Rob Gibson

I was a member here for many years as a junior and young adult. I recently returned and played it for the first time since the renovation.The rerouting of the nines and turning the old 7th into the 18th has made for a dramatic improvement. The view from the outstanding new clubhouse down to the new 18th green is as good as you will see anywhere.Most of the changes I like. Turning the old 17th (now 8th) into a par 5 (formerly long par 4) and the old 18th (now the 9th) into a long par 4 (formerly short par 5) was a masterstroke by the design team.8 is now a great short par 5, played into a good driving area with a well placed bunker on the left, the second shot should you choose to go for it, is difficult as the green is built to receive a third shot, not a second shot. So only the high ball hitting low handicapped should really attempt to attack the 2nd shot. 9 is now a far better hole as a long par 4, the old par 5 finishing hole was ordinary at best.Negatively, I do think some of the new bunkering is overkill, and they took out some good ones. Some of the bunkers already make tight holes even tighter.The old 12th (now the 3rd is already a relatively long tight par 4, it didn’t need additional fairway traps, if anything it doesn’t need fairway bunkering at all. The play now is to bomb it out on to the fairway complex making up 1&amp;2, which is dangerous and probably unintended, but a far safer shot leaving an easier approach.The new 1st (old 10th) has had the trees taken out on the right, meaning you may aswell hit to the 2nd fairway to avoid the OB left. Too easy, and also presents danger with flying golf balls. 1/2/3 in reality is a poorly designed set of holes, albeit they don’t have a lot of space to work with. None the less, better could be done.The old 13th (now the 4th) has been shortened and had the huge bunkering removed from the right, those bunkers were atrocious so good riddance.The old 14th (now the 5th) is a good par 5, the tee shot remains similar with some decent bunker placing, and the redesigned green is 1000 times better than the old one.The old 15th (now 6th) is a far better hole now, the old green was poorly designed, the new one is much fairer.With how much money has been invested in the course, the old 16th (now 7th) is poor for being what’s meant to be a signature hole. There are many tee box choices and an interesting green, but it is shorter than its older design and in my opinion not as good of a hole. I also think with how much money was invested they could have brought the lake to then green edge, perhaps with some wooden boarding, a fountain, and made it a more attractive site.8/9 mentioned earlier.The new 10th (old 8th) has an improved green complex, with some of the tree clearing out once again, heading down the old 9th (now 11th) is an option.The old 9th (now 11th) is a tight driving hole that didn’t need new fairway bunkering in my opinion. Taking out the the 3 right greenside traps was maintenance no brainer, and the new green complex is good.The old 1st (now the 12th) has had 2 new fairway bunkers put in that I don’t think we’re overly necessary as it was already a tricky tee shot.The old 2nd (now 13) is beautiful right next to a horse stable that never used to be there. It’s a far easier hole now with the removal of significant bunkering, the bunkers were poor previously, but it has reduced it to to an easy hole.The old 3rd (now 14th) is a hole where I miss the old bunkering. The huge cavernous bunker that used to live right of the green and operate as a fairway trap also on the old 5th (16th) is gone. The native trees that lived inside it are still there, but I felt that was a beautiful feature that is now gone and it could have been built around better.The old 4th (now 15th) has added unnecessarily fairway bunkers, it was already a tricky iron lay up, and any approach to the back of this green is and always will be nasty, it didn’t need tricking up in my opinion.The old 5th (16) had the aforementioned bunker removed, but the new bunkering is good, both in the fairway and lay up area, and the green complex presents many interesting pins.17 (old 6th) has had all the bunkers removed! It used to be a sea of sand around this green, and to be honest I think it was better that way, and also safer as it stopped hooks off the old 5th tee running onto the green. Not sure about this at all.18 (the old 7th) is a brilliant finishing hole. A great short par 5. Mt Lawley’s 9th hole could learn a thing or two..Driver wedge, Hybrid hybrid, 4 iron 7 iron wedge, there are a million ways to play this excellent hole, and the changes that have been made are all good. Perhaps they could make the bunker left of the green a pond? It is lakelands after all and there is only 1 lake!If I were to move back to Perth, I’d definitely look to rejoin here (if they’d have me!! Long story haha). It’s always been a friendly members club, with a very working class membership base. It’s place in the rankings is only likely to rise.

The trilogy of the 3 W’s now complete, I still don’t think choosing 1 as the best of the 3 W’s is fair. I would need to play Woking again to make an informed decision as I played that a while ago!Played Worplesdon with old friends visiting the country and had a ripper of a day. 26 degrees and sunny, felt like I was back in Australia.The course with the recent heatwave is parched in many areas, to be expected, which no doubt takes away a few of the visual treats/fairway cuts, but the heather was still gently blooming and the green surrounds looking pure, the greens a little slow but probably being cut higher to prevent them burning in the heat. Tee boxes, some need a little levelling out, but the way they were cut was sheer golf porn!The course. Much like I find a lot in England, the par 3’s are often the stand out holes. As for the par 4’s, a criticism of Worplesdon is that they all are seemingly the same length at around 400y. What I would say about these par 4’s, despite being similar in length, it never felt repetitive, as the course makes you choose different clubs off the tee, leaving different yardages in. Only 1 long par 4 (which these days isn’t even long for a better player) and no driveable ones.The par 5’s at Worplesdon are member friendly, and would get eaten alive by top golfers. The only one which really presents genuine danger is 15. Having said that, they are all a lot of fun and have interesting quirks.Best holes for me, 1 is the perfect opening hole. It’s gentle but beautiful. Take whatever club you want off the tee really, it’s a wide fairway from an elevated tee. 5 is a risk reward par 4, where a long iron followed by a mid iron can secure a par fairly safely, but taking the corner on a touch can leave a much easier approach.6 is a very short par 5 but very well protected off the tee by bunkers, and then the approach to the green plays downhill to a front to back sloping green, an example of it being too short for a modern day par 5, but has some great quirks that once you’ve played it a few times, are fair and challenging in equal measure. There would not be many eagles to a front pin here!9 and 10 are secluded in a pine forest and both so pretty. 8 has water right and OB left, an accurate tee shot is crucial! Achieve that and a birdie chance awaits. As for 9, a short par 3 over water that isn’t really in play, to a 3 tiered monster green. A great example of a short par 3 still having plenty of defences.I read in the bio of the course on this site that 11 is a highly rated par 5. For me it is the weakest on the course. The drive is very wide, and the hole is short, and there’s not too much to trip you up at greenside where as the other 5’s all have some quirks. Just don’t go too far left on 11 and you’ll probably have a good look at birdie.12 is a great par 5 with excellently placed fairway bunkers, and the green is built into a hill, framing the hole very nicely.13 is my favourite par 3 on the course, a beautiful hole with a cavernous bunker guarding the front section of the green. Just a pretty golf hole. Don’t go long or you’ll be making bogey everytime!15 is a brilliant risk reward par 5, take driver and you must flirt with a very close OB to the right, and a cheeky little creek that starts around the 270y mark from the tee. For the low handicapped golfer, a 2i followed by a 3i will leave you with an excellent chance to pick up a shot. A simple 3 shotter for the mid handicap golfer - but what Worplesdon does is make the better golfer think. The course shouldn’t be overpowered, or it will bite you!Overall, the 3 W’s are all 4.5 balls. All are beautiful members courses that you absolutely should play, as they are just so enjoyable without being too difficult. But they are difficult enough for any readers of this site I assure you!Pictured: P3 13th Hole

