Golf Favourite Golf Course's

[camsmith]

Plenty of wet courses around about that moment.

Was looking forward to playing at Marysville this weekend but apparently its under water. Played 9 holes at Dorset and it was pretty bad.

Good thing is with a bit of sun they should all be playing well by summer.

Pykie those pics look great at the top of the page. From playing Tiger Woods 10, next time im in Vegas I'll definitely be trying to play at Wolf Creek. Ballybunion looks phenomenal.

 

[toxic]

Plenty of wet courses around about that moment.

Was looking forward to playing at Marysville this weekend but apparently its under water. Played 9 holes at Dorset and it was pretty bad.

Good thing is with a bit of sun they should all be playing well by summer.

Pykie those pics look great at the top of the page. From playing Tiger Woods 10, next time im in Vegas I'll definitely be trying to play at Wolf Creek. Ballybunion looks phenomenal.

Dorset = long par 3 course, easy to break 70 round there.
Marysville - possibly the two most contrasting 9 holes around, front was easy and back was a nightmare, not sure how it is after the fires etc.
Up to Shepparton today followed by Cobram for the weekend, will be a big 3 days

 

[RPetterd15]

My favourite course is Nambucca Heads Island Golf Course (NSW)-It was amazing when I was there. It is surrounded by the Nambucca River, and many of the holes involve water. Difficult if you've never played there before, but very fun. Very green when I was there, no brown patches, no duck s**t, staff are very friendly and helpful. Just amazing scenery though and great fun, good for all skill levels.

 

[Banked.]

Grandparents have a house on Flinders golf course, so play there a fair bit. Love strolling onto the course at sunset and playing a few holes - fantastic views and importantly a quality course.

 

[Hotel 6]

Lost Farm looks even better.

I played at Lost Farm a few weeks ago for a charity event. No clubhouse yet and the greens were a bit rough. We played 20 holes on the day as there were two alternate holes. One was 13 (scorecard had 13 and 13A), I can't remember where the other alternate hole was. The crows kept knocking off the golf balls as well, they had turps in containers around the place and that was supposed to put them off.....but it did not. It will be fabulous when it is ready. The crows were really bad from holes 15 - 18.

 

[no orange peeler]

Barnbougle

Playing there next month, all the advice i have received is take plenty of balls

 

[Harvey Leadpipe]

I played at Lost Farm a few weeks ago for a charity event. No clubhouse yet and the greens were a bit rough. We played 20 holes on the day as there were two alternate holes. One was 13 (scorecard had 13 and 13A), I can't remember where the other alternate hole was. The crows kept knocking off the golf balls as well, they had turps in containers around the place and that was supposed to put them off.....but it did not. It will be fabulous when it is ready. The crows were really bad from holes 15 - 18.

A bunch of us charter a plane and land on the Barnbougle runway A couple times a year. Great way to do it.

Anyway, our last outing there saw us lose 21 balls between the 8 of us on Day 1. Needless to say, on the second day the Pro-V's were put away for the cheaper balls on those few holes.


Too many Australian courses I love to mention them all, but I did manage to play Bethpage Black three weeks after the US Open last year. A lovely track, but with all the raps on it, makes you realise how lucky we are to have access to the quality of courses in Aust that are relatively cheap. A course like Brookwater for example looks pricey at the $100 mark, but that would cost $500 in the US for a round of a similar experience.

 

[waggamick]

Port Fairy
Yowani (ACT)
Thurgoona
Junee...pretty well volunteer run and smallish greens but every hole is different and the course is always in good nick.
Narrandera
Port Kembla
Kingswood (Vic)
Queanbeyan..definitely need a cart but some great holes.

 

[peternorth]

ocean @ the national

 

[Gold Member]

Patterson River Country Club is a great little public access course. Has recently undergone a multi million upgrade and redesign which brings water into play on most (12-14) of the holes.

My great feature is the staff don't seem to care about drinking grog on course, as long as you're behaving yourself it's all good... Pretty sweet buying a six pack and a pie at the pro shop before the front 9 and also before the back 9!

 

[Jizzy_Wizzy]

Sandhurst once its complete >>>>> All

Yeh... Nah!

 

[Dreambomber]

Hey guys.

