New South Wales

New South Wales, Australia

New South Wales Golf Club is one of the most spectacular golf courses in Australia and it’s one of the toughest tests in the country.

New South Wales, Australia

Ellerston is the course that Greg Norman built for the flamboyant Australian media magnate Kerry Packer, the country's richest man, who sadly died in December 2005 at the age of 68.

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Lakes are not the only hazard at the Lakes Golf Club. In fact, the front nine – with the exception of the opening hole – is water free...

New South Wales, Australia

Given its manifest qualities and historical significance, Newcastle Golf Club is somewhat of an anomaly.

New South Wales, Australia

The venue of the inaugural Australian Open in 1904 (host to twenty-one in total) and most recently in 2019, the Australian Golf Club is a wonderful championship venue.

New South Wales, Australia

Ross Watson was the architect who laid out the links-like resort course at Magenta Shores Golf & Country Club...

New South Wales, Australia

The third oldest club in Sydney, Bonnie Doon began life as Marrickville Golf Club in 1897 when members played on a 12-hole course laid out in the Sydney suburb of Tempe.

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Founded in 1899, Concord Golf Club is one of Australia’s oldest and most prestigious clubs where Tom Doak’s Renaissance Design has breathed new life following a course renovation…

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Royal Sydney Golf Club celebrated its centenary in 1993 and the championship course has evolved over 100 years into one of the finest in the country.

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Literally carved through rainforests, the holes at Bonville are played in virtual isolation to each other, with huge Blackbutt, Ironbark and Tallowood trees framing every fairway.

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The name Elanora comes from the Aboriginal word meaning “home by the water” and the Country Club certainly satisfies this geographical description...

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The course at Vintage Golf Club borders the Beggars Bridge and Bimbadgen vineyards in the fertile Hunter Valley, near Cessnock and opened in 2003.

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Graham Marsh designed a challenging championship golf course at Terrey Hills, the first to be constructed in the Sydney area for over twenty years...

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The upscale 36-hole Riverside Oaks Golf Resort occupies a 600-acre property overlooking the Hawkesbury River, adjacent to the heavily forested Cattai National Park.

New South Wales, Australia

Avondale Golf Club sits within one of the most densely populated metropolitan districts in Australia but, after passing through its under stated entrance, you are transported to another world...

New South Wales, Australia

It’s no easy task living in the shadow of one of the world’s Top 50 ranked golf courses but that’s exactly what the 18-hole layout at St Michael’s has had to do...

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Situated on the lower north coast in the Port Stephens area of New South Wales, the 18-hole Pacific Dunes course is the focal point of a multi-million dollar golf and residential development.

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Surrounded by natural bushland, the course at Horizons Golf Resort is a Graham March and Ross Watson collaboration, with boardwalks guiding golfers around natural wetland areas at some of the holes on a very eco-diverse layout.

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Stonecutters Ridge Golf Club holds the distinction of being the first Greg Norman-badged course to debut in Sydney and it finally opened its doors to golfers in 2012, after almost five years of permitting and building delays.

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Steve Smyers designed the course at Cypress Lakes Golf & Country Club and the gently undulating front nine contrasts markedly against a more challenging back nine that’s laid out on hillier terrain, with great views of the Hunter Valley.

New South Wales, Australia

Narooma Golf Club is famed for having some of the best kept greens in New South Wales and the course throws up one or two surprises with several blind tee shots to be negotiated...

New South Wales, Australia

Course architect Ted Parslow fashioned the fairways at Murray Downs in the late 1980s with the official opening taking place in 1991.

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Macquarie Links is marketed as an Australian version of a Scottish links but, in truth, the only design aspect that comes close to matching a Caledonian seaside course is the quality of the sand traps...

New South Wales, Australia

Laid out within a bushland setting in the hills above Narrabeen, the course at Monash Country Club is named after Sir John Monash, a famous military commander in World War I, and it has recently been renovated by Bob Harrison and James Wilcher.