I’ve played West Hill a few times now, and I enjoyed it very much both times. A very cool entrance right at a traffic intersection/railway - the membership base here also seemed very friendly on my first visit, which I believe was on Opening Night 2022. It didn’t feel in the slightest “snobby” or pretentious. Just a members club for those who love their golf.1 is a gentle opening par 4, framed by heather, a wide tee shot with a long iron for myself leaving a mid to short iron into a sloping green (a common West Hill theme)2 is a fairly straightforward par 4 also, you can take any club you want from the tee and leave yourself not too far into a generous, and flattish green, a birdie chance.3 is a strong 460y par 4 with a beautiful tee shot that calls for a draw over the mounds of heather, before an approach over the stream to another sloping green, 4 here is a great score.4 is arguably the pick of the short holes, requiring a long iron to a green sloping severely from right to left, don’t miss right under any circumstances, you won’t be making par!5 is a short par 5, and depending on the tee position it will make you think, even if they put the tees forward, you have to take less than driver to leave it short of the heather, to leave in a mid iron second down hill, to a green that slopes away from you. A great short hole that presents options, and you can try and bully it with driver if you wish/want to risk a heathery grave!6 is a strong par 4, a generous drive leaving a mid iron to a back to front sloping green.7 is a good par 3 with a massive green, this is one of the easier greens on the course to navigate, so a good iron will leave a birdie chance.8 is a very pretty tee shot! It’s also a birdie chance as you will have a short iron to receptive green, the bunker guarding the front leaves the green completely blind for your 2nd shot, but there’s plenty of room over it.9 is a gentle par 3 to finish, hole in 1 possibilities to a front pint under the tier! Going long here at any time will cause issues.10 is another beautiful elevated tee shot, with creeks either side of the fairway, and left just generally being lost ball country! Its a wide fairway though. It is a relatively flat green, and if you can bash away a good driver, a birdie is possible11 is a par 4 I haven’t figured out yet (some woeful tee shots) but it basically requires a long iron or fairway wood, and then a mid/long iron to a green that is blind from the fairway, and has some very interesting slopes to it. Personally, I think the green is poorly designed. I’m not sure about this hole, but it’s certainly quirky, and I’m sure it’s some peoples favourite!12 is a short 4 that is reachable off the tee even with 3 wood for some. As for me I have hit it in the Greenkeepers shed twice hahaha. A very nice short par 4 however where all the challenge is around the green. Many bunkers and a huge two tiered green.13 is a lovely little short 3. The OB is perilously close to the back of the green, don’t be sucked in! Basically if you’re long, you’re reloading. Errr on the short side always.14, ahhh, a very poor tee shot in my opinion. It’s got internal OB which is needed to stop people hitting it near the 12th green, and the 16th tee is also in a very dangerous spot, I’m sure there is a protocol where you have to wait for people on 16 before teeing off. This hole screams out that the architect ran out of room. Once you’ve negotiated the tee shot however, the 2nd shot is great. It is a tricky hole to make par! The weakest hole on the course easily.15 bounces back with a fabulous par 3, with another tricky segmented green, a precise mid to long iron must be hit here to avoid problems.16 is one of my favourite par 4’s on the course. It tempts you to take driver and fly the ravine in favourable conditions, but the smart play is to lay back with long iron, leaving a mid to short iron into a well protected green!17 is similar to 5 in that it’s a par 5 with a heather crossing that is meant to stop you hitting driver, but depending on conditions, driver can be taken and you can get to the 2nd part of the fairway, otherwise it’s 3 wood 2 iron to a straight forward green complex, missing left with the 2nd is better than right!Finally, 18 is the the cream of the crop, a long strong par 4 with a beautiful view of the clubhouse from the tee, heather to the right, and dense trees/shrub/the road to your left, if you don’t hit the fairway, play your second short, or your ball may end up in someone’s pint on the verandah! If you have the left miss, hole 18 will eat you alive from beginning to end!Overall, a great members course, not a championship test, but mind you at par 69, I believe the course record is 64, so don’t be fooled to think it’s easy! It’s not.

Woking is charming. The clubhouse is very understated, and sits next to the 14th/18th greens for prime heckling!The golf course is absolutely typically beautiful, and challenging in equal measure. You’re eased in with a gentle par 4 on the 1st and a good chance at a birdie. From there, the front 9 is a strong test of golf. I can’t remember the order of holes as I played it last year, but 2 is a strong par 4 up to the right, and 9 is a very difficult par 4 uphill to the left with a scary scary green complex! In between, there are a multitude of strong par 4’s, I believe it is 5 with a beautiful elevated tee shot and an incredible green complex, I also really like 3 alongside the railway line. It’s one of my favourite aspects of the heathland courses, the railway never seems too far away!The back 9 gets going properly with back to back par 5’s at 14/15, both great holes in their own right, with trouble if you can’t keep your ball in play (which I couldn’t that day!), I’m not a huge fan of 16 I must say, it felt a little out of place, but that’s me nitpicking. 18 is a nice short 4 to finish in front of the clubhouse.Haven’t played Worplesdon yet, but I can’t really choose between West Hill and Woking!

Wentworth West gets a bad rap from so many visitors, regularly hear people say the other 2 courses are better. Whilst I haven’t played the other 2, they’d want to be pretty special to beat the West Course.Got to play it with a German friend in June 2022, and it was in typically sublime condition. The best greens I’ve putted on in England, but so they should be with the underground heating system. They rolled true at about 11 on the stimp, and all of a sudden I learned how to putt again!As for the course, everyone probably knows all the holes so I need not say much more, although I believe from my experience watching on TV, they’ve cleared a lot of bushland and trees around 9/10 - I don’t believe you used to be able to see the railway line, now it’s extremely prominent, and also seems likely more heather will grow. So that was a neat touch!It doesn’t have a heap of memorable memorable holes Wentworth, it’s just a championship test in excellent condition. 8, 9, 10, 15, 17 & 18 are my personal favourites.Also, it doesn’t factor into my review, but the clubhouse is just other worldly. A1. What a world it must be to be a member there!

What a phenomenal golf course this is.So lucky to have played it on a beautiful sunny afternoon, and a gentle 1 club wind.This golf course is just fun, plain and simple. A low marker will have to plot his way around to score his best, and a higher marker will have ample opportunity to make rare birdies, and even eagles when the course is running and fast like it was today. I would rather be a member here than many bigger name courses.Special mention to the bunkering, the best I’ve seen in the UK, both in design and in sand quality. The traditional links pot bunkers with revetted faces are great, but they also utilise some more modern bunkering in places as well and it doesn’t look out of place at all. It all feels very natural, and the sand is beautiful. Consistent sand, you can flub and run it or spin it, and you can catch it clean out of the fairway traps if needed too.The four par 3 holes are wonderful. 2 stronger ones and 2 shorter ones, some fabulous green complexes, with a special mention to the 5th hole, a very long but narrow green with subtle roll offs everywhere, fabulous hole.The par 5 2nd is a little bit weak, but the other 2 par 5’s are brilliant risk reward. 7 if you hit the fairway you can cut the corner and go for the green in 2, but the tee shot is very well bunkered. 14 is a fabulous par 5, a hole that it’s useful to have played it first, as you can cut off far more of the corner off the tee if you wish, but it’s fraught with danger with a water farm up the entire left of the hole. The second shot if you go for the green is also brilliant risk reward, with a green that all funnels in but if you miss it, up and down will be very difficult, and the hazard cuts in on the left much more than it appears to from the view of the 2nd shot.The variety of the par 4s are excellent. Short medium and long. The picks of the bunch are the 6th a great longish par 4 with a creek crossing the hole 40 yards short of the green, and trouble all around the green, but if you hit a straightish shot everything feeds in from both sides. The 8th is a short par 4 where you could almost drive the green with the correct wind, but it’s a very high risk low reward play, best to hit a long iron and then face a 110y shot to a blind green, but where you can usually always see the top of the flag. 12 and 13 are probably the two best holes on the course, 12 a brutal 470y par 4, where hitting the fairway is a must to get a view of a green surrounded by huge dunes, a card wrecked if I’ve ever seen one. 13 is probably the signature hole, with a new tee installed with beautiful views over the Solent, and then a downhill second to a perched green, once again with remarkable views. A shortish par 4 but once again, a very intimidating hole.I would never tire of playing this course, it’s fair, it’s fun, the conditioning was lovely. First class!

