JOONDALUP RESORT

A short 25-minute drive north of the Perth CBD, you’ll discover Joondalup Resort’s spectacular 27-hole championship, public access golf course.


Enjoy your golf in a magnificent setting, with the natural beauty of the bush and the irresistible charm of kangaroos, birds and colourful scene of wild flora. The spectacular course sweeps across dense bushland, cuts through steep limestone quarries and skirts picturesque lakes, to present surprises and challenges at almost every turn. One minute you’re playing an approach shot beneath a 30-metre limestone cliff, the next you’re adapting to the fresh ocean breeze on an undulating links style fairway.

Joondalup Resort offers public access golf seven days a week as well as a range of membership options. With three nine-hole courses comprising of Lake, Dune and Quarry, Joondalup can cater for corporate golf days of up to 216 players.


Its purpose built indoor/outdoor golf studio features state-of-the-art swing analysis technology, club fitting, repairs and professional golf tuition for all ages including a comprehensive junior development program.

Golf facilities include a day and night driving range, practice putting greens, as well as a well-stocked pro shop, which carries an excellent range of men’s and ladies golf attire, including golf shoes and accessories.

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Green fees (includes shared motorised cart): Monday – Thursday: $59 (nine holes); $99 (18 holes). Friday – Sunday: $59 (nine holes); $119 (18 holes). Twilight golf: $39 (walking after 3pm). Hotel guests are discounted … Monday – Thursday: $70 (18 holes) or Friday –Saturday: $95 (18 holes). Nine holes: $49.
Address: Joondalup Resort, Country Club Blvd, Connolly, Western Australia.
Contact: (08) 9400 8888.
Website: www.joondalupresort.com.au
Accommodation: Joondalup Resort provides a number of outstanding leisure services to complete your golfing experience. Set amongst the emerald fairways and developed in harmony with its natural surrounds, the Resort has 70 luxuriously appointed accommodation rooms and suites offering spectacular views, an outdoor lagoon-style swimming pool, and gymnasium.

The Alcove which opened in November is the newest addition to Joondalup Resort, a casual yet sophisticated resort dining experience and Endota Spa opened in December, offering a range of treatments for relaxation.

PEPPERS MOONAH LINKS RESORT

Peppers Moonah Links Resort sits majestically on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, 70 minutes’ drive from the Melbourne CBD.


The secluded location creates an idyllic setting to unwind and enjoy two first-class golf courses.

The Open Course, which hosted the 2003 and 2005 Australian Opens, was designed by the legendary Peter Thomson. The natural stadium layout features wide, undulating fairways of pure Legend couch grass punctuated with pot bunkers, which lead to large multi-tiered A1 Bent grass greens.

The Ross Perrett-designed Legends Course is a resort-style layout that takes players on a scenic journey through ancient tracts of Moonah forest and out onto vast fairways. It presents panoramic views from raised tees and shared greens – and it was designed with club golfers in mind.

In addition to the two 18-hole courses, visitors will discover a fully integrated golf pavilion providing a well-stocked, well-branded pro shop, spike bar and Pebbles restaurant. Moonah Links also boasts a new fleet of 80 motorised carts with GPS and outstanding practice facilities, which includes driving range, bunkers and a myriad of putting greens.

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Green fees: $125 (18 holes, peak); $110 (18 holes, off peak).
Address: 55 Peter Thomson Drive, Fingal, Victoria.
Contact: (03) 5988 2000.
Website: www.moonahlinks.com.au
Accommodation: Seventy-five stylish accommodation rooms, suites and luxury lodges at the onsite Peppers Resort, including swimming pool.


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Stylish rooms overlooking the two 18-hole golf courses make for the perfect golfing weekend. The resort’s friendly neighbours include Cups Estate Vineyard, Peninsula Hot Springs and St Andrews Beach Brewery. Contact the resort for more information, prices and to book.

RICH RIVER GOLF CLUB

Rich River Golf Club is situated within the beautiful Murray River region of Echuca-Moama. Less than three hours from Melbourne, Echuca Moama is one of Australia’s most popular historic towns to visit.

Boasting a newly-renovated clubhouse overlooking the magnificent golf courses, Rich River also has a 17-bay driving range and practice areas, new state-of-the-art mini golf facility, and now a brand-new golf simulator. It’s a golfer’s paradise.