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Officially opened in 1928, Pymble Golf Club’s 18-hole course was designed by Dan Soutar and Carnegie Clark and refashioned twenty-five years later by Eric Apperley when additional land was acquired, allowing three of the original holes to be eliminated at the expense of more favourable hole locations.

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Configured with six par threes, six par fours and six par fives, the course at Ocean Shores Country Club is an early 1970s Bruce Devlin and Robert von Hagge co-design where water comes into play at many of the holes.

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The Castle Hill Country Club lies in the northwest Sydney suburb of Baulkham Hills and the 18-hole layout here is a high calibre private member's course...

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Eric Apperly designed the course at Duntryleague Golf Club in the mid-1930s when the property was acquired from the local diocese of the Catholic Church. The original manor house still serves as the clubhouse, complete with rooms used for guest accommodation.

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Founded in 1899 as The Lindfield Golf and Recreation Club, Killara Golf Club started out with a makeshift 9-hole course. Additional land purchased down the years then helped fashion the 18-hole course now operating within 125 acres of prime parkland.

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Located north of Melbourne on the Murray River, Cobram Barooga Golf Club is a 36-hole operation featuring the Old course and newer West course. The club offers extensive stay and play packages for visiting golfers using the on-site facilities.

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Another quality layout from the design studio of Graham Marsh, Twin Creeks Golf & Country Club is a private member course within a rural residential development...

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The 18-hole Hilltop course at Mollymook Golf Club is a tough test – carved from native bush with water in play at nearly half the holes – and it’s complemented by a short 9-hole course overlooking Mollymook Beach.

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Lakeside Golf Club Camden was formed in 1993, when Peter Thomson fashioned the links-style layout. To keep pace with modern golfing developments, the club embarked on an ambitious 3-year course renovation program at the start of 2016.

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One of two impressive 18-hole layouts at the 45-hole Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort, the Murray course lies to the west of a sprawling 500-acre residential property, next to the flowing waters of the Murray River.

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Opened in 2008, the Investa Property Group’s resort course at Kooindah Waters Golf Club is located near Lake Tuggerah and the layout is marketed as a central component of an ambitious residential development.

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Geoff and Ted Parslow laid out the East course at Rich River Golf Club in 1985. Peter Thomson installed quite a few pot bunkers in the late 1990s before Ross Perrett developed a master plan for the club.

New South Wales, Australia

Tocumwal Golf & Bowls Club offers golfers two 18-hole championship layouts; the 6272-metre Captains course relies on water for much of its strategic challenge, whilst the shorter Presidents course is a tighter test, featuring tree-lined fairways and deep bunkers.

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Situated close to Mount Warning National Park, the course at Murwillumbah Golf Club has been operating in recent years under the watchful eye of architect Richard Chamberlain, who drew up a master plan for the club in 2012.

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The Tuncurry course at Forster Tuncurry Golf Club is a mid-1980s Kel Nagle and Mike Cooper co-design that was literally hewn from the seaside bush. With Banksia and Tea Tree plants lining the fairways, it’s renowned as a testing track.

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First opened for play in 1952, the course at Belmont Golf & Bowls is draped across a very scenic strip of land between Lake Maquarie and the Pacific Ocean, where sandy soiled fairways overlook a two-kilometre beach frontage.

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Coolangatta and Tweed Heads Golf Club lies on the banks on the Tweed River, close to where it empties into the Pacific Ocean, and it manages two highly regarded 18-hole public access courses, the West and the River.

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The 18-hole golf course at Tallwoods was the work of the North American Hurdzan-Fry design practice and it weaves in and out of a substantial residential estate...

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Port Macquarie Golf Club moved to its present location in 1953, when six holes were brought into play. Another five holes quickly followed but it wasn’t until 1967 that the club had a full 18-hole layout in operation.

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Situated within a forest of blue gum, blackbutt and turpentine trees just off the M2 motorway in the northwest of Sydney, Pennant Hills Golf Club was founded in 1923, which makes it the fourth oldest club in the city still playing at the same location.

