Australia
Visitors welcome
Perth
Visitors welcome
Alice Springs
Visitors welcome
Perth (Aus)
Private club
Brisbane
American golf course architect Fred Bolton, who made his home on Australia's Gold Coast.
O/seas & I/state
Sydney
Original course at this location laid out by Carnegie Clark (1904), with later improvements by Dr Alister MacKenzie (1920s) and Sloane Morpeth (1966), among others. Jack Nicklaus significantly redesigned the course in 1976, with further modifications in 2013.
O/seas & I/state
Sydney
Wkends restrictd
Sydney
Visitors welcome
Hobart
Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw.
Visitors welcome
Hobart
Tom Doak and Michael Clayton
Visitors welcome
Melbourne
Visitors welcome
Newcastle (Aus)
Visitors welcome
Yarrawonga
O/seas & I/state
Sydney
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
O/seas & I/state
Brisbane
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Greg Norman Golf Course Design (lead designer Bob Harrison).
Visitors welcome
Perth (Aus)
Visitors welcome
Sydney
Visitors welcome
Melbourne
Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Visitors welcome
Currie
Mike DeVries (based in Michigan, USA) in collaboration with Australian golf writer Darius Oliver.
Private club
Melbourne
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Private club
Sydney
Visitors welcome
Sydney
On application
Melbourne
Several contributors have evolved the course design, including Club Professional Sam Bennett (1921), Charles Lane (Club Capt 1923-33), Sloan Morpeth (Club Secretary 1930-62) and Kevin Hartley (1992).
O/seas & I/state
Sydney
Original design by Dan Soutar (1920). Significant redesigns and renovations by Ross Watson (1997), Mark Parker (2009) and Tom Doak (2018).
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
On application
Perth (Aus)
Wkends restrictd
Melbourne
Visitors welcome
Perth (Aus)
Visitors welcome
Newcastle (Aus)
Steve Smyers
Visitors welcome
Melbourne
O/seas & I/state
Melbourne
Greg Norman designed the 27-hole layout at this site (2015).
O/seas & I/state
Sydney
Private club
Newcastle (Aus)
Greg Norman Golf Course Design (lead designer Bob Harrison).
Visitors welcome
Melbourne
Wkends restrictd
Canberra
Visitors welcome
Melbourne
Visitors welcome
Newcastle (Aus)
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
American golf course architect Fred Bolton, who made his home on Australia's Gold Coast.
Visitors welcome
Melbourne
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Greg Norman Golf Course Design (lead designer Bob Harrison).
Not Saturdays
Adelaide
Private club
Brisbane
On application
Adelaide
On application
Adelaide
Visitors welcome
Melbourne
Visitors welcome
Cairns
Visitors welcome
Melbourne
Rsrt guests only
Melbourne
Rsrt guests only
Melbourne
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Visitors welcome
Newcastle (Aus)
Visitors welcome
Horsham
Visitors welcome
Newcastle (Aus)
O/seas & I/state
Melbourne
World: formerly ranked world's 79th best course (GOLF magazine, 1989; not in subsequent editions of this ranking).
Australia: 50th best course in Australia (Australian Golf Digest, 2020).
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Original course at St Lucia designed by Scottish-born professional golfer Dan Soutar (1926). Bob Green designed the 36-hole layout at the club's current Long Pocket site (1976). Significant improvements made by Ross Watson (1985, 2006 and ongoing).
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Original course at St Lucia designed by Scottish-born professional golfer Dan Soutar (1926). Bob Green designed the 36-hole layout at the club's current Long Pocket site (1976). Significant improvements made by Ross Watson (1985, 2006 and ongoing).
Visitors welcome
Perth (Aus)
Robert Trent Jones Jr designed the Quarry and Dune nines (1985) and Lake nine (1990).
Visitors welcome
Perth (Aus)
Visitors welcome
Perth (Aus)
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Private club
Sydney
Visitors welcome
Currie
Unknown
Mon, Thur, Fri
Melbourne
Original design by Dan Soutar (1923). Bunkering improvements by Dr Alister MacKenzie (1926).
(Closed in 2018)
Melbourne
Visitors welcome
Newcastle (Aus)
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Visitors welcome
Adelaide
(Closed in 2012)
Cairns
On application
Perth (Aus)
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Visitors welcome
Bairnsdale
On application
Sydney
Visitors welcome
Adelaide
Visitors welcome
Sydney
Visitors welcome
Sydney
Private club
Sydney
Rsrt guests only
Newcastle (Aus)
Visitors welcome
Perth (Aus)
Visitors welcome
Adelaide
Visitors welcome
Perth (Aus)
Robert Trent Jones Jr
O/seas & I/state
Melbourne
Visitors welcome
Warrnambool
Visitors welcome
Canberra
Mon, Tue, Thur
Sydney
Visitors welcome
Melbourne
Visitors welcome
Melbourne
Visitors welcome
Sydney
Visitors welcome
Adelaide
Weekdays only
Perth (Aus)
Visitors welcome
Swan Hill
Visitors welcome
Canberra
O/seas & I/state
Melbourne
O/seas & I/state
Melbourne
O/seas & I/state
Melbourne
Greg Norman Golf Course Design (lead designer Bob Harrison).
