Best golf courses: Around Adelaide

Around Adelaide: the table below provides brief details about the top golf courses in this country or region. Each golf club has been visited and/or researched by Where2Golf. Click on the course name below to discover more. The course ratings below range from 5 highest, to 2 lowest. They attempt to provide an indication of the golfing experience you might expect at the course (based on its design, condition and surroundings). Hover your cursor above the Rating Key for the rating definitions.
3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game.
Visitors welcome
Adelaide
Various

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Adelaide

Designer

Various people have contributed to Victor Harbor's layout and subsequent improvements.

3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
On application
Adelaide
Various

Visitors?

On application

Nearest city

Adelaide

Designer

Various people have contributed to West Lakes' layout and subsequent improvements.

3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game.
Visitors welcome
Adelaide
Cashmore, Tony

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Adelaide

Designer

Tony Cashmore

5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
O/seas & I/state
Adelaide
MacKenzie, Dr Alister

Visitors?

O/seas & I/state

Nearest city

Adelaide

Designer

Original design by H.L. "Cargie" Rymill and C.L. Gardiner (1904). Substantially redesigned by Dr Alister MacKenzie (1926). Later improvements by Peter Thomson & Mike Wolveridge (1979, 1997).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Adelaide
Crafter, Brian & Neil

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Adelaide

Designer

Brian Crafter designed the front-nine (1994), but died before construction began. His son Neil Crafter completed the front-nine (1995), and later designed the back-nine (1998).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
On application
Adelaide
Morcom, Vern

Visitors?

On application

Nearest city

Adelaide

Designer

Vern Morcom's 1967 design, reworked by Greg Norman (2012).

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Adelaide
Rymill, Cargie

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Adelaide

Designer

Herbert Lockett "Cargie" Rymill.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Adelaide
Newton, Grant & Spencer

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Adelaide

Designer

Jack Newton, Graeme Grant & John Spencer

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
On application
Adelaide
Morcom, Vern

Visitors?

On application

Nearest city

Adelaide

Designer

Original members' design modified by Vern Morcom (1956-65), and Michael Clayton (2005-07).

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Not Saturdays
Adelaide
Morcom, Vern

Visitors?

Not Saturdays

Nearest city

Adelaide

Designer

Original members' design modified by Vern Morcom (1955), and by Neil Crafter & Bob Tuohy (1998).

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Tournaments

Ryder Cup: Rome plays host to the first ever Ryder Cup to be staged in Italy, with the USA defending golf’s greatest team trophy at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club (Sept 29-Oct 1).

Solheim Cup: also in September, also in southern Europe, the 18th Solheim Cup will be contested at Finca Cortesin on the Costa del Sol, with Europe defending after their surprise win in Toledo, Inverness Club (Ohio) in 2021 (Sept 22-24). 

Who's Who

Céline Boutier: with many successes as both an amateur and professional golfer, Boutier added a major championship title to her impressive résumé at this year’s Evian Championship.

Alex Cejka: buffeted by rain and high winds, especially on the high-scoring final day, Čejka prevailed over Pádraig Harrington in a playoff at Royal Porthcawl, to scoop the Senior Open Championship title.

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.

Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.

Prince's Golf Club, Kent (UK)

Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.

Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available

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