The National Golf Club was first launched during the Australian Masters tournament at Huntingdale Golf Club in 1985 as an equity shareholding. It was the first new club in Melbourne in 60 years.
Sanctuary Cove Golf & Country Club Palms Course
Having traveled up for a week of golf with a group from my local golf club (plus some ring ins), Sanctuary Cove Golf & Country Club Palms course was the official first game for the week.
Portsea Golf Club
In an effort to get my quest to play Australia’s top 100 golf courses on track again, playing Portsea Golf Club, one of the oldest in the region, worked well with a weekend trip away which had been planned to the Mornington Peninsula.
Augusta National Golf Club
Augusta National Golf Club. What more can be said, other than a sensational course. Just to be clear I didn’t play this course but visited during the 2011 Masters, an experience I will never forget.
Heritage Golf and Country Club St Johns Course
The Heritage Golf & Country Club has been a course I have struggled to get a game on for a while. This ‘Signature’ Jack Nicklaus designed course is the first one to be built in Australia.
RACV Cape Schanck Resort
RACV Cape Schanck designed by Robert Trent Jones Jnr, is a great public access course in the Mornington Peninsula. One of my favourite courses in Australia was right next door, The National Golf Club Old Course, by the same designer.
Royal Melbourne Golf Club East Course
With so much tournament golf on TV the last few months featuring this magnificent club, I knew it was time to return and finish my last course on the Melbourne Sandbelt.
Hamilton Island Golf Club
Hamilton Island golf course would have to be described as a great club located in paradise. Located off the Northern Queensland coast, the weather is tropical with high humidity, but ideal to get outside for a game, then hit the bar at the pool.
The Australian Golf Club
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.