity to take over the nine-hole golf course in the small East Gippsland town of Metung, their interest was all about water. 16 Oct 2023
Review: Tura Beach Country Club

Review: Tura Beach Country Club

The polish was still yet to dry on Peter Thomson’s fifth Open Championship Claret Jug when he decided to venture more into the world of golf course design. 19 Sep 2023
Review: Bairnsdale Golf Club

Review: Bairnsdale Golf Club

Awards have come thick and fast for Bairnsdale Golf Club in the past decade, though recognition from the general public as one of country Victoria’s best courses has not come as easily. 16 Aug 2023
Review: Camden Golf Club

Review: Camden Golf Club

My experiences at Camden Golf Club date back to the early 1980s when, as a teenage golfer growing up in western Sydney, myself and a few mates would play in the club’s Cup event and the occasional open day. 21 Jul 2023