Progress in modern golf clubs comes in many forms. Increasingly during the past 30 years, Australian golf clubs are forming mergers with other golf clubs, rival sporting codes and external licensed premises.
Monash Country Club on Sydney’s Northern Beaches has learned throughout its 75-year history that when a club focuses on its golf course, great things happen.
As Castle Hill Country Club marks its 75th anniversary, the milestone provides a fitting opportunity to reflect on a rich legacy built on tradition, sporting excellence and forward thinking.
High visitor numbers at Sydney’s Centennial Parklands – used to justify carving up half of Moore Park Golf Course for more parks in the city’s CBD – have been “inflated” by the New South Wales Government, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph.
The National Golf Club on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula is Australia’s only golf club with three 18-hole courses at a single site – The National also boasts a fourth course, Long Island, at Frankston – and is the host course for a fourth straight year of The National Tournament starting this Thursday.
It is often said one person’s trash is another’s treasure, and so when Glenelg Golf Club had some turf leftover from recent course upgrades, the Adelaide club knew there would be somewhere nearby that could make use of it.
Looking for top-notch golf without the hefty price tag? With the cost of living soaring, we’ve rounded up the best-value courses where you can enjoy a great game without emptying your wallet.
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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