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
Vern Morcom designed the current Royal Hobart layout (1956).
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
Original design at this location by Carnegie Clark (1921). Bunkering improvements by Dr Alister MacKenzie (1926). Recent revisions by Thomson Wolveridge & Associates (1980-86) and Ross Watson (2001-03).
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:
Women’s major championships: the month of June sees two women’s majors: the US Women’s Open (June 3-6), with A Lim Kim defending, and the Women’s PGA Championship (June 24-27), with Sei Young Kim defending.
Senior PGA Championship: the revered Southern Hills in Oklahoma hosts the 81st staging of this event (May 27-30); Ken Tanigawa holds the title from its last playing in 2019.
Who's Who:
Phil Mickelson: in winning the 2021 PGA Championship, the world’s most famous “leftie” became the oldest winner of a golf major championship.
Hideki Matsuyama: became the first Japanese professional to win a men’s major championship, when he triumphed in this year’s Masters Tournament.
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
American Dunes opens for play following Nicklaus transformation
Nicklaus Design has transformed the former Grand Haven Golf Club in Michigan into the American Dunes Golf Club, a new public course that is now open for play
New course opens for play at Barnbougle
Bill Coore designs 14-hole layout with “sporty” holes on dune ridge above Lost Farm (golf carts allowed).
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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