Victoria

Victoria, Australia

The West course at Royal Melbourne Golf Club is generally acknowledged as the best course in Australia and one of Doctor Alister MacKenzie's finest designs.

Victoria, Australia

Kingston Heath Golf Club pushes Royal Melbourne – and in some opinions exceeds it – as the premier course in Australian golf.

Victoria, Australia

There's fantastic variety on the Peninsula Kingswood North course - good elevation changes, interesting turns and irregular greens and recent renovations have elevated the course to a completely new level.

Victoria, Australia

There is clearly something about Victoria Golf Club that renders it even better than the sum of its very impressive parts.

Victoria, Australia

While it does not quite offer the grand theatre of the West, Royal Melbourne's East is still a fantastic golfing experience and holds its own versus all other courses in the Melbourne area.

Victoria, Australia

Right from the start the vistas are spectacular at The National Golf Club's Gunnamatta layout (formerly the Ocean course), with wonderful views over Bass Strait and most of the peninsula’s linksland.

Victoria, Australia

Seven Australian Opens, five Australian PGAs and ten other professional tournaments have been hosted at the Metropolitan Golf Club.

Victoria, Australia

The Mornington Peninsula could easily be one long stretch of golf holes and it must have been a challenge for the architects to decide on their routing plan for The National Golf Club's Moonah course.

Victoria, Australia

St Andrews Beach was Tom Doak’s first Australian mainland ensemble and his collaboration with former European Tour player turned golf course designer Mike Clayton opened for play in 2004 to a considerably loud fanfare of trumpets.

Victoria, Australia

The Old was naturally the first course to be laid out here at The National Golf Club. The Old was designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. in 1988 and its set on undulating slightly hilly ground which allows for stunning coastal views.

Victoria, Australia

The atmosphere is fresh and rustic at The Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club and the courses are set at a little elevation so the sea can be spotted from a few points.

Victoria, Australia

Although not as well known internationally as Royal Melbourne, Kingston Heath or Victoria, nearby Woodlands Golf Club is one of the great charms of the Sandbelt courses.

Victoria, Australia

Cathedral Lodge Golf Club was developed by investment banker and former Essendon Football Club President David Evans as a high-end private facility with an exclusive membership of fewer than two hundred golfers.

Victoria, Australia

The accent is very much on novelty and variation at the Dunes Golf Links, so the golfer will be asked to perform many direction changes, cope with side hill lies and fire to hill top greens.

Victoria, Australia

Unlike most of its peers in the Sandbelt, at Yarra Yarra Golf Club there is a distinct shift in scene and strategy between the two nines.

Victoria, Australia

Barwon Heads Golf Club was founded in 1907 in Geelong and was initially a nine-hole links on land north of the village of Barwon Heads.

Victoria, Australia

Commonwealth Golf Club is a close neighbour of The Metropolitan and Yarra Yarra Golf Clubs, the three forming private golfing oases in modern Melbourne’s southward suburbs.

Victoria, Australia

The Beach course at 13th Beach Golf Links is as accomplished an offering as Tony Cashmore’s previous work at The Dunes, across the water near Portsea.

Victoria, Australia

At the end of 2020, Lonsdale Links re-opened after an extensive re-design by OCM, the design company of Geoff Ogilvy, Mike Cocking and Ashly Mead. Five new holes were added on new land to the southwest of the old course, with a new clubhouse built close to where the old 1st green once was.

Victoria, Australia

The Legends course at Moonah Links may be more forgiving than its neighbour but it still presents a stiff test to golfers of all abilities.

Victoria, Australia

Port Fairy Golf Links co-hosts (along with nearby Warrnambool Golf Club) a very popular annual 36-hole amateur championship, the Shipwreck Coast Golf Classic...

Victoria, Australia

Portsea Golf Club is a charming, historic, local golf club near the sea. Although short by modern championship standards, the visitor will enjoy a full and testing experience.

Victoria, Australia

Home to Golf Australia (formerly the AGU), the Open at Moonah Links is a championship course built and prepared for national competition...