This is a tricky course to rank at present because it is in the middle of a sizeable renovation. There is also talk of moving the clubhouse which may change the routing of some holes.The bunkers at the moment are almost guaranteed to ding your wedges as they have a lot of stones in them, so keep that in mind and maybe use some older wedges if you have them spare. There is also lots of GUR at the moment as trees/bush that have been cleared are not fully removed yet.£60 for a members guest felt a very steep for what is on offer at present, but ehhh, not important. Let’s talk about the course.Very hit and miss with holes for me, and some holes I dislike others will like and say have “character”, each to their own.I think the par 3’s here are excellent and varied. They all play in varied directions and varied distances, 1 & 3 feel like real heathland par 3’s, 1 an uphill mid to short iron and 3 is a bit of a monster up the hill! 7 is a beautiful short 3 which is more set in bushland - then on the back 9 you have the short 11th, which actually reminded me of the par 3 12th at Huntingdale in Victoria! 13 is a strong long downhill 3, and then 17 you play over one of the ravines with a mid iron. 6 really diverse excellent holes.Other good holes, 6 is a great risk reward short par 4, where you can whack driver towards a green surrounded by dense bush and a ravine, but the smart play is an iron and wedge. Beautiful looking hole too. 15 is a excellent strong uphill par 4 with a huge false front, and 16 might be my favourite hole on the course, a short par 5 where you can leave yourself a very short iron in if you use the slopes well, but the green is very well protected by bush and the ravine.Not so good holes, 8, look I enjoyed the challenge, but it’s a poor hole, and far too difficult for the average golfer let alone a decent player. You are near enough forced to hit a mid iron off the tee, and it’s a difficult one as it’s very uphill and blind. If you can’t hit it high, it’s a brutal tee shot, and then you’re left with a second shot with a long iron to a green you can not miss. It’s just an unfair golf hole in my opinion. I’m also not a fan of the par 5 12th, I just think having to hit a 6 iron off a or 5 tee is stupid. Some will hate that viewpoint, that’s just how I feel.Overall though, and enjoyable track worth playing for the great par 3’s alone!

One of Perth’s most underrated golf courses. What stands out about Wanneroo for me is that it’s Par 5’s aren’t particularly difficult or long, so you’ll always have opportunities, but Wanneroo’s par 4’s are some of the toughest in the state 5,6,7,12,13,17 & 18 all are very long for the average player, and medium long for the better player. Your ball-striking will be tested on this golf course!

I haven’t played this course since they changed 1 from a par 4 to a par 3, but I have played this course many many times in the Amateur Open event. Plenty of missed cuts I might add! A very tricky golf course, not my favourite layout but there are some good holes, like a lot of Perth, the standout feature of this golf course is its green sites, often prepared very fast, and missing in the wrong spots is penal. I’d play this over the Cut any day of the week, but not over Meadow Springs. A decent track.

A nice little country layout, if you happen to be in Collie or a nearby town, it’s definitely worth a play! Wouldn’t go too far out of my way though as there are at least 5 courses better in the SW wine region.

Another great country course in the Margaret River wine region, I put this slightly behind Bunbury and Busselton however. A slightly less memorable golf course with less standout holes, but having said that Capel is also much like the rest of the region, so well maintained by the greenstaff on a small budget no doubt. Kudos!

A lovely course in the Margaret River wine region, not the most spectacular layout, what is regularly spectacular are the condition of the greens. Some of best surfaces in the country on a very regular basis! Standout holes? I would go with 7/8/9 on the front 9, 3 dogleg rights in a row, with 7 a particularly tricky tee shot, and all 3 have devilish green complexes. Back 9 has some more memorable holes, with the 11th being an excellent risk reward par 4 with a narrow green, 12 a strong par 3 to a massive surface & some long challenging par 4’s at 14,15 & 18.If you’re in the region, this along with Bunbury, Capel and Margaret River are where I would be headed!

I’ve played here 3 times now, and today was probably the last time!A lovely clubhouse and good looking facility including a grass driving range, but it’s all downhill from there I’m afraid. I’ve never played this course in anything but poor condition, and it’s also a fairly forgettable layout. I normally remember every hole of every course I play, and there were multiple holes which I forgot even existed!2 is a good strong par 4, 7 is a nice short par 4 with a green framed by a nice wall feature, 12 is a great par 4 - the rest of the course is just so so forgettable, and for £60 it’s just not worth the money, and the greens and fairways were just dreadful today - and I’ve never seen them better than mediocre in general.

This golf course is just fun. Plain and simple!It is not a particularly difficult course, quite a few wide fairways, 5 of the 6 par 5’s are virtually par 4’s for the long hitter, but the brilliant set of par 3’s are up there with the best in the world, and the par 4’s are nice mix of lengths and you can hit driver just about everywhere, but sometimes strategy is needed too.This is a members course, there are no “Championship” tees, and by god if I had money/lived locally I’d join here in a heartbeat because I would never get bored playing this course.The beauty of the course is you can make multiple mistakes, but you never feel like you are out of it. You’re a good swing or two away from birdies and the odd eagle!Add to that, it is absolutely beautiful visually, tall striking pines lined by heather, and for March the conditioning was very good too. Can’t wait to play theBlue when I’m in town next.I want to give this 5 but flying in to play is probably a step too far, but is it one of the best in the region, absolutely, and probably the most fun. An overnight stop and play both courses and you’ll be as happy as larry!Personal favourite holes. 2 is a beautiful short uphill par 3, 4 is a strong par 4 that requires two very good shots to hit the green, miss the green left and double is your reward, 5 is a lovely downhill par 3, the front section of the green is blind from the tee. 6 is a great short par 4, cutting the corner is possible and you can just about drive the green, 7 is another fabulous par 3, with a huge green with multiple sections. 10 is a magnificent par 3 across a valley of heather, keep it left, and then try your best to 2 putt on this large green. 12 is a beautiful short uphill dogleg left par 4, 15 is my favourite of the short 5’s, with streams coming into play on both sides off the tee, one of the nicer tee shots on the course, 16 is a monster par 3, stay below the hole the green is severe, and 17 has an awesome second shot to an amphitheatre styled green.Overall though, I thought 18 was a touch forgettable, and the fairway on the par 5 13th punishes good shots off the tee a bit more than it should, but this is very much me nitpicking!Lovely place!