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The Gangurru course at Riverside Oaks is the club’s original layout and it’s the very competent understudy to the highly rated Bungool layout. Undoubtedly one of the country’s best public access layouts, Gangurru has recently upped its game following a bunker refurbishment programme.

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The course at Cromer Golf Club dates back more than ninety years, with Deputy Premier E.A. Buttenshaw hitting the first tee shot on 8th June 1929. Interestingly, the name of the club at that time was Dee Why Golf Links. Within three years, eighteen holes were in play.

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In 1971, sixty-seven years after it was formed, Liverpool Golf Club moved to its present site at Lansvale. Bob Green set out the course on moderately undulating land close to Prosper Creek, with water in play at many of the holes.

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Nestled alongside the meandering Murray River, the course at Coomealla Golf Club has several holes where out of bounds is defined by the flowing waters of the river. It also features a rather tantalising par three to finish the round at the 18th.

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Situated just a few blocks inland from Manly’s famous white sandy beach, Manly Golf Club has been in operation for over a hundred years, celebrating its centenary in 2003.

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Thurgoona Country Club Resort offers a championship-standard layout measuring 6,372 metres from the rear markers, featuring tree-lined Santa Ana couch fairways and bent grass greens.

New South Wales, Australia

Former Australian Amateur champion Kevin Hartley fashioned the Captains course in the early 1990s. Routed on the eastern edge of the property, there are a few water hazards to avoid on this layout.

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The West course at Rich River Club is a Geoff and Ted Parslow co-design from the late 1970s. They then returned in the mid-1980s to complete a second 18-hole layout at the club, the East.

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One of two well-regarded 18-hole layouts at Cobram Barooga Golf Club, the West course features fabulous couch-grassed fairways lined by gum trees and beautiful bent grass greens, where holes are a little more open than those on the Old course.

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Carnegie Clark laid out the original 9-hole course at Coffs Harbour Golf Club in 1940. Nowadays, this 27-hole facility allows for three different 18-hole configurations, with holes 1-9 and 10-18 (“The Lakes”) forming the preferred layout for many.

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Dubbo Golf Club’s 27-hole golf complex lies close to the meandering Macquarie River, with Golf Links Creek running through the property. As there’s so much water around, it’s no surprise to discover there’s a bit of an aquatic theme to playing holes 10 to 18 on the Delroy layout.

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Host venue for the 1963 Australian PGA Championship, Oatlands Golf Club was formed in 1931 when Rupert Black (who assisted Alister MacKenzie during his earlier Australian visit, according to the club) laid out the original incarnation of the club’s course.

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Situated outside Primbee, on the northern spit that separates Lake Illawarra and the Pacific Ocean, the course at Port Kembla Golf Club has recently introduced a large-scale water management system to provide ideal playing conditions all year round.

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Brighton Lakes Recreation & Golf Club (formerly New Brighton Golf Club) has had its course altered twice in modern times due to road works and housing developments and on both occasions architect Bob Harrison has stepped in to reconfigure a new 18-hole layout for the club.

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Cabramatta Golf Club was formed in 1947, with Eric Apperly setting out the club’s original 18-hole course. Craig Parry was recently engaged to revitalize the course and recommend improvements, especially for the three-hole section starting at the 10th.

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Founded in 1927, Carnarvon Golf Club moved to a new location in 1933 before decamping to its current premises just after World War II. Arthur East designed the club’s 18-hole layout which opened in 1949 after a 2-year build.

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Set out on 190 rolling acres in Pitt Town, less than an hour’s drive out of Sydney, the course at Lynwood Country Club is a Graham Papworth links-like layout which is complemented by a classical, colonial-style clubhouse.

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Wollongong Golf Club dates back to 1897 when a 9-hole links course was brought into play. There have been many changes since then, but today’s course still plays in a links-like style along the popular Illawarra coastline where Ross Watson is engaged with ongoing course improvements.

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Co-designed by Frank Phillips and Bill Dunk, the course at Mount Broughton Golf & Country Club is a mid-1990s design. Fairways are routed around natural waterways and three of the holes on the back nine are bounded by a railway line.

