Ryde-Parramatta

Founded in 1935 following the amalgamation of two former clubs, Ryde-Parramatta Golf Club commissioned Ross Watson to redesign its 18-hole layout in the late 1990s, with the course now hosting Australian Open qualifying when the event is held in Sydney.

Nowadays, the course is completely hemmed in by housing and it’s a minor miracle that eighteen holes still manage to exist within a very constricted 80-acre property. The course extends to 6,045 metres from the back tees, playing to a par of 71 (35 out then 36 in), with holes arranged as two returning nines.

Highlights here include the right doglegging par four 2nd (with water to the right of the green); the slightly uphill par three 7th (with more water to carry in front of the green); the par four 13th (where four bunkers lie in wait behind the green); and par three 17th which requires a tee shot carry across a sizeable pond to the green.