Played with a couple of PGA pro’s, as the amateur I had an £150 green fee to contend with, which for March is really quite steep in my opinion particularly for its moderate ranking in Surrey.We drove in to an empty club, and greeted by a lovely fella who I believe was the secretary, and a chap behind the bar who was also lovely. You can tell that when you come to this golf course as a guest you are paying for an experience.We were the only ones on the course for the first few hours of the day! Millionaires golf.Frosty morning so hard to get judge on the greens until the back 9 when the dew had gone. Greens just ok, not that quick, and not that true really. Not bad, but not good. It’s March so understandable, but if I’m paying top dollar I expect more. I played the Berkshire the day earlier and whilst still not perfect, as they probably won’t be in March, they were far nicer and quicker.As for the course, a very tough start on 1 and 2! Possibly even the two strongest par 4’s on the layout. Both great holes. The rest of the par 4’s are a good mix of medium length and short holes, accuracy definitely at a premium.The holes around 8-11 where they have done the clearing out of bushland to make a more open space feel in my opinion are better for it, and some of the rest of the course could use removing some dense bushland too, but that’s very much my taste, and might be completely against others!The one par 5 is very short and easy. The par 3’s on this golf course are its shining light, a great mix of holes. Really enjoyed them.The greens weren’t great, and neither were the fairways sadly.Bunkering superb.I feel like when it’s in A1 condition it would be a real gem, a very tricky little test. I do believe with the green fee you can go around twice though which would then make it value for money for sure.Overall, definitely worth a play or 2 if you’re in Surrey, I found Berkshire Red the day before easier, more fun, and better however, so this isn’t probably on my list for a return visit. But I did enjoy it!On the club side, I worry for a club like this in 20 years. I get the vibe it would be a very old and small Membership base here who probably pay very good money to keep the course as quiet and tranquil as it is, no doubt part of its charm, but in the future they may need to think about a change of club policy. It felt very exclusive, but not in a bad way. They may need to try and attract more members and green fee players in the future as the older generation won’t be around forever.

This whole facility is outstanding. The practice facilities are the best I have ever seen anywhere and the condition of them is as good as anywhere, the clubhouse is lovely, the outdoor seating overlooking 18 is fantastic. But we are here to rate the golf course! Firstly, the greens are phenomenal. As good as anything you will see in the world, true and super fast. I went off the pro tees, but there are 5 sets so you can easily choose an appropriate tee so this course can be thoroughly enjoyed by all.This is a second shot golf course. Unless you’re me hitting it sideways, the fairways are generally wide and accomodating bar maybe 11 & 17. The greens however are large and sloping, if you leave your shots on the wrong part of the green or miss the green short sided, you’re going to be in a world of hurt,1 - A medium length par 4, easy tee shot, easy second as long as you don’t short side yourself. They ease you into the course here nicely.2 - A strong par 3 with a massive green with a huge tier, note where the pin is to make an informed decision3 - A long par 4 with a split fairway. Quite a few ways to feed a ball close as the green has multiple slopes rolling the ball towards the middle,4 - Fairly short par 4, semi blind second shot. Another two tiered green, and the back tier is tiny, exercise caution going for a back pin!5 - Another mid/short 4, a wide fairway but the further right the better to shorten the approach over water. Lovely hole.6 - Medium length par 3 all carry over water, a huge wide green, if you are in the wrong section of this green you’re making 4.7 - Longest hole in Turkey, I managed to get front edge in 2 :D avoid the cross bunkers with your second. Another massive two tiered green.8 - Lovely downhill par 3 and another sectioned green. Maybe they all are now that I think about it! 9 - Mid length par 4, well bunkered off the tee, you guessed it, another tiered green where 3 putts a plenty will occur,10 - Great risk reward par 5, a fairly tight driving hole too with trees right and water all the way left to the green, all carry over water to a shallow 2 tiered green with a very small back section!11 - a short 4 but the tightest fairway on the course, trees right water left again, no need for driver here. Another huge green with several tricky pins.12 - a big dogleg right par 5 played through huge trees all the way to the green, a really nice hole, try and cut the corner off if you can, making it reachable, the green slopes front to back so holding the green with long shots can be tricky.13 - downhill medium length par 4 to an elevated green that will leave a very tricky up and down if missed.14 - shortish up hill par 3, a pretty simple hole, but once again, take note of pin positions and don’t short side yourself15 - very intimidating tee shot on this mid length par 5, easily reachable in summer, less so when it’s 12 degrees!! Even more less so when you snap hook it on to 14! A great risk reward hole, go for the green or lay up and pitch, several pins you can use the slope to your advantage, several where the slopes will hurt you,16 - medium length p4 famous for the tee shot over the pool off the top of the Villa, intimidating tee shot despite the wide fairway as I’m sure many a hacker has sliced it straight into the villas! Second shot to another huge green, back pin is perilous!17 - a tight intimidating long par 4, I recommend hitting a club that leaves you short of the water, it leaves a longer second but significantly widens your landing area. A tough second to what was one of the more simple greens on the course, but still had a tier running through it!18 - a great long uphill par 4 to finish, aim at the right bunker and let it rip, right is a safe miss, water left for any tee shot length. A lovely uphill second to a green set in an amphitheatre of sorts, great finishing hole.This in my opinion, is definitely not as hard as Lykia Links (back tees), but for enjoyment level and all round conditioning it’s one of the best courses I have seen. There is a good mix of long and short holes, perhaps missing a driveable 4 and a really long par 4? But that’s me nitpicking! This and Lykia were both far better than the Sultan in my opinion.

