Sunshine Coast Golf

Sunny Disposition

As the weather in the south cools, one popular pocket of Queensland remains perpetually sunny

more than $22 million has been spent on the Black Bull course – an average of more than $1.2 million a hole.

Course Review: Black Bull GC, VIC

With record numbers hitting its fairways and a $35 million 4-star Sebel hotel on the way, there’s no stopping Black Bull Golf Club’s charge.

Darwin Golf Club

True North

As the weather begins to cool down, Australian golfers’ eyes will turn to our tropical regions. Here are two diverse options in our nation’s north.

Gold Coast

TRAVEL: Golf on the Glitter Strip

The return of the Australian PGA Championship to the Gold Coast has given a holiday favourite even greater pulling power.

Club Mandalay

New Territory

Melbourne’s northern suburbs are a relatively foreign landscape for golf. Yet Club Mandalay – 25 minutes from Melbourne airport – is set to take off.

Sandhurst Club

Memory Lane

In the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne, Sandhurst Club’s 36-hole Peter Thomson creation blends pure golfing nostalgia with an eye to the future.

Gil Hanse

Inside Track

Was Gil Hanse’s selection as the Olympic course architect fair?

ENTER THE BULL RING: Black Bull Golf Course

Test yourself in the ‘Bull Ring’ – if you dare. Peter Thomson’s Murray River gem features a self-styled Amen Corner. Like the famed Augusta National Golf Club, a stunning three-hole stretch can make or break your round.

Pot Luck: Links Kennedy Bay

In the late 1990s, prominent West Australian golf architect Michael Coate and the late Roger Mackay teamed up with 1991 British Open champion Ian Baker-Finch to design Links Kennedy Bay. What they wanted was to give Western Australia a fitting tribute to the links courses of Scotland. What they got was a golf course that is continually ranked among Australia’s top 25

Wizards With Golf Clubs

The story of the Kirkwoods – Australian golf’s greatest father-and-son duo.