Sometimes the convergence of multiple design styles becomes a mish-mash of each, and other times the union highlights all facets. For Secret Harbour, it’s very much the latter as Graham Marsh brought links-style traits to a beachscape site with a resort-course feel amid an adjoining residential precinct. Duneland, wetlands, pot bunkers and lakes amalgamate to Read more…
For many years Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula sat in the shadow of its cross-bay sister peninsula, the Mornington, when it comes to golf. However, the emergence in 2001 of the first course at 13th Beach drew golfers’ attentions to the south-western corner of Port Phillip Bay as the golf offerings on the Bellarine began to flourish.
Australia has an oversupply of golf courses where comparisons are made between them and Augusta National. Bonville is one; Royal Canberra (pre-redesign, but perhaps also post) is another. However, the course that arguably resembles the mighty Georgia layout most closely is the Hilltop course at Mollymook Golf Club.
Some golf courses are the result of the efforts and input of dozens of people – perhaps more. Others are the vision of a single person or one dedicated couple. For Cathedral, it was the latter. David and Sonya Evans had the land, the financial requirements and the courage to build a golf club of Read more…
As you drive through the gates of Monash Country Club the newly constructed par-3, 17th hole greets your view. Check the pin position, as back left is the toughest. Be prepared for a course which borders Garigal National Park, providing barely a hint of noise and an almost total escape from suburbia. While Monash has Read more…
Pacific Dunes is a course that keeps you on your toes. The outward half features ribbons of tight fairways as huge gums couple with ground-level scrub to envelop each fairway, while the back nine opens up to reveal a series of holes where water defends most targets. Two nines with far different settings, yet both Read more…
It took time for Glenelg to truly shine in the national golf consciousness, although today it is firmly in the must-play category for golfers visiting Adelaide.
Australian Golf Digest