Here we are in 2022. This course hasn’t been reviewed in years, and receives a very mixed response.Strap yourselves in!First things first, best greens I have putted on in Europe/Britain. As good as the Melbourne Sandbelt. Absolutely unbelievable. The rest of the course condition you can tell it lacks a little bit of money to upkeep certain aspects including the fairways, but that almost added to the layouts charm in my opinion. Nothing is anywhere near as important as the quality of the putting surface.We picked a shocking March to come to Turkey. Freezing cold. 9 degrees Celsius when I played this course today, with a wind chill of -2 from the North and it wasn’t a light wind, it was 3-4 clubs with gusts up to 50km/h!!I am a glutton for punishment, I went off the pro tees, all 7500 yards of it. I play off 2, I shot 85, and I played very well!The par is now 72 (was formerly 73) and it rates at 77.6 off the back tees, and a slope of 140. My daily handicap was 8 off these tees, add the ridiculous cold and wind, and 85 was damn near a par score! 1st 427m P4 - A generous opening tee shot, and was slightly downwind off the left, driver and a wedge later I had 15 foot for birdie, proceeded to putt it off the back of the green and had 35 foot coming back hahahahaha. Fast greens yes, terrible judge of speed also yes. Then 2 putted for bogey. A massive fall off at the back of this green, beware. A great green complex.2nd 478m P5 - a generous tee shot again, left a 4 iron into a green that downwind with firm greens, was near impossible to hold, luckily long was the miss as the pitch back into the wind resulted in my only birdie of the day. Easiest hole on the course for the day, by a mile!3rd 435m P4 - This hole is a MONSTER! Even downwind! A driving hole where there is enough room but either side missing spells big trouble, and a second shot over a horse/canyon/waste area to another tricky green. 3 wood 4 iron and an up and down from long right secured a par I was very very happy with!4th 200m P3 - A beautiful hole, and downwind, unless you hit the front upslope, a near impossible green to hit! A wee pull with a 6 iron and despite a good chip, was unable to prevent a bogey!5th 422m P4 - First hole back into the wind, and up the hill. I hit the ball in normal temperature no wind conditions around 270m (300y) - I genuinely think if I hit a good drive (I didn’t) I couldn’t have reached in 2! Hacked my way up to a bogey 5! Another awesome green complex.6th 502m P5 - The 554m tee wasn’t in play. Thank god. Back into the wind that would have been some task. A generous drive and lay up, length is this holes defence, and another really cool green complex, probably my favourite thing about this course. You would need to play it multiple times to know where to miss/use slopes. Managed a solid 5.7th 336m P4 - a hole I have noticed get very mixed reviews, due to a lake out of nowhere, but I felt it was a nice change of pace, and normally a great birdie chance. Nice driving hole with the dunes up the right and the water left. Today it took a solid driver and a punch 6 iron to get to the green into the breeze. Nasty! The punch 6 iron was just about my career best shot, hit it to 3 foot. Missed the putt didn’t I!! Silly boy!8th 176m P3 - easiest par 3 on the course by far, but still a mid iron with water short and left. Straight downwind despite a pure 7 iron it wasn’t possible to hold the green, and a bad lie later and a bogey it was.9th 430m P4 - generous driving area, needed for such a mammoth hole back into the wind, driver 3 iron had me in the front bunker and bogey again. Another great green complex with a cheeky ridge 2/3 up the green10th 433m P4 - another nice wide fairway, with an incredibly difficult second shot at any time, but downwind to a front left pin, absolutely no way to get it close! Managed an up and down from the deep front right bunker to save a par after an 8 iron from one of the right fairway bunkers.11th 411m P4 - best hole on the golf course, a brilliant tee shot over the gorse filled canyon. Left is no picnic either, best driving hole on the course, and it found me out #foreright - also a brilliant second shot where I believe you can feed it in from the left, but miss right and you go down a massive slope into a ditch. Great great hole; managed to get up and down for a bogey after an adventure!12th 396m P4 - a short par 4 hey… haha! A nice blind tee shot, not usually a fan of blind golf but they give you a good marker post and it’s the only blind tee shot you get. I didn’t see much of this hole, after a duck hook 9 years left I hacked my way up the 13th hole until I reached the green, double bogey. Oops! Huge right to left cross wind and the highest point on the course off the tee, that’s obviously why they call it “Whipping Winds”!13th 541m P5 - a long par 5 but playing downhill for the second shot so if wind assisted it play shorter. After a lovely drive I absolutely butchered this hole and then 3 putted for double - back to back doubles - for a minute I thought sub 80 was on the cards! Not anymore!!14th 381m P4 - the course guide genuinely says ones of the shortest par 4’s! It’s still 416y!! Going left can cause issues, plenty of room right. This holes defence is its green again, so much can go wrong if you get your chip/putt the wrong side of slopes/ridges! This happened to me as I hit a chipped 3rd that caught the wrong slope and went off the green. Another bogey!15th 182m P3 - brilliant par 3, very similar to Redan at Berwick. A huge mound at the front of the green can be used to propel your ball down the green to the pin, so you can take less club, finally managed to get off the bogey train, a pure 4 iron just rolled through leaving an easy up and down.16th 471m P5 - a breather hole even in the crazy conditions, this was just about reachable in two and gave me a look at birdie which I just missed. Plenty of room right and not too many penalty’s to be had here, just a good scoring opportunity. The Par 5’s do let you breathe here, making up for the incredible difficulty of the 4’s and 3’s17th 240m P3 - Here comes my first real criticism!! This hole was formerly a 270m short par 4. For that, it would be a brilliant risk reward P4. For some bewildering reason, they’ve made it a par 3. A 267y par 3, is not a par 3. No where on tour do you see this. And even more so, missing the green right is a huge penalty, and the green is 2 tiered and perched on a hill. If you’re going to have a long par 3, it shouldn’t be too tricked out, length is enough. Everything about this hole screams exciting short par 4. I genuinely played 4 good shots and then tapped in for double bogey 5. This hole can NOT be a par 3. It’s difficulty is ludicrous.18th 410m P4 - a nice wide driving hole to finish and then a strong uphill approach into the wind, another good golf hole and another hole where 5 was not a bad score!Overall, this course without wind would be an incredible test. Add below freezing 3-4 Club winds, and I would liken what I played today to being a windy and freezing cold US Open at Shinnecock, where if he pro’s encountered two rounds in these conditions, the cut would be roughly +10 to +12 and after 2 rounds I genuinely don’t think anyone would have been under par!!I bloody enjoyed it, and the steak sandwich in the lovely clubhouse afterward was delicious, and only 7 euro!! I’d have happily paid 15! So cheap!In summer with not as much wind and heat, it would play far far shorter, and there are many tees for all different levels of golfer, so it can be enjoyed by all. And most of the course isn’t too penal and is wide enough to not lose tooo many balls!I’m honestly very close to giving this 6 stars, I’d go as far to say this is as good as Birkdale. Traditionalists will hate me, but it’s genuinely that good.Only giving it 5.5 stars due to the 17th hole being a silly par 3, instead of a great short par 4, and the fact the course struggles with lots of weeding issues on and around the fairways. Don’t let that detract you! You still usually get nice enough lies!This is miles better than PGA National (greens way better at Lykia too). Maybe I am biased to links, but I genuinely found most of this golf course memorable. The Sultan was quite forgettable in parts. This course should be in Europe’s top 100 - EASILY!On to Carya next!

Ok, so we chose the worst time ever to come to Turkey. Freezing winds from the North in March, 10 degrees with 3/4 club winds making it feel like 5 degrees at best. Horrible!! At least it was sunny!Played off the back tees at 6500m (7100yds) and it would be a strong test even without the freezing cold!For some perspective the 18th hole, a 404m par 4 (445y ish) I needed my best Driver and a 2 iron into the green! I usually hit it 270m+

I played my first Australian Amateur here so I have a real affinity for the place. The bunkering is elite and the practice facilities were absurdly good! This golf course just feels so Australian, which made me like it even more - probably with abundance of red dirt over rough, and the red sand in the bunkers. Hole 2/3 are the signature holes, hole 3 along with maybe the 5th at Woodlands on the sandbelt, rank as a few of the greatest short 4’s I have ever played. Elite!

I have played a lot of tournament golf on this course, and despite it being short, nobody ever takes it apart! Whoever fit this 9 holes into this land got it spot on. The greens are phenomenal, and the 6th is one of the best and scariest short par 4’s in the world. It has ruined my day on FAR too many occasions!! 260m and often reachable with just an iron by utilising the sloping fairway, the green slopes severely from front to back, with out of bounds long!! Sounds unfair, but if you play this hole intelligently, take a 4 and get out of there!!

A lovely course with some excellent holes. I can’t think of a hole I don’t like. The second shot into 3 is superb. The tee shot on 4 is scary. 5 is a great par 3. Perhaps the par 5 7th is a bit of a nothing hole, no real dangers anywhere unless you hit it way right into the castle! The par 3’s at Knole are probably the standout though 1, 5, 12 and 16 in particular are fabulous holes - and 10 isn’t too bad either!

A really nice layout, the obvious standouts are the 11 & 12 for the visuals, but golf wise 3/14/15 are very strong par 4’s - 16 is a monster par 5, and it’s generally a nice fair test of golf & an enjoyable walk.

How this course ranks in the top 30 in Kent is beyond me. Clubhouse is lovely? History? But as a golf course it’s an absolute farce. Birchwood is 5000 times better, Pedham is better, even Southern Valley is better!There is no way 18 holes should be fit into this land, many many holes play over and across each other, it’s par 66, it’s borderline dangerous. Honestly it’s just dreadful! The 9 holes at Sidcup Golf Club (which only has 1 cross over point on holes) are far far better.Avoid.

Better than what has been suggested here so far in my opinion. It was years ago I played here and it has some very memorable holes, 5/6 are standouts - 5 a strong par 3 next to the beach, and 6 reminds me very much of Torrey Pines 4th hole, everyone will miss right because you can’t go left or you’re over the cliffs! A very strong par 4. And the par 5 17th is a treat down the hill with OB just right of the fairway all the way to the green, and lovely sea views. 18th green sits right next to the clubhouse for plenty of heckling over your last 4 foot putt.Really nice course. A few nothing holes, but a lot of great ones.

