An opportunity arose where I was invited to play The Australian Golf Club for one of their twilight events, golf and dinner, by one of its members. How could I refuse.
The Dunes Golf Links
The Dunes Golf Links is located on the Mornington Peninsula. One of the many great courses in the ‘Cups’ region, this is a true style links course, built over sandy dunes.
Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club South Course
Peninsula Kingswood C.G.C. was established in 1925 in Frankston and is a 36 hole establishment. One of less known of the Sandbelt courses but well worth the visit.
Cottesloe Golf Club
Wanting to not travel to far from the city, I thought it a great time to complete all the courses in Perth’s city regions area. The last on my list was Cottesloe Golf Club. After contacting the clubs general manager, I was informed that four holes were out of play due to construction. Second thoughts then arose, but being offered a reduced green fee I decided to play the course anyway.
Kingston Heath Golf Club
Kingston Heath is one of eight official courses on the infamous Melbourne Sandbelt. It was first established in 1925 and had its origins from the Elsternwick Golf Club which was looking to relocate.
Bonville Golf Resort
I’ve thought about making the trip to Bonville Golf Resort for a few years now. Known as the Augusta National of Australia, why wouldn’t you be keen to play there.
St Michaels Golf Club
What better way to spend a public holiday playing one of the Top 100 courses. In this case it was St Michaels Golf Club located in the Little Bay, across town. A fellow work employee (Michael) who took up the game in the last year was keen also to play a different course to his home club, so we set out to take advantage of the great weather.
Monash Country Club
I had seen a few Golf Link days advertised, but was never able to attend, for one reason or another. Finally everything aligned and I was able to actually make one of the open days with an early tee off time, making it great to get in a round before work. This was also the first round of the year on a course I had yet to play on the list.
Concord Golf Club
I first played Concord Golf Course a years ago in a corporate Ambrose event, which is a great way to get onto some courses, but doesn’t quite leave you as satisfied as having taken on a course yourself, so when a group from my local club decided to play Concord Golf Club on its annual open day I couldn’t resist the temptation.
Moonah Links Open Course
Catching up with my Melbourne compatriot James, we decided to head down south to the Mornington Peninsula and play the second course at Moonah Links, the Open Course. We had been down in September to play the Legends Course and had been extremely impressed with the layout.