I've just started playing golf recently (about a month ago) with a few friends. We're all pretty bad still but we're looking to try out some new amateur public golf courses. Can anyone reommend some courses that a couple of amateurs can play 18 on, on the weekends?

We are hitting the driving range pretty regularly and play a course as often as possible but we are still very prone to shanking the ball on to another fairway, overhitting shots, etc.

We're looking for anything within 30-40 mins of Melbourne CBD and that is welcoming to newbies (though not necessarily an easy course).Any recommendations would be fantastic.

Thanks in advance.

 

[peternorth]

Hey guys.

I've just started playing golf recently (about a month ago) with a few friends. We're all pretty bad still but we're looking to try out some new amateur public golf courses. Can anyone reommend some courses that a couple of amateurs can play 18 on, on the weekends?

We are hitting the driving range pretty regularly and play a course as often as possible but we are still very prone to shanking the ball on to another fairway, overhitting shots, etc.

We're looking for anything within 30-40 mins of Melbourne CBD and that is welcoming to newbies (though not necessarily an easy course).Any recommendations would be fantastic.

Thanks in advance.

waverley @ jells rd for a nice flat lie.
ringwood (old stomping ground). enjoyed playing there.
kingston links
waterford valley

 

[peternorth]

whilst i still love teh ocean @ national for its openess i feel that the moonah course @ national is the best there. such an enjoyable stroll ruined at times by golf. unforgiving rough, but at least its better than the old course whereby the trees gobble your balls up

 

[toxic]

played Barham up on the Murray last weekend - suprisingly great course in fantastic knick. Was very impressed

 

[peternorth]

played kingston links recently. awesome course. flat, but god those greens are fkin hard!!!

 

[Chops_a_must]

Crikey Cam...in order & reasons. You're not asking for much!

Let me try:

1. The Cut (south of Perth) - son of a bitch of a course. Great test of your game and your mental state. Watch out for the Sou-wester! Take LOTS of balls. $80 for 18 (or thereabouts)
2. Moonah Links - Beautiful shape about the course. Long and challenging (esp from the blues), lovely greens. Play early, or take you chances with the wind. $80 (?).
3. The Vines - Big long fairways, plenty of room, but don't hit it into the bush unless you're a student of Steve Irwin. Huge greens. Three (is it now 4) nines, and they're all very different in design. Great clubhouse facilities as well. Don't go in the middle of summer - the Swan Valley can be a stinker! $100-ish.
4. The National - As another poster stated, some very picturesque holes. A real challenge for high markers - take a few balls. Greens were fantastic from memory. No idea what it cost, but not cheap.
5. Lake Karrinyup (WA) - Sadly they don't have enough land to lengthen the layout to really test the pros these days, but a fabulous course. The course uses the natural contours, with lots of blind drives and approaches requiring accuracy off the tee and a helping of local knowledge. Member's guest only - can't recall how much.
6. The Dunes - Again at the mercy of the elements, so early is better unless you like three and four club adjustments. The Par 3 at the high-point of the course is a striking hole. $80?
7. Hartfield (WA) - Long and narrow. Produces a lot of very good golfers. Not as highly regarded as it should be.
8. Keysborough - Suffering less than most of the sandbelt. $50 as member's guest IIRC
9. Joondalup (WA) - Beautiful, but a bit too resort-ish if you know what I mean. Some great holes, nevertheless, and if you have to play from the quarry and actually make it out you'll remember it for a long time.
10. Cottesloe (WA) - Tight layout which challenges accuracy more than length. Lovely greens.

Other courses I rate, but haven't played lately or enough times to give you more than sketchy details:

1. Commonwealth
2. Royal Fremantle
3. North Lakes (QLD)
4. Meadow Springs (WA)
5. Yanchep (WA)
6. Southern
7. Secret Harbour (WA)
8. Seaview (WA)
9. Mt Lawley (WA)

I grew up on Royal Freo as a juniour. Renowned as the fastest greens in WA, and can be basically unplayable in the afternoon on a windy summer's day.

It is my favourite, purely for my fondness for it. And the fact it changes every time you play it because of the wind. You're not just playing the same shot every round. It asks a lot of you when the wind is up, and you have to be able to play every shot in the book. Narrow, and rewarding for the accurate hitter and shot shaper. One of those courses that doesn't have to be hugely altered to bring big hitters back to the pack - the natural layout does that for you.