A beautiful sunny day in November, 10 degrees, and a 3 club breeze. What a lovely layout, a longer front 9 that plays far easier than the shorter back 9 coming back into the stuff cold breeze! I happened to play awesome on the back 9 though so that was a treat!You start with a gentle par 4 doglegging around the dunes, simple tee shot to the double fairway shared with 18, but the longer the second shot you leave, the more scary it is! A small green with huge dunes/OB left & right isn’t much better! 2 whilst being a long par 4 is a breather hole, plenty of space, and plays far shorter downwind.3 is a very interesting par 4, where the second shot plays over sleepers blind to the green, crucially you can see the top of the pin easily, which is a prerequisite an approach for me. I really quite liked this quirky design.4 is a little par 3 over sleepers once again, a wide green, and unless very windy, a simple task.5 is a very very intimidating tee shot for a good player, never mind a hacker, playing over a cavernous bunker blind, but with a good aiming point to try and kick a goal through, not just 1 solitary marker post, and the fairway and landing area is generous.6 plays back to the clubhouse, the only front 9 hole that does so, and is a brilliant hole, back into the wind with a false front and OB just left of the green. A real beast.7 & 8 are par 5’s and where you must make your score. 7 you can hit driver and reduce it to nothing but it brings a lot of trouble into play - I just hit 3i then 5i downwind, and there was no danger in doing this and an easy birdie. 8 is a very very quirky par 5, you can not hit driver, which I don’t like, but if you’re going to stop me from hitting driver on a par 5, it best not then require a 3 wood 2nd and a wedge to the green. To be honest, 5i 5i would hit this green in 2, and you absolutely need to play this with caution as the fairway is a table top and danger lurks both sides.9 is the signature hole, and in high tide would present a huge challenge for the average player to hit the second shot over, if you can’t carry the ball 120y over water, you’re in strife.10 is a gentle par 3, but back into the wind makes it play far harder.11 is probably the hardest 480y par 5 you’ll ever play into the wind, I couldn’t get home in 2 and in no wind I average easily over 300y off the tee!12 is an interesting mid length 4, a blind second shot to a green in a bowl, a birdie chance.13 is an excellent short 4, in the right conditions easily reachable off the tee, but the green complex is excellent and fraught with danger!14 is a brutal 430y par 4, I nutted driver and still had 3i in!! It’s a seriously intimidating second shot, what I would say is there is more room around the green to miss than you think there is, and if you get it right, the ball feeds in on all sides.15 is 180y par 3 that plays a lot further, and has one of the deepest bunkers I have ever seen 30y short of the green, if you go in there and you aren’t skilled and powerful at exploding the ball out of sand, you’re done. A great hole for me, maybe a bit too difficult for a shorter hitter.16 is a great second shot up the hill, a short 4 that plays like a long 4 into the wind.The view on the 17th tee is epic, my phone battery was done by then sadly! But a downhill tee shot with plenty of space left, and a simple second shot in.18 is an easy tee shot with a lot of space, followed by a second over another huge sleeper bunker, but a fairer one to where if anyone goes in, they can get out.I thought this layout was simply brilliant, and all the people we spoke to were very friendly.Hunstanton also lovely, but I don’t feel like bar a few holes I would need to play that again, and I would get bored relatively quickly, I could play RWNGC every day for the rest of my life and have an absolute blast.It’s not perfection. But it’s close!!The location, all I can say is wow. One side of the thin slither of land is salt marsh, the other side beach. Truly a gem, and hope the course survives for a long time and it doesn’t go underwater.I’ll be back someday and hopefully soon!!

Some of the holes really stand out from the others here.I will start with 17, this is one of the best par 4’s I’ve ever played. An absolute gem, and a beast. Back into the wind a long iron into a tiny green which runs off massively on the right and has deep rough to the left, and if you miss left like I did, you will not be keeping it on the green and it will be off down the massive swale on the right! The chip from the right side as intimidating as it is, if the pin is left, you can play it well past the hole and use the slope to bring it back. Beautiful driving hole, insanely difficult second, but still I believe fair, and the green complex is just a treat!Other great holes - 5 has a great second shot, 6 is a great short 4 with a table top green, 7 is a lovely par 3, 9 is a gem of a par 5 with another fabulous green complex & so nicely framed, 11 is a brute, such a tight drive, but very fun, 15 is an awesome short par 5 with risk reward a plenty, and 18 is a great finishing hole.Now the bad….14 - the par 3 that is blind, is absolutely dreadful. Holes like the Redan at Berwick, you can at least see the top of the pin, however here, at 210y with no idea where the green or pin is located is just terrible, maybe some people love it, but honestly, it requires luck and guessing. Nothing else.I don’t like par 5’s where you can’t hit driver, therefore I don’t particularly care for the 8th although it has another great green complex.Condition of the course for November was very good, unfortunately despite the greens being a little slow, they were nice & I can only blame the 38 putts I had on myself!!Overall, worth the drive to play this course. Beautiful clubhouse too.

When you first drive in, and when you look out from the clubhouse, you would be forgiven for thinking that this looks a little bit ordinary, and for the first 3 holes, I maintained that thought.1 is an easy short par 5, 2 is a tricky par 4 with the shape of the fairway, and 3 isn’t the greatest of holes. I would call it a fairly gentle start. Then business picks up.4/5/6/7/8 is among the greatest 5 hole stretches i have played.4 is a short par 4 over a cavernous bunker that is reachable in favourable wind conditions, I normally HATE blind tee shots, but the landing area on 4 is very very generous, which made it a much fairer shot for someone who isn’t a local. 5 is a brilliant short 3 playing up the hill slightly to a green protected by the sand dunes so you can’t feel much wind, but as soon as your ball is in the air it’s at the winds mercy. 6 has breathtaking views off the tee over the sea, and has possibly the best second shot on the course. I love when a golf course allows you to make mistakes, or use slopes efficiently, the approach into 6 is simple, keep it left and it will feed in, and miss right no matter where the pin is and you’ll be in a lot of trouble and a long way from the green. Superb design and enjoyable for the better player but no doubt for the mid handicapper too.7 is a newly redesigned par 5 that is risk reward also, with a swamp right and rushes to carry to get to the green in 2.8 is a brilliant mid/long par 3 with a big seabed protecting the left side of the green, very intimidating!What a great stretch. A lot of the holes give you a LOT of room off the tee, but then you get a stretch of holes from 10-12 where accuracy is placed more at a premium playing in amongst rushes left and right of the fairway, a new challenge. Then you get a very very short par 5 13th, where you can open the shoulders and leave yourself a flick wedge into the green with almost no consequences for a bad swing, but the approach to the green is devilish, it’s so easy to miss the green even with a wedge, and if you do, getting up and down is exceedingly difficult. I had gap wedge in and made par only!This golf course is just a perfect combination of fair, challenges, and it doesn’t stress you out with high difficulty for every shot; it actually offers some very easy shots for the very average golfer, but EVERY hole has its own element of difficulty aswell.Timeless design, and what fun I had. Conditioning wasn’t perfect, but for £60 it is worth every penny. A must play.Also, the members were all absolutely delightful.

From the clubhouse, and from the 1st tee, it looks like you are in for a for a real treat, but it honestly was a bit of a let down.First, the positives. The greens are among the best I have putted on in this country, and there a couple of cracking short par 3’s and we got to play it on a beautiful sunny day in a 4 club breeze.My problem is that after the round I was genuinely struggling to piece together my round as most of the holes are very forgettable. It may have been a different case if we were allowed to play the Championship tees, but every par 4 felt like it was 380 yards off the white tees!1 is a great opening hole, and a wonderful tee shot, the best on the course probably. 2 is a nice risk reward short par 5, ignoring the short par 3 5th (I think) the next 10 holes are a blur to me. A few decent green complexes aside, it was very monotonous. Royal North Devon is a FAR more varied and interesting golf course in my opinion, and for playing off the members tees this sadly was not was not worth the £110.But the greens were suuuuuperb! So there is that...

