top 100 public access

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: 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: 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
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
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
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
Inside Golf Australia January 2023

Inside Golf Australia January 2023

It is time for our January issue, which means it is time for Top-100 ranking. 14 Dec 2022