I never liked Hartfield. It produced a lot of juniours because they recruited. Same as Meliville Glades - which is a junk golf course. Royal Freo has done alright with Craig Parry and Greg Chalmers.

Loved Lake Karrinyup. Won a couple of juniour tournaments there. Remember coming from behind to beat Michael Sim one time. Always suited my game - requires a lot of different tee and approach shots, with enough forgiveness to go for shots. As well as very scenic.

Also love Joondalup. A lot of undulations and variation from hole to hole.

The Vines was very long as a juniour. Pity it doesn't have a big tournament there, as it was designed as a championship course, and it plays like it as well, in the big hitting 90s style of courses. Pain in the arse if you don't have a cart.

Yanchep/ Sun City is another great course that I played a bit as a kid. I remember nice par 5's with a lot of elevated tees. I also remember a spectacular par 3 with a massive drop off.

Busselton is another I used to like a bit.

My most hated course in WA - Royal Perth. I've come unstuck there more times than I care to remember. The sort of course there that you feel really ripped off when you hit a good shot. Some prick shanks it onto the next fairway and has a better 2nd shot than you on the fairway. Just one of those courses.

Currently I play at Darwin Golf Club after having had 10 years off. It's a Thomspon designed course. Plays at about 5500-6000m although that's irrelevant because of the wet and dry seasons. It's a different game here. The course is about 10 shots harder in the wet than the dry.

It's also a strange course in its own right. During the dry I can drive 3 of the 300+m par 4s and hit 3 of the par5s in 2. But in the wet, 2 of the par 5s become extremely hard for even big hitters like me to reach in 3.

It also has 16 holes which out of bounds come into play. I've never played a course with that. During the dry, I've had a couple of balls land on the fairway that have run out of bounds, simply because of the hardness of the fairways. And in the wet, I lose balls plugged in the middle of the fairway. You're also guaranteed to lose 3-4 shots a round when you plow your club when you think you had a firm lie.

But apart from the lack of undulations in the greens (can't be changed due to the water), and the lack of mid irons into greens, I enjoy it. The greens do everyone's heads in. Southerners can't putt them. They are amazingly grainy and nothing drops from the lips. But it is a nice course and represents the local environment well.

 

[peternorth]

1. The National - As another poster stated, some very picturesque holes. A real challenge for high markers - take a few balls. Greens were fantastic from memory. No idea what it cost, but not cheap.

100 on weekends for guests

 

[neroblack]

Just about to join up at Beaconhills, good, fun course with some reasonably challenging holes. Good walk too.

Played Yering Meadows a few times recently too, a quick tip - if you plan on playing the back 9 drunk, take a lot of balls.

 

[peternorth]

Just about to join up at Beaconhills, good, fun course with some reasonably challenging holes. Good walk too.

Played Yering Meadows a few times recently too, a quick tip - if you plan on playing the back 9 drunk, take a lot of balls.

beaconhills - all i remmeber were the hills. lots of them.

yering. dont need to play drunk to lose balls to the water gods

 

[Look2Me4Guidance]

Played Yering Meadows a few times recently too, a quick tip - if you plan on playing the back 9 drunk, take a lot of balls.

Yes not a great fan of that joint. Played there for pennant and the locals have lost heaps of members in B and C grade because the joint is too tough for them. The water carries are a bit silly.

 

[kidgorgeous]

Anyone else played at Cohuna's course? It is a fantastic course for a small country town. Just beware of the roos though. Best I have played was at Narooma. Need to go back there again before I cark it, absolutely beautiful and indeed a challenge.

 

[neroblack]

Yes not a great fan of that joint. Played there for pennant and the locals have lost heaps of members in B and C grade because the joint is too tough for them. The water carries are a bit silly.

Have heard the same thing from other members there. Not much room for error in that rough either.

Is unfortunate, they'll be competing with eastern and chirnside moving close by in the next few years.

 

[neroblack]

Played waterford valley in rowville for the first time yesterday morning, pretty impressed. $50 for the round on weekends, but it was a really good track, and has handled the recent rain pretty well.

 

[aussierulesrules]

Big Fan of the Legends Course at Moonah Links. Probably my favourite of the 80 or so courses I've played. Love the rolling hills and all the tee tree and great bunkering, with others close behind being Kingston Heath, Yarra Yarra and Cape Schanck, which is always good fun.