courses and travel

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
Top-100 Spotlight: Port Fairy Golf Links

Top-100 Spotlight: Port Fairy Golf Links

Once upon a time, it was a little-known links on Victoria’s south-west coast. Today, the links at Port Fairy is firmly entrenched among the best 50 courses in the nation. 27 Nov 2023
Holiday at Home: North of the Swan River

Holiday at Home: North of the Swan River

The drive north-east from the Perth CBD through to the Swan Valley is one of the nicest journeys you can make in and around the West Australian capital. 22 Nov 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
The Great Golf Weekend Guide Part II

The Great Golf Weekend Guide Part II

There’s only one thing better than the weekend and that’s a long weekend... or two. In the second part of this limited series, we recommend more three-day golfing adventures with plenty of highlights on and off the course. 25 Oct 2023
Top-100 Spotlight: Flinders Golf Club

Top-100 Spotlight: Flinders Golf Club

It is more than just a little ironic that the oldest golf club on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, Flinders Golf Club, might also be the region’s most underrated. 18 Oct 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
The Great Golf Weekend Guide Part I

The Great Golf Weekend Guide Part I

There's only one thing better than the weekend and that's a long weekend. Two-day weekends are way too short, which is why we have put our heads together to recommend eight fantastic three-day golfing adventures with plenty of highlights on and off the course. 29 Sep 2023
Top-100 Spotlight: Palm Meadows

Top-100 Spotlight: Palm Meadows

In the late 1980s Palm Meadows was at the forefront of a new wave of resort courses being constructed in Australia. 26 Sep 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
Cruising with icons: The ultimate luxury holiday for golf enthusiasts

Cruising with icons: The ultimate luxury holiday for golf enthusiasts

Looking for an active holiday that incorporates luxury and wellness at every turn? Cunard’s seven-night Sporting Greats & Wellness Voyage is an unmissable opportunity to be immersed in incredible sporting and wellness experiences, including visiting some of Australia’s iconic golf courses, with the likes of Karrie Webb AO and other sporting greats and wellness experts. 25 Aug 2023
Meet The Furrows, a Melbourne Sandbelt gem

Meet The Furrows, a Melbourne Sandbelt gem

Going to meet The Furrows is like a blind date with a legendary long-lost mate’s younger sister. 21 Aug 2023
Top-100 Spotlight: St Andrews Beach

Top-100 Spotlight: St Andrews Beach

Over the course of the past three decades Tom Doak has risen to become an eminent figure in the world of golf course architecture, having sculpted some of the most notable layouts globally. 17 Aug 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
Top-100 Spotlight: Kooindah Waters Golf Club

Top-100 Spotlight: Kooindah Waters Golf Club

It’s in the nature of courses to change, diluting the links between designer and design – sometimes, however, it’s the architect that gets there first, ready to mentally file away the last project and move onto the next. 8 Aug 2023
Gallery: Victoria's best public access courses for 2023

Gallery: Victoria's best public access courses for 2023

Looking for the best courses to play around Australia, where getting a tee time is open for every golfer? Here, we showcase the best public access layouts in Victoria as voted by our Top-100 ranking judges for 2023. 1 Aug 2023
Top-100 Spotlight: Forster-Tuncurry Golf Club: Tuncurry Course

Top-100 Spotlight: Forster-Tuncurry Golf Club: Tuncurry Course

The term ‘hidden gem’ is so often overused by golf scribes when reviewing a course. I know I have been guilty of it from time-to-time but I promise from now on that will change because this is a tale about a genuine golfing gem of the hidden variety. 23 Jul 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
Gallery: A hole-by-hole tour of Royal Liverpool Golf Club

Gallery: A hole-by-hole tour of Royal Liverpool Golf Club

Royal Liverpool Golf Club hosts The Open Championship for the ninth time in the past century this week. 19 Jul 2023
Ranking: Queensland's best public access courses for 2023

Ranking: Queensland's best public access courses for 2023

Looking for the best courses to play around Australia, where getting a tee time is open for every golfer? Here, we showcase the best public access layouts in Queensland as voted by our Top-100 ranking judges for 2023. 18 Jul 2023
Ranking: Western Australia's best public access courses for 2023

Ranking: Western Australia's best public access courses for 2023

Looking for a round at a top course in Western Australia? Look no further we showcase the finest public access layouts in the golden west as voted by our Top-100 ranking judges for 2023. 4 Jul 2023