The Last Stand

Tree removal has been at the heart of golf-course architecture for the past few decades. Has the game finally arrived at its natural balance?

Royal Sydney’s course development receives the green light

The club has worked very closely with council during the past six months or so and has made a number of changes to its Championship Course DA to incorporate Council and Woollahra Community feedback on the landscape and ecological aspects of its golf course restoration project.

COURSE REVIEW: New-look Killara in Kruse control

A strategic makeover by respected course architect Harley Kruse has replaced Killara Golf Club’s “botanical garden” looks with Sandbelt feels. And its amenable membership deserves some of the plaudits.

Course Architects

ARCHITECTURE SPECIAL: Where Golf Gets It Wrong

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.

What Our Best Clubs Do Right

What Our Best Clubs Do Right

With threats of closure continuing to haunt Australian courses on public land, we examine what privately owned clubs are doing to ensure their own long-term survival.

Future Of The 18 Hole Golf Course

Setting A New Course

The world is dramatically and rapidly changing, so what will become of the 18-hole golf course?