The hospitality is outstanding as are the facilities, but it’s insanely expensive for such an ordinary course (300US) that meanders through housing estates. Course doesn’t have any character at all really, but was in very nice condition when I played it. Overall, you can do better

I echo a lot of comments about Hindhead mentioned. 2 vastly different 9’s, the beautifully picturesque front 9, and a great rest of golf on the back 9.The par 3’s in particular at this golf course are an absolute delight.It isn’t as difficult as some other courses in Surrey, but you will enjoy it as much as any of the others I do believe!

Strange first visit, with Covid times, you aren’t allowed in the pro shop or anywhere really, and also a member mentioned in 20 years of being a member he had never seen the course this wet!We played off the back tees so it played hundreds of yards longer than its 7400 yardage! In winter, I’m guessing it’s just not the same as summer, incredibly slow and bumpy greens which they can’t really do much about, so I had about 8 million putts, and no real strategy required just driver everywhere and slow greens meaning missing any side of the green didn’t really matter.Can not hold that against the course, really hope to play it in summer one day with the heather in bloom and firm fast surfaces, and trying to negotiate the ball around!The staff that were there were lovely, and all members we spoke to were super super friendly and welcoming.Honestly on a day like today, it’s a 4/4.5 star, but so would any other course in Surrey be at the moment. I’ve given it 5, and it wouldn’t surprise me if it got the full 6 in middle of summer/with everything open to experience!

This is a hidden gem of the highest order! Firstly, bring lots of balls. You must hit fairways here. The gorse is so penal! Luckily I had a golf swing this day and only lost 1 ball on the bloody last!! The views and the design of these holes is truly wonderful. Some of the green complexes are set between huge mounds, where any shot that lands in the realms feeds in, but miss the target area and it is goodbye golf ball.1/2/3 are all great par 4’s, 9 is a brilliant little par 3. 10 is a brilliant risk reward driveable par 4, and I believe it is 13, a par 5 where the second shot plays to the top of the hill where the green is so exposed to the elements and either side of the green is just completely falling off the earth if you miss. The complete opposite of some of the hidden greens you find here. A brilliant hole. The whole course was enjoyable, there wasn’t a weak hole, and the head professional was a lovely fella. Worth multiple plays or visits!

In my top 3 I have played in the world now, and it might even be the best I’ve played so far, was lucky enough to play off the open tees aswell. Starting off with great hospitality from the staff. First hole is a monster. It would have to be the hardest opening hole on the open rota. Driver is a very risky play. Beyond that some monster 500y par 4s, but also at the end of of the round they give you a few par 5’s so if you survive the first 14 holes, you can make a few birdies coming in! Conditioning is absolutely superb, playing pitches/chipping off the links turf is second to none, and probably only matched by the sandbelt in Australia. There are birdies to be had and holes where you just have to hold on! Some of the views and topography at this place are sensational. You can’t see the sea but some of the natural hillsides and mounds that frame the holes make you see how this is an incredible spectator venue. My whole experience here was an absolute pleasure.

This might be the most unspectacular location of any of the Open Rota courses, but it’s an unbelievable layout. If you’re miss is right for the first 10 holes of the golf course, you are going to be in a world of hurt! Most memorable hole for me was 8, a beautiful tee shot down the hill before approaching the plateaued green. 7 is also a monster of a par 5. I also managed to negotiated the last 4 holes in level par, a member playing another hole walked past me on another tee near 18, think it is 16 and said Adam Scott would pay me good money for that finish!! The staff here also are so hospitable and refunded my dad who came and walked and couldn’t play because he hurt his back the day before at Birkdale, incredibly kind of them. Members we ran into were all so nice too! Such a pleasant place!!!

Fabulous course in fabulous condition when I played it. Looks so different without all the stands up like you see on TV. Is a good test of golf where you have to find fairways to score well. Like all golf courses in Dubai, the facilities and hospitality are outstanding, and this is one of the 3 must plays if you are in Dubai.

This place is seriously special. Eerily similar 1/18 to St Andrews but actually better golf holes both of them. 1 has more substance to the 2nd shot, and 18 is shorter and driveable in most conditions with a green complex that makes you think twice about aiming for tight pins as around the green can leave some horrible up and downs to an elevated surface. Other than that Holes 2/3/13/14/15/16/17 all really standout, and the rest of the course is all so good aswell. And this is also a very playable golf course no matter your skill level. My fathers favourite course he has played, and right up there for me too. Also, the views are absolutely breathtaking and playing it in November we somehow got a still/1 club breeze sunny day and 14 degrees! Remarkable!!!

An absolute treat and my favourite that I have played on the Sandbelt so far (yet to play KH or RM) A gentle opening hole where eagle is possible, but so is bogey, such is the sandbelt’s brilliant bunkering and green complexes, and from there the variety of holes are great, and finishes with back to back par 5’s which is very different! Conditioning much like anywhere else on the sandbelt is sublime/the best you will see worldwide.

A boring front 9 makes way to a back 9 with some cracking holes. It shares a nice clubhouse with the Millennium Course, of which is also a fairly bland course. Both are beautifully maintained however, making them both enjoyable to play and also affordable.

The reality is this is a fairly boring course, set amongst housing estates which are clearly more important. There are a few a nice holes, but otherwise it is quite uninspired, there is 1 great hole, which comes as no surprise being the 16th, 220 metre par 3 over a huge quarry that separates the beach from the land. Remarkable vista! The clubhouse is beautiful, and the 16th hole elevate a 3.5 to a 4

Host of the Portuguese Masters on the European Tour so it has a bit more of a grandiose feel, a really nice, yet simple golf course. Not difficult if you have length off the tee. Some great risk reward holes, oh, and I had a hole in one on the 8th so now my name rests alongside some of the great names in European golf on the honour boards hahaha. In really good condition much like all the other Dom Pedro courses too.

Not a lot to say here. An okay golf course, in okay condition every time I have played it. Friendly members and affordable to play. If you pass by, may aswell have a game!

Length isn’t everything. This is a golf course that the modern day golfer, including the best players in the world, could not just blaze away at and find some rough and hack on to the green. If you miss the fairway at Canterbury in most spots, you are losing your ball. Irons, positioning and strategy are the only way to negotiate this tricky little course. Conditioning could maybe a be a touch better but don’t know what kind of budget they operate with.

The thing that has got me most about RCPGC is that every time I have been there the course is presented in immaculate condition. Standout holes for me were the short par 4 4th and the par 3 16th, otherwise it is a simple yet testing layout. Very nice!

A cracking golf course, with some spectacular holes, great clubhouse, and in very good condition. One day maybe I’ll be able to get on the Heritage course!

Similar to Princes without the grandiose entrance and extra hospitality. A simple links design, challenging and fair, and in good condition when I played in winter. Will definitely return many times.

Played here in winter, and stayed at the Lodge overnight. And got to experience all 3 9’s. The main 18 comprising of the Dunes and the Shore 9’s are simplistic links golf at its finest. It was beautiful weather and the greens were very good for late December! And here at Princes you get great value for money and it is affordable for the every day golfer, which RCP and RSG definitely are not. Also, the Lodge accomodation is absolutely beautiful, the service was great, the food was nice, and it was just a general treat being here.

The step child of the Lakes course, I actually think this is a tougher test of golf! When in good condition it’s every bit the equal of the Lakes course. Still a way off it’s former glory as the Vines complex has struggled for years, hopefully it gets its mojo back.

Used to despise this place! How immature I was. Very appreciative of the nuances required to negotiate these 9 holes. You must be able to play every shot, or you’re in trouble. Beautiful views, and if you play awful no problem, just pop into the Cott or the OBH after the round and drown your sorrows for a Sunday session up there with the best of them!

