A unique land such as Australia gives rise to an array of unique golf courses. Here is a selection of places you may never have been to (or even heard of).
One must-do: tour the club’s delightful short course with just a putter and a few wedges. It might be the most fun you have on a golf course all year.
Our most avid golf-playing Prime Minister on settling bets with fellow politicians, singing “Waltzing Matilda” on demand and why Tiger and the Shark would never make it in politics.
Touching Bass Strait in numerous instances, Graeme Grant’s Ocean Dunes layout ducks in and away from the coastline as it meanders along King Island’s west coast.
Once the longest course in Australia, Dan Soutar’s genius routing coupled with Dr Alister MacKenzie’s expert bunkering unveiled Kingston Heath as one of the great showpieces in world golf.
Framed by a large lake and with fairways riding the considerable slopes of the land around it, Lake Karrinyup is a quintessential West Australian golf course with the flora and fauna to match.
The Dunes Golf Links is a slice of golf heaven on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula and is an important contribution to the Australian golf scene in numerous ways.
It is a curious paradox. Australian performances on the global golf scene are as strong as ever – and have been for several years now – while the strength of our domestic professional circuit is arguably at an all-time low.
Australian Golf Digest