Victoria, Australia

Spring Valley Golf Club is situated in the centre of the Melbourne sandbelt, but this course doesn’t quite have the same rolling topography of other, higher ranked courses in the area...

Victoria, Australia

Where Huntingdale Golf Club has really made its mark on the Australian golf scene is its annual hosting of the Australian Masters.

Victoria, Australia

Located on the southern edge of the Melbourne Sandbelt at the gateway to the scenic Mornington Peninsula, Long Island Country Club is one of Victoria’s hidden gems...

Victoria, Australia

The Creek course at 13th Beach Golf Links is the result of collaboration between Tony Cashmore and Sir Nick Faldo...

Victoria, Australia

Situated on the Bellarine Peninsula, just over an hour’s drive from downtown Melbourne, the sandy soiled fairways at Curlewis Golf Club overlook the sparkling waters of Corio Bay.

Victoria, Australia

The Sanctuary Lakes Resort is situated in the Point Cook district of Melbourne and it’s a grand scale residential golf project set out on property that was formerly used to produce salt commercially.

Victoria, Australia

Rebranded as Sandy Golf Links, Sandringham Golf Course is owned by Bayside City Council and leased and operated by Sandringham Golf Links Management. Its extensive makeover was carried out by OCM, the design company that comprises Geoff Ogilvy, Mike Cocking and Ashley Mead.

Victoria, Australia

RACV Healesville Country Club nestles in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, on the edge of the Yarra Valley, and the course itself is routed over fairly undulating terrain.

Victoria, Australia

Laid out near the tip of the Mornington Peninsula, the course at Sorrento Golf Club is one of the oldest in the area and its hilly, sand-based fairways are set within densely forested terrain...

Victoria, Australia

Just over a decade after Sam Berriman laid out a course for the members at Huntingdale in 1941, he was appointed to design the 18-hole layout at Cranbourne Golf Club.

Victoria, Australia

The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria’s resort golf course at Cape Schanck is located on the southernmost tip of the Mornington Peninsula, where the Bass Strait meets the tidal bay of Western Port...

Victoria, Australia

The doors to Ranfurlie Golf Club's course first opened in 2002 and its generally wide, open fairways were the perfect foil for the tighter, tree-lined holes on the older Amstel Park course, which closed in 2016.

Victoria, Australia

Opened for play in June 2015 and designed by Peter Thomson and Ross Perrett, the course at Black Bull Golf Club forms an integral part of the Silverwoods Golf & Lifestyle Resort.

Victoria, Australia

Settlers Run Golf & Country Club opened in 2007 and it's the latest course in the Cranbourne area which is at the centre of a 500-home residential estate that Greg Norman’s golf and property company helped to establish...

Victoria, Australia

Founded back in 1896, The Eastern Golf Club relocated twice before settling on a site just outside Yering, in the Yarra Valley, where Greg Norman fashioned 27 new holes for the members in 2016.

Victoria, Australia

The 36-hole Rosebud Country Club has been a golfing destination on the Mornington Peninsula since the early 1960s. Towering pine trees frame the fairways on the North course, where the Australian PGA Championship was held back in 1976.

Victoria, Australia

The course at Horsham Golf Club once had the reputation as a tight track with tall, mature pine trees lining the secluded fairways but a fire in February 2009 destroyed many of the trees...

Victoria, Australia

The Heritage Golf and Country Club was where the first private Nicklaus-designed Australian golf course, St John, was opened in 2001.

Victoria, Australia

Due to the development of the Eastern Freeway during the 1960s, the course at Kew Golf Club underwent a couple of major revisions so that the Yarra River and Glass Creek now come into play at a number of the holes.

Victoria, Australia

The course at Yering Meadows Golf Club (formerly Croydon Golf Club) is laid out at the foot of the Dandenong Ranges on land that was once a flood plain used for cattle grazing.

Victoria, Australia

Shepparton Golf Club began with a course of “nine sandscrape holes” in 1922. Additional land was secured over the following four decades, allowing Sam Berriman to set out the club’s present course on a 136-acre site in the late 1950s.

