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The Vintage 30/05/2021

12^th 54^th 61^st

Played the Vintage today as part of an ongoing quest to knock off most of the top 100 Oz golf courses (70+ and counting). This is a fairly standard Norman course - if y...

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Peninsula Kingswood (North) 18/04/2021

4^th 10^th 33^rd

Played the renovated north course twice last week as part of a group trip to Peninsula Kingswood for 4 days - well worth staying on site. The renovation is amazing, b...

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Cape Wickham 17/04/2021

2^nd 5^th 7^th 55^th

A pleasure to come back to CW. As per my review of OD, I dont think there's much if any gap between these two. CW rightly gets the plaudits for its location - hard to...

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Ocean Dunes 17/04/2021

4^th 18^th 29^th

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I think I rate OD ahead of CW. It's a bit like rating one of Royal Portrush or Royal County Down ahead of the other, as both a...

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Newcastle 27/07/2016

4^th 22^nd 21^st

15th in the nation is about right for Newcastle. This is an extremely good golf course. I played it twice this week, on both occasions in at least a 3 club breeze. It...

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Victoria Golf Club 07/04/2016

3^rd 8^th 9^th 88^th

Victoria is genuinely in the upper echelon on Australia's golf courses - clearly within most people's top 10 and really only behind RMW, KH and Barnbougle Dunes ( am yet...

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Port Fairy 01/10/2014

22^nd 51^st 73^rd

I think top 100's ranking of #29 is about right for Port Fairy. Other Australian based rankings have it way too low. Having played in a number of times over the past 20 y...

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Kingston Heath 27/07/2014

2^nd 2^nd 2^nd 16^th

One of the 4 genuinely great courses in Australia - always a pleasure to play at "the Heath", even with recently sanded greens and in a 3 club wind. This must be one...

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Royal Queensland 27/07/2014

2^nd 34^th 34^th

A vast improvement over the previous course. RQ is now in the upper echelon of Australian golf courses and in my view is clearly the best course in Queensland. Clayton's...

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Cape Kidnappers 23/05/2014

2^nd 2^nd 6^th 44^th

Played CK last week in perfect weather (thankfully). The whole experience is hard to fault. The place exudes class at every step. You wont find a better conditioned cou...

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Paraparaumu Beach 23/05/2014

3^rd 3^rd 12^th 94^th

Played Paraparaumu Beach last week in what is probably best described as a gale. at least 4 clubs - maybe more. And absolutely loved every minute of it. This is worl...

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Barnbougle Dunes 09/04/2013

1^st 3^rd 3^rd 30^th

Well it just keeps getting better. My group has been coming back to "Barny Dunes" since it opened. This is a world class golf experience in every way - getting there...

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Barnbougle Lost Farm 09/04/2013

3^rd 7^th 8^th 75^th

Well this might just be the best course in the country. Others will disagree ( it's clearly top 5 - this comes down to personal preference....) but I think Lost Farm no...

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St Andrews (Old) 05/07/2009

1^st 1^st 2^nd 9^th

Played TOC recently as part of a grand golf tour of the UK. Having travelled from the Australia, we were really looking forward to playing at the home of golf and set asi...

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Lahinch (Old) 05/07/2009

1^st 2^nd 11^th 29^th

You must play Lahinch if you get the chance. It is about the most fun you can have on a golf course anywhere. It's the course i'd play in golf heaven, as it is outra...

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Royal County Down (Championship) 04/07/2009

1^st 1^st 1^st 4^th

I'm also from Melbourne and have just returned from a golf tour of Ireland/Northern Ireland, Scotland and the north of England. I'd have to agree that RCD is simply the...

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