Cottesloe - Western Australia - Australia

9th Western Australia - Best in Area 81st Australia Ranking
Cottesloe Golf Club,
173 Alfred Road,
Swanbourne,
WA 6010,
Australia

  • +61 (0) 8 9384 5823

  • Golf Club Website

  • 6 miles W of downtown Perth

  • With a member. Overseas visitors may apply through the Manager

  • Bradley White

  • David Anderson, Peter Thomson, Graham Marsh

  • Bruce Hay

The Perth suburb of Cottesloe – famed for its beaches, cafés and relaxed lifestyle – is where the Cottesloe Golf Club was formed in 1908. The membership quickly outgrew the original, confined 9-hole site (still used by Sea View Golf Club) and so they decamped to a larger property at Swanbourne in 1931 where a course was soon fashioned amongst the scrub and sand hills by club professional David Anderson.

The Thomson, Wolveridge and Perrott design company made significant changes to the layout in the early 1980s when the club lost part of the course to outside development and in more recent times, Graham Marsh – former Cottesloe club champion and now acclaimed architect – carried out a number of improvements in time for the club’s centenary in 2008.

The course begins with a straightforward, short par four to help ease golfers into their round. Thereafter, things get a little tougher. Hole 3 is not so benign, a 436-yard par four with out of bounds to the right of the fairway and the 6th hole plays uphill, doglegging right to a green with a pronounced right to left slope.

On the inward half, the par fives at holes 14 and 17 – each with intimidating fairway bunkers – are very demanding whilst the 407-yard 18th is played uphill all the way to a green that slopes from front to back.
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Description: The Perth suburb of Cottesloe – famed for its beaches, cafés and relaxed lifestyle – is where the Cottesloe Golf Club was formed in 1908. Rating: 3.5 out of 6 Reviews: 2

The first course I played whilst on holidays in December 2015. This course is very underrated in my opinion.

Stunning elevation and directional change help enhance this course, beautifully set in the hills high above the famous beach suburb of it's name sake.

Great bunkering can be seen at Cottesloe and it's a credit to the superintendent that they can keep it looking so sharp considering the dryer, warmer climate that this course entails year in, year out.

Well worth the trip from Perth to play here :)

S. T

4 / 6
Cottesloe
May 24, 2018


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I think I read somewhere that Cottesloe is a 3/10 course on a 9/10 site. I find it difficult to argue. Lovely piece of sandy land on the coast with nice big dunes and lots of interest. But the course simply does not take advantage. Its bog standard 1980s resort style architecture that might be forgivable on an ordinary plot, but here it is egregious.A rather prestigious club by virtue of its location, and the members do take themselves a bit seriously, but a beer on the veranda watching the sun go down into the Indian Ocean is its only redeeming feature.
3 / 6
Cottesloe
January 04, 2015


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Brenton Kay
January 15, 2015
Having worked here as a greenkeeper and also been involved in reconstructon recently, I have to disagree with these comments. I believe Cottesloe GC is a very good golf course, that will only get better with the completion of its Graeme Marsh re design. PS - Agree with the member comment tho
David Screaton
January 19, 2015
A fun terrific course with some beautiful undulations. Have played all of Melbourne sandbelt courses and whilst not quite up to their standard, its not far behind in terms of enjoyment.