Our nation’s capital endures a challenging climate: searing heat in summer, bone-chilling cold in winter and only brief ‘shoulder’ seasons in between. It might sound like a decidedly anti-golf environment, yet one of the country’s best layouts is in the heart of Canberra. The ever-evolving Westbourne course at Royal Canberra Golf Club, comprising holes one Read more…
At the midpoint of the ranking cycle that will determine our 2026-2027 Top 100 Courses list, which courses are making waves according to our roving panellists?
When Royal Fremantle returned to our biennial ranking of Australia’s Top 100 Golf Courses last year after a 26-year absence, it was less of a surprise and more of an overdue recognition.
He wasn’t even supposed to be in the field, yet Melbourne’s Steve Allan converted a late call-up into a popular and poignant victory at the PGA Tour Champions’ Galleri Classic in California.
Course founder and driving force Mathew Goggin announced overnight that the design collaboration between Mike DeVries and Mike Clayton in Hobart’s east will begin welcoming golfers for preview play in late April.
No other Australian Open venue – and perhaps no other Australian golf course – has shut its doors a day after it first opened. Yet that’s the bizarre tale of The Grand, tucked away in the Gold Coast hinterland. Designed by Greg Norman and former design partner Bob Harrison for a consortium of Japanese owners, Read more…
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