Appraising golf courses is like critiquing art – one golfer’s Picasso is another’s kindergarten-level finger painting. Which is why we do our best to explain the process.
When Australian Golf Digest unveils its Top 100 Courses, it inevitably prompts the same question: how do you experience the very best, rather than just read about them?
We reflect on four decades as Australia’s most influential course ranking and the role it’s played in promoting this nation’s most admired golf architecture.
From Barossa fairways framed by vines to outback layouts carved through red earth, these unforgettable courses prove the best South Australian golf trips are built on what lies beyond the state’s ‘Big Four’ in the Top 100 Golf Courses ranking.
Tucked into the northern Gold Coast corridor, Links Golf & Wellbeing (formerly Links Hope Island) has built a reputation as one of the region’s most progressive and welcoming golf clubs.
Uncertainty remains over contamination testing at Sydney’s Moore Park Golf Course, with the NSW Government yet to release results from soil investigations conducted at the site earlier this year.
The course once known as Fleurieu has remained a layout on the rise ever since it finally cracked the Top 100 a dozen years ago. Design-wise, the body of work is a combination of Neil Crafter and his late father, Brian. The pair penned the front nine in collaboration, with Neil devising the back nine Read more…
Australia’s Murray River region is a standout golf escape, offering multiple Top 100 ranked courses including Black Bull Golf Course. Just over three hours from Melbourne, it blends championship layouts, water-lined fairways and relaxed regional charm into the perfect multi-round golf getaway.
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