The European Club

Brittas Bay, Co. Wicklow

Rankings

Australia

The best golf courses the Golf Course Gurus have played in the Land Down Under.

Top 10 Courses

  1. Cape Wickham Links (Mike DeVries and Darius Oliver 2015; Wickham, Tasmania, Australia)*
  2. Royal Melbourne Golf Club (West) (Alister MacKenzie 1931; Black Rock, Victoria, Australia)
  3. New South Wales Golf Club (Alister MacKenzie 1928; La Perouse, New South Wales, Australia)
  4. Ocean Dunes Golf Course (Graeme Grant 2017; Loorana, Tasmania, Australia)*
  5. Barnbougle (Lost Farm) (Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw 2010; Bridport, Tasmania, Australia)*
  6. Victoria Golf Club (AUS) (Oscar Damman & Bill Meader 1927 with Alister MacKenzie consulting; Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia)
  7. Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club (North) (Sloan Morpeth 1967; Michael Clayton, Michael Cocking, and Geoff Ogilvy remodel 2019; Frankston, Victoria, Australia)
  8. National Golf Club (Old) (Robert Trent Jones Jr. 1988; Cape Schanck, Victoria, Australia)
  9. National (Gunnamatta), The (Tom Doak 2019; Cape Schanck, Victoria, Australia)
  10. Royal Melbourne Golf Club (East) (Alex Russell 1932; Black Rock, Victoria, Australia)
Cape Wickham Links

Courses 11–20

  1. Dunes Golf Links, The (Tony Cashmore 1997; Rye, Victoria, Australia)*
  2. Barnbougle (Dunes) (Tom Doak and Mike Clayton 2004; Bridport, Tasmania, Australia)*
  3. St Andrews Beach Golf Course (Tom Doak 2005; Fingal, Victoria, Australia)*
  4. National Golf Club (Moonah) (Greg Norman 2000; Cape Schanck, Victoria, Australia)
  5. Kingston Heath Golf Club (Dan Souter 1925 with Alister MacKenzie providing a bunkering plan 1926; Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia)
  6. Metropolitan Golf Club (J. B. Mackenzie 1908 (Modifications made by Alister MacKenzie 1926 and Dick Wilson 1959); South Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia)
  7. Woodlands Golf Club (Rowley Banks & Sam Bennett 1913; Mordialloc, Victoria, Australia)
  8. Moonah Links Resort (Legends) (Ross Perrett and Peter Thomson 2003; Fingal, Victoria, Australia)*
  9. Lakes Golf Club, The (Eric Apperly and Tom Howard 1928/Robert von Hagge 1968/Ogilvy and Clayton 2007; Eastlakes, New South Wales, Australia)
  10. Yarra Yarra Golf Club (Alex Russell 1929; Bentleigh East, Victoria, Australia)
Dunes Golf Links, The

Courses 21–22

  1. Moonah Links Resort (Open) (Ross Perrett and Peter Thomson 2001; Fingal, Victoria, Australia)*
  2. King Island Golf and Bowling Club (Unknown (Local Community Project); Currie, King Island TAS, Australia)*
Moonah Links Resort (Open)

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