Victoria, Australia

The well-planned course at Warrnambool Golf Club was laid out behind a tertiary dune system, in 1926, to a classic design by George Lowe Jr.

Victoria, Australia

The North was the first of the two golf courses to open in 2004 at the Sandhurst Club and it’s characterised by large, undulating greens that demand full concentration all the way round.

Victoria, Australia

The Frankston Golf Club, which has gone by several names over the past 100 years including “The Little Course”, “The Millionaires” and the currently preferred “Little Frankston”, was laid out in 1913 after a group of golfing enthusiasts bought 246 acres of gently undulating land and sandy soil to build a course.

Victoria, Australia

Alex Russell designed the course at Riversdale Golf Club and the club organized a match in 1930 to celebrate the official opening.

Victoria, Australia

Eynesbury is yet another modern golf course to arrive on the Australian golfing scene from the critically acclaimed Graham Marsh design studio.

Victoria, Australia

The 18 holes at the exclusive Capital Golf Club lie less than a mile to the east of the top ranked Kingston Heath Golf Club and they form the ultra-private golfing playground of Lloyd J Williams...

Victoria, Australia

A game at Keysborough Golf Club begins gently with two par fives and the doglegged routing of these holes is repeated many times during the round...

Victoria, Australia

Part of the Sands Torquay Golf Club and residential development lies on the site of the old Torquay Tip and the reclamation of this wasteland resulted in the construction of the 18-hole Sands course in 2004.

Victoria, Australia

The Henley course at Heritage Golf & Country Club is laid out around wetlands on the floodplain of the Yarra River, featuring deep and menacing flash-faced bunkers and contoured greens...

Victoria, Australia

Since the 1980s, Box Hill Golf Club has managed to purchase land previously leased from several local authority utilities, allowing it to create a couple of new holes (the 15th and 16th) and redevelop a few others (holes 13, 14, 17 and 18).

Victoria, Australia

Moving to its present location in the early 1960s, Lakes Entrance Golf Club gradually transformed a rather bleak, swampy area covered in coastal banksias, wattle and tea tree into the splendid 18-hole layout that’s in play nowadays.

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Portarlington Golf Club celebrated its centenary in 2009 and the club has occupied its existing site overlooking Port Phillip Bay since moving from the old Racecourse Reserve in 1937. Architect Tony Cashmore has been advising at the club since 1996.

Victoria, Australia

Located just a 90-minute drive from Melbourne, the golf course at Torquay RACV occupies a prime coastal position beside Jan Juc Beach, featuring wide-open couch fairways, fescue rough, wetland areas and fantastic ocean views.

Victoria, Australia

Not quite in the same league as the very top courses in the Sandbelt, Southern Golf Club is still a fine test of golf with a reputation for excellent conditioning.

Victoria, Australia

Formed in 1895, Ballarat Golf Club acquired additional land to construct new holes in 2009. As some of the original layout remains in use, the club claims to still play on the site of the oldest 18-hole course in Australia.

Victoria, Australia

The course at Berwick Montuna Golf Club has its origins in the late 1920s, when it was built on the Luke estate by two of the owner’s sons. Today, the layout extends to 5,006 metres, featuring just one par five and ending with a par three hole.

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The original 9-hole course at Anglesea Golf Club was designed by Vern Morcom in 1953, with another nine added eight years later. When a further 82 acres were acquired, Gus Jackson and Jock Whillans redesigned the new layout in 1968.

Victoria, Australia

Situated within a 120-acre property on top of red limestone cliffs just outside Paynesville, with glorious views across Eagle Point Bay to the north, the course at Bairnsdale Golf Club hosts many district events and is a well-regarded venue for the annual Bairnsdale Pro-Am tournament.

Victoria, Australia

Situated fifty kilometres north of Melbourne city centre, the Club Mandalay Golf Course is a modestly contoured Peter Thomson design which was converted into a championship layout from rather flat, featureless grazing farmland.

Victoria, Australia

Gardiners Run Golf Course is set in the Yarra Valley, nestled in a pleasantly undulating landscape on the site of an old quarry. Architecturally crafted by Pacific Coast Design to fully utilise the property’s subtle contours, it’s a fun, member-friendly layout.