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Designed by Peter Thomson and Michael Wolveridge, opening for play in 1982, the course at Tura Beach Country Club was the first residential golf facility to open in New South Wales and it's since been a regular host for interstate, regional and district tournaments.

New South Wales, Australia

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.

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The Lake course is the slightly shorter 18-hole Peter Thomson-designed layout at the 45-hole Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort where lovely views over Lake Mulwala mirror the water hazards which form an integral part of the course design.

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Laid out within a sandy site atop the coastal cliffs that lie midway between Sydney and Newcastle, the course at Shelley Beach Golf Club is an Al Howard design from 1957 which used to be known as Tuggerah Lakes.

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Moss Vale Golf Club dates back to 1902 but the course is actually a Carnegie Clark design from 1936. Tree-lined fairways are routed around Whites Creek, which comes into play on twelve different occasions during a round here.

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Laid out within a compact 90-acre property near the centre of town, the tree-lined fairways at Commercial Albury Golf Club have been in operation since the club was founded in 1901. Unusually, a round starts here with consecutive par fives.

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Hidden away in the middle of southwest Sydney’s Milperra industrial area, on the edge of George’s River, you’d be forgiven for overlooking Bankstown Golf Club, but that would be a mistake as this urban, tree-lined, member-designed layout is a veritable golfing oasis.

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Cumberland Country Golf Club has taken great care in recent years to develop its irrigation system to the extent that it can now ensure pristine playing conditions no matter how tough drought conditions become during any given year.

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From its humble beginnings when a rudimentary 9-hole sand scrape course opened in 1903, it took another fifty years before Corowa Golf Club had grass greens and tees. Today the thriving 27-hole facility even sports a 58-seat boutique cinema.

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Laid out on Stuart Island, close to where the Nambucca River spills into the Pacific Ocean, the fairways at Nambucca Heads Island Golf Club occupy just about every available square metre of a compact 80-acre coastal property.

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The small town of Narrendera lies close to the Murrumbridgee River, in the Riverina region of New South Wales. The golf course is located in very pleasant surroundings inside a cypress pine plantation on the northern outskirts of the town.

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Located a 45-minute drive from Sydney city centre, the course at Penrith Golf Club extends to 6,247 metres from the back markers, with couch fairways and bent/poa greens arranged as two returning nines on a hundred and fifty acres of gently undulating terrain.

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Opened as a recreational facility for staff working at Prince Henry Hospital in 1922, the course at The Coast Golf Club fell into a state of disrepair before it was brought back to life at the start of the 1970s.

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Occupying a compact property of no more than 85 acres close to the Murray River, the 18-hole layout at the Howlong Golf Resort is set out on very flat terrain, making it an easy walk for golfers.

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In the 1950s, the property became the Catalina Estate, named after the flying seaplanes that the owner used to fly guests into the premises from Sydney, then Al Howard doubled the size of the course to eighteen holes during the 1960s. A third nine was introduced in the 1980s.

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Byron Bay Golf Club lies close to Cape Byron Lighthouse, the most easterly point in Australia. In 1983, the original 9-hole course was doubled in size and it’s been described as “the best kept secret on the North Coast of NSW”.

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Coolangatta & Tweed Heads Golf Club is the original Gold Coast golfing destination with a rich tournament pedigree including the World Senior Match Play. The West course is a tad longer and tighter than its River cousin and it’s enjoying a renaissance since recent upgrades to bunkers and greens.

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Originally branded as Shellharbour Links when it opened in 2004, this Scott Murray-designed course became The Links Shell Cove four years later. Architect Richard Chamberlain and contractor Darby Muller have since carried out a substantial bunker renovation.

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Established in 1906, the course at Mudgee Golf Club occupies an area of just over 100 acres on the outskirts of town, where tree-lined holes are set out on relatively flat terrain, making it an easy walk in the park for golfers.