O/seas & I/state
Melbourne
Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Visitors welcome
Newcastle (Aus)
Visitors welcome
Newcastle (Aus)
Mon, Thur, Fri
Sydney
Original design by Dr Alister MacKenzie (1928). Later revisions by Eric Apperly (1937 & 1951); Peter Thomson & Mike Wolveridge (1985); Jack Newton, Graeme Grant & John Spencer (1993); Greg Norman & Bob Harrison (2000).
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Visitors welcome
Currie
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Visitors welcome
Newcastle (Aus)
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Robert Trent Jones Jr
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Visitors welcome
Cairns
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Graham Marsh
(Closed in 2019)
Cairns
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Greg Norman Golf Course Design (lead designer Bob Harrison).
Rsrt guests & O/seas
Melbourne
Rsrt guests & O/seas
Melbourne
Visitors welcome
Warrnambool
Visitors welcome
Melbourne
O/seas & I/state
Sydney
Visitors welcome
Melbourne
O/seas & I/state
Melbourne
Visitors welcome
Sydney
Visitors welcome
Melbourne
Unknown
O/seas & I/state
Adelaide
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).
On application
Canberra
Private club
Perth (Aus)
Visitors welcome
Hobart
O/seas & I/state
Melbourne
Alex Russell, with Mick Morcom in charge of construction. The East course opened for play in 1932.
O/seas & I/state
Melbourne
Designed in 1926 by Dr Alister MacKenzie. Working with Alex Russell and Mick Morcom (Head Greenkeeper), the course opened for play in 1931.
Private club
Perth (Aus)
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
On application
Brisbane
O/seas golfers
Sydney
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Original design by Fred Bolton (1985); re-routing and renovation by Ross Watson (2010).
Rsrt guests only
Brisbane
Arnold Palmer
O/seas & I/state
Melbourne
Greg Norman Golf Course Design (lead designer Bob Harrison).
O/seas & I/state
Melbourne
Rsrt guests, O/seas & I/state
Melbourne
Visitors welcome
Perth (Aus)
O/seas & I/state
Melbourne
Greg Norman Golf Course Design (lead designer Harley Kruse).
Visitors welcome
Melbourne
O/seas & I/state
Melbourne
Sam Berriman
O/seas & I/state
Melbourne
Vern Morcom
Visitors welcome
Melbourne
Visitors welcome
Sydney
Visitors welcome
Sydney
Visitors welcome
Perth (Aus)
Visitors welcome
Newcastle (Aus)
Dr Michael Hurdzan
Visitors welcome
Hobart
O/seas golfers
Sydney
Graham Marsh & Ross Watson
Visitors welcome
Melbourne
Visitors welcome
Melbourne
Visitors welcome
Sydney
Visitors welcome
Brisbane
Visitors welcome
Adelaide
Weekdays only
Melbourne
Existing course laid out by William Meader (Founder) & Oscar Damman (Club Captain) when Club moved to Cheltenham (1923). Bunkering improvements by Dr Alister MacKenzie (1926). Further improvements by Michael Clayton (2001).
Visitors welcome
Perth (Aus)
Visitors welcome
Perth (Aus)
Visitors welcome
Newcastle (Aus)
Greg Norman Golf Course Design (lead designer Bob Harrison).
Visitors welcome
Warrnambool
On application
Perth (Aus)
On application
Adelaide
Visitors welcome
Melbourne
Visitors welcome
Yarrawonga
Visitors welcome
Yarrawonga
O/seas & I/state
Melbourne
Visitors welcome
Melbourne
Wkends restrictd
Canberra
Tournaments:
2021 Opens: whether by accident or design, four of the top five mens’ Open Championships played in the British Isles occupy consecutive weeks in July: the Irish Open (1-4), Scottish Open (8-11), The Open (15-18) and Wales Open (22-25). The recently relaunched English Open is scheduled for early-August.
Hoag Classic: Ernie Els defends his title in this prestigious PGA Tour Champions event, played since 1991 at the Newport Beach Country Club, CA (Mar 5-7).
Who's Who:
Brooks Koepka: won his second Phoenix Open title, with a chip-in eagle at TPC Scottsdale’s short par-4 17th included in his final round.
Annika Sörenstam: the legendary Swede makes a return to the LPGA Tour in the Gainbridge LPGA, to be played at Lake Nona, her home club (Feb 25-28).
New course opens for play at Barnbougle
Bill Coore designs 14-hole layout with “sporty” holes on dune ridge above Lost Farm.
New links course planned for Scottish Highlands. Landowner aims to appoint a ‘world-class architect’ to work on site next to Cromarty Firth.
New Faldo Design layout in Vietnam set for summer completion. Nine holes of the course at Thanh Lanh are routed across a the lake peninsula.
Dundonald Links Scotland: Construction work is in progress on new practice facilities and course changes at Dundonald Links in Irvine, Scotland, as part of a £25 million investment by new owners Darwin Escapes that also includes the construction of a new clubhouse with rooms, plus eighteen lodges. Read more ...
R&A submits planning application for new golf facility in Glasgow.
Look up the Top Golf Courses in Scotland.
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