Victoria, Australia

Kooringal Golf Club started out with a 9-hole layout in 1947 but Vern Morcom extended this to eighteen holes five years later. The layout underwent a $1 million renovation by Craig Parry early in the new millennium.

Victoria, Australia

Leongatha Golf Club was formed in 1901, but today’s course is situated midway between Leongatha and the coastal town of Inverloch. Vern Morcom (son of Mick Morcom) fashioned the layout from native bushland in the late 1950s and it’s a Victorian Gippsland delight.

Victoria, Australia

Situated on Swan Island, a sand barrier island at the eastern end of the Bellarine Peninsula, the course at Queenscliff Golf Club is leased from the Defence ministry, which operates a training facility next to the 18-hole layout.

Victoria, Australia

Every hole on the Champions at the Sandhurst Club is dedicated to a former Australian PGA Champion and there’s a plaque beside every tee with a brief career history of the golfer concerned.

Victoria, Australia

Surrounded on two sides by the Yarra River and with five billabongs on the property, the course at Latrobe Golf Club is an easy walk, with fairways laid out on river flats that display only subtle land movement alongside the natural water features.

Victoria, Australia

Located just over a kilometre from the Murray River, the Mildura Golf Resort course was created on a red sand base so drainage is never an issue on this layout, Extending to 6,014 metres from the back tees, the course plays to a par of 72.

Victoria, Australia

Opened for play in 2004, the Growling Frog Golf Course was Graham Marsh’s first design in Victoria. Fairways are routed around mature River Red Gum trees within an expansive 300-acre property that offers spectacular views of the Dividing Ranges.

Victoria, Australia

The cliff top course at Flinders Golf Club was one of few golfing layouts that Alister MacKenzie advised on during his famous visit to Royal Melbourne in 1926 and today’s short par four 4th is a direct result of his recommendations.

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Rosebud Country Club operates two 18-hole courses, the North (comprising the Green and Red nines) and South (using the Blue and Yellow nines) but the returning 9-hole circuits can also be combined to form alternative East and West courses.

Victoria, Australia

Established in 1904, Mornington Golf Club moved from its first location at Tanti Creek to Mornington Racecourse in 1925. Sixteen years later, it relocated again to a 9-hole private course at the Dava Lodge Guesthouse.

Victoria, Australia

The 18-hole layout at Patterson River Country Club is a Phil Ryan redesign of an old Gordon Oliver course which dated back to 1925. A large lake was excavated and dozens of non-indigenous trees were replaced during the new build.

Victoria, Australia

Frank Lennox, the first curator of Victoria Golf Club, designed the 9-hole layout for Cheltenham Golf Club in 1930. Featuring couch fairways and bentgrass greens, this is a tight little tree-lined track that offers a true test of golf.

Victoria, Australia

Eagle Ridge Golf Course is extensively landscaped, featuring waterfalls, ornamental lakes and beach bunkers. It’s a resort-style championship track famed for its spectacular par three holes, especially the 170-metre 6th, which plays to a two-tiered green.

Victoria, Australia

Architect Graham Papworth redesigned the original course at Geelong Golf Club after a lengthy closure at the start of the new millennium. Today, this 9-hole layout is routed around a substantial residential development with fairways weaving between large clusters of housing.

Victoria, Australia

Designed by Gordon Oliver, the course at Green Acres Golf Club was officially opened by Sir Dallas Brooks in 1950. Fairways are laid out alongside the meandering Yarra River, with natural billabongs coming into play at several holes.

Victoria, Australia

Opened for play in the Yarra Valley in 1928, the course at Heidelberg Golf Club now features fairways that were converted to Santa Ana couch in 2010. Along with bent grass greens, these playing surfaces are as good as it gets.

Victoria, Australia

Lang Lang Golf Club was formed in 1925, moving to a number of different locations before finally arriving at its current premises in 1960. Professionals George Naismith and Bill Walker designed the layout, charging the club nothing for their efforts.

