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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: 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
Top-100 Spotlight: Leongatha Golf Club

Top-100 Spotlight: Leongatha Golf Club

A list of the regional Victoria’s best golf courses would not be complete without Leongatha Golf Club in South Gippsland and its Vern Morcom-designed layout is about to get even better. 14 Dec 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
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
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
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
Ranking: NSW and ACT's best public access courses for 2023

Ranking: NSW and ACT's best public access courses for 2023

If you're looking to play Australia's best courses where tee times are readily available, look no further. Here, we showcase the finest public access layouts in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory as voted by our Top-100 ranking judges for 2023. 20 Jun 2023
Top-100 Spotlight: The Coast Golf Club

Top-100 Spotlight: The Coast Golf Club

There is something special about playing golf on the water’s edge, alongside beach sand and at the mercy of mother nature. 5 Jun 2023
Review: Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort

Review: Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort

There was a time, not too long ago, when you could just rock up at Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club and be confident you’d manage a hit, maybe even cheekily slot into a midweek comp. 23 May 2023
Ranking: Tasmania's best Public Access Courses for 2023

Ranking: Tasmania's best Public Access Courses for 2023

Looking for the best courses to play around Australia, where getting a tee time is open for all golfers? Here, we showcase the finest public access layouts in Tasmania as voted by our Top-100 ranking judges for 2023. 23 May 2023
Top-100 Spotlight: Noosa Springs Golf & Spa Resort

Top-100 Spotlight: Noosa Springs Golf & Spa Resort

Graham Papworth is one of Australia's more underrated golf course architects. And given the quality of his design at Noosa Springs on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, it is hard to understand why. 10 May 2023
Review: Portarlington Golf Club

Review: Portarlington Golf Club

The past 20 years have been a bullish period for golf on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula. 3 May 2023
Review: Toowoomba Golf Club

Review: Toowoomba Golf Club

When judges started submitting their lists in late 2022 for Golf Australia’s ranking of the nation’s Top-100 Public Access Courses, there was an unfamiliar presence among the courses gaining a foothold among the century-makers. 26 Apr 2023
Review: Sandhurst Golf Club

Review: Sandhurst Golf Club

For the avid golfer, Melbourne’s south-east might best be described as paradise. 10 Mar 2023
Holiday at Home: The Coffs Coast Swing

Holiday at Home: The Coffs Coast Swing

There are just a handful of places along the length of Australia’s East Coast where the majestic Great Dividing Range comes close to meeting the edge of the Pacific Ocean. The Coffs Coast, almost halfway between Sydney and Brisbane via the Pacific Highway, is one of those places. 28 Feb 2023
REVIEW: Hamilton Island Golf Club

REVIEW: Hamilton Island Golf Club

The sun was just rising above the eastern horizon when I arrived at the Hamilton Island marina to get the ferry that would whisk me across the narrow passage to Dent Island for a morning of golf and then lunch at Hamilton Island Golf Club. 27 Feb 2023
Inside Golf Australia February 2023

Inside Golf Australia February 2023

Who are the biggest movers and shakers in world golf? 20 Jan 2023
RANKING: Australia's Top-100 Public Access Courses for 2023

RANKING: Australia's Top-100 Public Access Courses for 2023

Golf is growing in Australia. Participation rates are up, club memberships are up and general interest in the game is on the rise post-pandemic. 18 Jan 2023
Top-100 Spotlight: Murray Downs Golf & Country Club

Top-100 Spotlight: Murray Downs Golf & Country Club

Murray Downs Golf & Country Club is one of the great golfing successes to be found along Australia’s greatest tributary, the Murray River. 24 Dec 2022