Founded in 1945 at Canning Vale, Gosnells Golf Club is one of Perth’s finest courses that somehow glides silently under the radar. Why? We’re not sure, but if you are looking for a quality test on a layout that drains well and plays as firm and fast as most sandbelt layouts, look no further.
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Founded in 1945 at Canning Vale, Gosnells Golf Club is one of Perth’s finest courses that somehow glides silently under the radar. Why? We’re not sure, but if you are looking for a quality test on a layout that drains well and plays as firm and fast as most sandbelt layouts, look no further.
Gosnells
Gosnells Golf Club is located in and the Perth suburbs Canning Vale and Southern River around 20 kilometres to the south-east from the city's central commercial district. The club moved to the area in the 1960s (after more than 20 years in Maddington, which was located nearby Maddington) and saw Murray Dawson setting out a new course of 18 holes.
The property covers around 130 acres, this narrow tree-lined course stretches to 5,921m starting from back tees playing up to a par of 70. The shorter, outward-facing portion features three par threes ranging between 134-197 metres as well as the inward portion ends with the longest (and most difficult) one of three par fives on the scorecard.
One of the nation's most renowned golfers Graham Marsh, played at Gosnells in his earliest amateur years, and won the handicap championship in just twelve months after being a member of the golf club. Marsh would go on to win more than 60 titles in his professional career before returning as a course designer in the mid-1990s, to redesign the layout.
The most notable holes are the 162-meter 9th (played through the water, leading to a two-tiered raised green, which is situated near the clubhouse) as well as the right dogleg 12th (rated stroke index 1 situated in the north-western part of the clubhouse) and the 505-metre 18th which is where the home green is located directly behind a small lake.
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