Victoria, Australia

Mount Derrimut Golf & Community Club, previously known as the Sunshine Golf Club, relocated to its current site in 2007. Craig Parry and Pacific Coast Design laid out the new course, retaining many historical walls and buildings on the property.

Victoria, Australia

Positioned in the Bayside suburb of Aspendale, the course at Rossdale Golf Club was originally designed by Ivo Whitten for the Australasian Golf Club in the 1920s. When this club dissolved, Rossdale took over the property in 1949.

Victoria, Australia

Vern Morcom designed the course for Rosanna Golf Club when it moved to its current location in the early 1960s. Mike Clayton has since upgraded the layout; reconstructing tees, greens and bunkers, as well as altering the par on several holes.

Victoria, Australia

The first official competition at Clifton Springs Golf Club was held on the original 9-hole layout in 1909. Ownership of the 18-hole course transferred to the local council during the 1970s and the club now operates under a lease agreement.

Victoria, Australia

Municipal golf was established in Frankston around 1938 but the local authority decided to relocate this public facility to outside the Melbourne suburb in 1975, going on to rename the layout Centenary Park Golf Course in 1986.

Victoria, Australia

Formerly known as the Essendon Club, which came into being in 1896, the club moved to the present 141-acre site, a few miles north at Glenroy, in 1912 and was renamed, Northern Golf Club.

Victoria, Australia

Officially opened for play in April 2006, the 18-hole layout at Waterford Valley Golf Club lies within a substantial residential development that impacts the routing most on the front nine.

Victoria, Australia

The course at Werribee Park Golf Club is a mid-1970s design from Kevin Hartley who said: “while various hole arrangements were considered, the best in my view was the one that exists today. The only arguable shortcoming is that hole 18 is short.”

Victoria, Australia

Formerly known as Rosebud Park Public Golf Course, Bay Views Golf Course was given a significant new millennium facelift by Peter Thomson and Ross Perrett, with holes 11 to 13 in particular reworked by the architects.

Victoria, Australia

Designed by Tony Cashmore, the 18-hole layout at RACV Goldfields lies just a short drive north of Ballarat. Opened for play in 2015, this is a resort course where regular elevation changes put a premium on correct club selection.

Victoria, Australia

Known as the Wool Capital of the World, the rural town of Hamilton is located in the southwest of Victoria and the municipality's golf club (founded in 1896) claims to be the oldest in the state still playing along its original fairways.

Victoria, Australia

The Hidden Valley Resort’s 18-hole course is a Pacific Coast Design layout. Holes lie within a property that was once owned by the South African-born entrepreneur Robert Holmes à Court, with fairways weaving around large residential clusters.

Victoria, Australia

Developed on a 98-acre site next to the Maribyrnong River, the course at Medway Golf Club was unveiled in 1936, with Vern Morcom designing the layout for a private company that he and his father Mick were both directors of.

Victoria, Australia

Founded in 1900 to the west of the town at Warruk, Sale Golf Club moved in 1950 to its current location at Longford, overlooking the La Trobe River on the south side of Sale.

Victoria, Australia

Gisborne Golf Club moved in 1946 to “Brady’s Paddock,” where Vern Morcom set out a new 18-hole course for the club. Although major alterations were made to the layout in the late 1960s and early 1970s, thirteen of the original holes remain.

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Located near Mildura on the south bank of the Murray River, with tight, tree-lined fairways routed around natural billabongs, the course at the Riverside Golf Club extends to 5,831 metres from the back markers, playing to a par of 72.

Victoria, Australia

Situated just off the Mornington Peninsula Freeway, the Mount Martha Public Golf Course is configured as two returning nines, each playing to a par of 35, with only one par five on the front half and one par five on the back half.

Victoria, Australia

Surrounded on three sides by the Yarra River, the golf course at Yarra Bend was designed and built in the early 1930s by Mick Morcom, Vern Morcom and Claude Crockford. Recent bunker and tee renovations maintain its status as Melbourne’s top public track.

Victoria, Australia

Situated between Westerport Bay and Port Phillip Bay, the course at Devilbend Golf Club was developed in the early 1970s with fairways routed around an undulating landscape and water coming into play at several holes.