New South Wales, Australia

Records suggest that golf was first played in the Queanbeyan area in 1896, but the course in play today at Queanbeyan Golf Club is an early 20th century “home grown” creation which has gone from strength to strength in recent times, hosting numerous territory tournaments.

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Local golf enthusiasts originally formed Hawks Nest Golf Club and the club is run on a non-profit basis. The course is routed across sandy land and is situated in the Great Lakes region of NSW.

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Eastlake Golf Club is one of Sydney’s genuinely unheralded layouts which lies in the shadows of a trio of highly ranked sandbelt courses. Laid out on two narrow strips of sandy ground, Eastlake has recently polished its golfing offering and it’s now set to be a NSW golfing force to be reckoned with.

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Golf was played in Blackheath over a hundred years ago on the site of the Memorial Park. Nowadays, the 18-hole layout at Blackheath Golf & Community Club occupies a property that was once a 9-hole course for a guest house known as "Belvedere".

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Dating as far back as 1921, Long Reef Golf Club lies within the Northern Beaches coastal suburbs. Originally designed by Dan Soutar and reconstructed by Eric Apperly after the ravages of the Second World War, Peter Thomson described Long Reef as “the best site of any golf course in Sydney.”

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Situated minutes away from Sydney’s Central Business District, Moore Park Golf Course has been the uninterrupted home of public golf in this city since it was founded by Scottish immigrants Duncan and Charlie McMillan in 1907.

New South Wales, Australia

Founded in 1931, Strathfield Golf Club embarked on a major renovation project for the course in 2016, bringing in Golf by Design’s Jim Wilcher to rebuild new greens and tee boxes, install new bunkers and improve playing corridors.

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Situated in the heart of the Blue Mountains, the course at Wentworth Falls Country Club is a Dan Soutar design which began in 1916 as a 9-hole layout. Eight of these original holes still feature in the modern day 18-hole course.

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Originally known as Tomaree Golf Links when the club was formed with a 9-hole course in the early 1960s, the sub-tropical Nelson Bay Golf Club has developed down the years into a well-regarded 27-hole facility with the most compelling of the three 9-hole loops appearing at holes 10-18.

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Formed in 1965, Pambula-Merimbula Golf Club had a 9-hole course in operation within twelve months but it took until 1979 before an 18-hole layout with grass greens was in play. A decade later, a third nine was added to cope with demand.

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The front nine tree-lined fairways at Mona Vale Golf Club are set away from the coast, with the more open back nine routed closer to the shoreline, where fresh ocean breezes can exert an influence on these links-like holes.

New South Wales, Australia

Bermagui Country Club offers a wide range of leisure pursuits; including tennis, croquet, fishing and bowls. And for golf-minded members, they enjoy the use of an 18-hole layout regarded as one of the sporting gems on the Sapphire Coast.

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Nestled in the heart of the Eurobodalla Coast, between the mountains and the seaboard, the Moruya Golf Club course lies inside the Moruya Showgrounds, occupying around 90 of the 110 available acres.

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Warringah Golf Club started out in 1935 with a modest 9-hole course at North Manley which has developed into a popular and not too taxing 18-hole parkland test that measures a little less than 5,500 yards from the tips.

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Set within the famous Hunter Valley vineyard region, the Richard Mercer-designed Hunter Valley course is the main sporting attraction at the Rydges Resort Hunter Valley resort facility, where holes are routed around several attractive water features.

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Forster Tuncurry Golf Club’s original layout at Forster is the one that most travelling golfers overlook. The 1950 9-holer was designed by A.W. East from Sydney, another couple of holes were added in 1952 then additional land was secured to extend the Forster seaside course to a full eighteen holes in 1970.

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First opened for play in 1919, the 5406-metre course at Bowral Golf Club has undergone a number of modifications down the years but the one constant factor regarding this 18-hole layout is that it still retains its old-fashioned out-and-back routing.

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The 18-hole layout at cluBarham Golf and Sports is a Ross Watson redesign, with a number of the tree-lined holes routed around Hudson Creek as it meanders through the property.