Our biennial ranking of the premier courses in the country is once again a celebration of the very best in Australian golf, just as it should be. Yet inside the local golf-club scene exists an intriguing realm of mistakes and maladies that Australian course architects know only too well.
With 33 layouts in Australia’s Top 100 Golf Courses, Victoria leaves other states in its wake when it comes to world-class fairways. But what makes the Garden State so great for golf, far beyond its famed Sandbelt region?
Since undergoing an extensive $6 million renovation in 2010, Princeville Makai has soared up the global golf-course rankings, including being named among the Top 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses in America by Golf Digest.
Architecture’s best rule is: Use what’s there. Sometimes that’s a perfect landscape, a Shinnecock Hills with wild grasses, sand ridges, a distant bay. Sometimes it’s Florida citrus land, a pasture and canals.
A busy club known for its slick greens and star-studded membership, Monash is a course that accentuates the best assets of a stunning bushland setting.
Our Tassie golfer helps you overcome sweltering heat and no apparent road rules to fully appreciate why Vietnam is one of the fastest growing golf markets on the planet.
Settled on a parcel of land wedged between the Perth CBD and the Indian Ocean, Cottesloe is more parkland in style with many holes cascading down or climbing up the rolling site.
Not only does South Australia boast some of the nation’s best golf courses, the state is also responsible for half the wine production in the country. Which makes it most enticing for wine-loving golfers to consider as a prime golf destination.
Australian Golf Digest