If you are reading this, and you love golf and wine. Book a trip to WA and head down south immediately. Bunbury, Busselton, Capel and Margaret River Golf Clubs are all absolutely beautiful, friendly members, and always in such great condition. It’s a blessing to have played these courses many times over the years. Golf in the morning, wine tours in the afternoon. Bliss! Bunbury is also an excellent tournament host of the SW Open on the Australian Pro Am Circuit, and its greens are absolutely lethal! So fast, and a good test of golf with the beautiful par 3 10th the postage stamp of the South West region.

Ahhh Gosnells. A place that has beaten me up so many times!! One of Perth’s toughest layouts, and I’d say the most consistently well conditioned too. The greens strike fear into most, regularly rolling at 13/14 on the stimp metre, bunkering is excellent, and a great collection of holes. Should be in the top 10 and I would rate this above Royal Perth, Royal Freo, Cott and Mount Lawley and it is up there with LKCC and WAGC as the best in the metropolitan area.

A good strong test of golf, with a course always presented in good condition. A pretty basic Australian parkland/bushland layout, stay on the fairways and all should be fine!

I’ve heard many times this course is being bought out and going to be built over. Please, please! Do not do this!!!Possibly the best 9 holes in all of Western Australia. It is so secluded that there is no clubhouse or pro shop, you pay at an honesty box.You open with a par 5 that sweeps down by a lake, a visually stunning parkland hole, the first few holes are beautiful parkland golf, but then all of a sudden as you approach the par 5 3rd (another cracking par 5) green, you feel something is changing, and all of a sudden you are out near the sea in a proper links setting, with some absolutely brilliant and strong par 4’s that are true links golf, then all of a sudden by hole 8 (a brutal par 4) you’re back in the parkland areas playing next to a bunch of houses over a big dam, then you reach the 9th tee, which looks like all of a sudden you’re at Augusta National!! From the back tees, a 200 metre par 3 over water.This is 9 holes worth driving 2 hours from Perth to play. It is one of the words hidden gems. Never mind Perth.

If you like golf and you happen to be in Albany, it’s a must play. A very strong challenge, wind or no wind! Some seriously intimidating tee shots out here, and yet, you don’t need a driver really. Smart golfers win here. Always in nice condition and always enjoyed it.

Royal Perth. Unlike its Royal counterparts in other states, just doesn’t have a chance. There isn’t enough land to build a captivating test on. It’s a boring straight up and down golf course. Having said that, I have always thoroughly enjoyed playing it, as it is home to generally some of the fastest and best greens in the country.

Simply a victim of its location. If you come to Perth, you must play here. An absolutely magnificent golf course, a fair test, spectacular scenery, the last 3 holes are absolutely brilliant. It struggles with money and it’s just shame people aren’t throwing coin at this place. Beautiful location and clubhouse. Would host super weddings and events. Should be in WA’s top 5 and honestly if this had the money an Ellerston or Cathedral Lodge had, it would be in Australia’s top 20. Absolute class.

Not a lot to say about Freo, it’s a bit bland, and pretty easy unless the wind is up. What I will say is it is always in spectacular condition, the greens are phenomenal, and has produced one or two decent golfers over the years!

Should be ranked higher than the Cut, and lower than Meadow Springs. A strong and fair test of golf, with no wind a low score beckons, with wind just try and survive. Always been in decent knick when I have played it, a gem in a real sleeper of a golfing region.

It’s really fallen from grace has the Vines. Multiple owners, money problems, the place has really suffered over the years and has at times turned into a goat track. I hope it makes its way back to the excellence it once was. A beautiful and fair golf course set in such natural Australian bushland. One dreadful hole (5) but otherwise a really decent golf course, there aren’t many courses I have enjoyed playing more when it’s in top top condition.

Such a good golf course, and a stern stern test many years ago, it is slowly being redesigned starting with much of the back 9. I really miss the old course, it was rugged and really natural, it has been modernised a bit and is probably a better golf course for it, I just loved the old layout so much! Definitely worth a drive to Yanchep to have a game here! A few spectacular holes in really native Aussie bushland, 3 and 4 are absolutely gorgeous!! (And 4 terrifies me)

A good good course. In no wind, fairly easy, in wind, a strong test as it is very close to the beach. A great tournament host for many years, and usually always in great condition. There aren’t any bad holes here, there aren’t any remarkable ones however. 11 probably the pick of the bunch.

Was a member here for over a decade so it is difficult to review since I have seen the good and the bad, and have not been there in a few years.I’ll keep it short and sweet, it’s no where near as exciting as WA Golf Club, and unless things have changed, it’s never in as good of a condition. When MLGC IS in good condition (rate over the last decade), it’s couch fairways are second only to LKCC and it’s greens have the potential to be the best in the whole state.I have played WAGC 30+ times and never been bored, Mt Lawley, and maybe it’s because I was there for so long, has 1 or 2 exciting holes and the rest are just a bit meh.Heaps of cool members here though, and honestly quite a friendly club of people that I can’t speak ill of as they gave me many chances when I let them down, so your welcome will be a warm one, there’s just 20 other courses that in WA that I think are better.

I have always loved this golf course. A dramatic and scary opening par 3, a very intimidating opening 3 holes opens up to a fair golf course, hilly, picturesque, great bunkering, excellent conditioning. Has recently redeveloped the clubhouse and as far as I am concerned it’s not far off being on par with Lake Karrinyup, and has completely overtaken its neighbour Mount Lawley.

Joondalup’s little brother down by Mandurah, and an absolutely phenomenal golf course. Not as dramatic as Joondalup, but still so pretty, so well layed out. All holes are fair, offer a challenge, yet present an opportunity. Always in phenomenal condition. The best of the courses down Mandurah way alongside the brute that is Kennedy Bay.

Played here 3 times. Twice in tournaments, and barring a hole in one on 13 (with triple bogey’s either side on 12/14) it is absolutely tedious and an unfair test of golf. You hit good shots all day and lose balls here if you don’t have the exact lines. Woeful tournament course, can’t believe they hosted the WA PGA here for a few years! As for a fun course with friends, it’s amazing. Beautiful views, good condition, an absolute treat. Far far enjoyed my 3rd visit here for a bucks party than I did playing 2 events there!! If you play golf for fun and entertainment factor, it’s a must play.

This is a golf course I absolutely hate playing in tournaments, but if you are after natural beauty, incredible wildlife and entertainment, this is for you. An incredible set of 3x9 holes, with maybe the Lakes 9 being slightly less striking as the incredible Quarry/Dune combination, but none the less, you should play all 3. Lucky enough that my best mate lives on the back of one of the holes on the Quarry 9! The condition of the course drifted over the years depending on ownership, but at present, it is immaculate.

Honestly, it’s just such a shame that this place has never had money or enough income, if this course was in Perth, it could be in the World’s top 100. I have played many of the Open rota courses in Britain, this is harder! Yet, it is a fair test of golf. There is plenty of width, but if you venture off the beaten path, you are in the Gorse all day and losing all of your balls. Off the back tees in wind, this is probably the hardest test of golf you will find in Australia. Despite its lack of money (the clubhouse is a caravan!) it always seems to be somehow kept in good condition. Get here and play it before it inevitably closes in the next 5 years due to going broke. It is a world class test of golf.

Understandably rated #1 in WA, very strong golf course off the black tees, a gentle opening hole before a very strong front 9 test, scoring opportunities on the back 9 until a brutal finishing 3 holes. Incredible bunkering, always well conditioned but the greens can be a bit hit and miss. Also has a cracking little short course, good all round facilities, beautiful clubhouse, and over the years I have found that the club has become more welcoming and the demographic of membership is improving from older backwards thinking generations to a more progressive membership of a wide variety of people.