Featuring two very impressive 18-hole championship courses, the East and the West, Rich River has become one of regional Australia’s premier golfing venues.

With rolling fairways, beautifully manicured greens, towering eucalyptus trees and impressive water features, each course offers tricky and thought-provoking experiences throughout your golfing journey.

As part of Rich River’s master plan development, some of the holes on both courses have been redesigned. With enhanced water hazards a feature, more risk-reward shot making, wider landing areas and fairways and a change in bunkering, you will love the changes and the club urges you to come and play and judge for yourself.

Once you have enjoyed your round, come and relax in the new clubhouse that offers you a dining experience second to none, while taking in the magnificent views of the West Course.

Open seven days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner with fantastic bar facilities, sports lounge and outdoor terrace, you won’t want to leave.

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Green fees: $50 (18 holes); $30 (nine holes); $80 (unlimited daily rate).
Address: Twenty Four Lane, Moama, New South Wales.
Contact: (03) 5481 3333.
Website: www.richriver.com.au
Accommodation: Rich River Golf Club has 63 apartments right beside the club with BBQ areas, outdoor pool and spa surrounded by lush gardens. So whether you are the serious golfer, the weekend warrior, or looking for a golf trip package for you and your friends that’s full of fun, great food and great golf, then look no further than Rich River Golf Club. Check out the club’s great midyear deal below and book today to avoid disappointment.


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You can stay and play at Rich River Golf Club for $75 per person, which includes one-night’s accommodation and 18 holes of golf. Motorised carts can be included for an additional $15. So, too, can extra rounds of golf for $25. This deal is valid from June 1st – June 30th, 2021. Subject to availability and excluding the Queen’s Birthday long weekend.

INTERCONTINENTAL SANCTUARY COVE RESORT

Positioned on the northern end of the Gold Coast, InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort is the perfect destination for your next golf getaway with unprecedented access to Queensland’s championship golf courses, including The Palms and Arnold Palmer’s only Australian course, The Pines.

Find yourself perfecting a blend of pamper and play, enjoying luxury accommodation by night within one of InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort’s recently refurbished guest rooms or suites, and world-class golfing adventures by day on two of the country’s premier courses – both of which are conveniently located within a five-minute drive of the resort.


Designed by legendary golf course architect Ross Watson and ranked one of the Top-100 golf courses in Australia, The Palms golf course’s tee placements have been designed to suit a variety of playing conditions and a diverse range of players.

“The Palms is unique because of its rustic bunker style and unique layout. The Palms is deliberately shorter and requires the player to think more about where the pin is and where they need to be aiming – it’s the thinking man’s course.” Ross Watson, course architect.

Meanwhile, 2021 will see Australia’s only Arnold Palmer designed course, The Pines, undergo a $1.5 million restoration which is planning to be finalised by July of this year. The restoration will see The Pines’ greens returned to their former glory with all-new high quality ultradwarf hybrid grass promising golfers a superior playing surface, and additional draining facilitating all-year-round playability.

Post-game, golfers can retreat to InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort’s vibrant dining scene for whisky flights and tapas in Verandah Restaurant & Bar, or wood-fire cuisine in the resort’s signature restaurant, The Fireplace. Or, spend an afternoon soaking in the Gold Coast’s sun-rays beside the resort’s iconic one-acre Lagoon Beach.

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Green fees: Contact the club for details.
Address: Manor Circle, Sanctuary Cove, Queensland.
Contact: 1800 593 932.
Website: www.intercontinentalsanctuarycove.com
Accommodation: Are you already mentally planning your next golfing trip at Sanctuary Cove? InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort invites you to ‘stay and play’ on both prestigious golf courses with two distinct accommodation packages available now.


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The “Pines Stay & Play package” gifts the only opportunity for non-members to play on the highly-acclaimed and challenging course with overnight accommodation for two in a Lagoon View Room inclusive of breakfast, 18 holes for two on The Pines golf course with a shared electric golf cart and two glasses of house wine or beer (one per person in Verandah Restaurant & Bar).

Alternatively, explore the resort’s “Sanctuary Cove Golf Escape”, which offers the same inclusions but sees you swap The Pines golf course for 18 holes on The Palms golf course.

For further information or help making a booking, please contact InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort.