Jan 17, 2023
Long Awaited Project Begins on Kangaroo Island
Destination golfers have been looking forward to this moment for years. The Cliffs - hailed as a world-class bucket-list course and the latest design from Darius Oliver - has finally...
Dec 07, 2021
World-Class Golf on Kangaroo Island
When it’s all said and done Sam Atkins, the developer of The Cliffs, Kangaroo Island (http://www.thecliffs.com.au/) will have quite a story to tell. For many years the dream of a...
Jul 12, 2021
Bougle Run
Ok. That's it. We are officially tired of reading about news pertaining to closed borders and snap lockdowns in Australia due to Covid. So how about some good news?
There...
Feb 03, 2021
Seven Mile Beach Golf Course Starts Construction in 2021
Golf in Tasmania
Golf in Tasmania was first recorded to have been played (and thus likely to have been enjoyed many years prior) in the 1850s. Scottish immigrants (read: convicts...
Feb 01, 2021
7 Mile Beach Golf Course Development Announced
It wasn’t long ago that the best land for golf was thought to have been either discovered or already accounted for. Improvements in earth moving equipment lowered the cost to...
Dec 16, 2020
Australian Golf Improves with Recent Renovations
The Covid-19 pandemic has prevented international visitors to Australia since early 2020. And while the borders to the country are closed, the state of its golf is looking brighter! The...
Dec 07, 2020
Sandringham Completes Redesign
Sandringham Golf Club, a public golf course originally built in 1937 and located directly next to Royal Melbourne, has been completely redesigned and is now open for play! This is...
Feb 13, 2020
Cape Wickham with Riggs from Barstool
In tandem with the President's Cup 2019 (held at Royal Melbourne) we helped a few clients with trips to visit some of the courses in Australia.
The video below...
Nov 20, 2019
Course 11: Victoria GC
The revelation of this trip was @VICGolfClub. It has the most interesting terrain of the Sand Belt courses we played and endless charm. The recently redone greens are as pure...
Nov 19, 2019
Course 10: Kingston Heath
Kingston Heath! This Sand Belt classic is such a fun, playable test. Lovely bunkering by the good Dr. MacKenzie and many tremendous green complexes. Also features one of my new...
Nov 19, 2019
Courses 8&9: Barnbougle Comments
Lost Farm @Barnbougle is utterly charming, a leisurely stroll through exceptionally varied terrain. It's the kind of place where you quick step to the next tee, eager to see what...
Nov 17, 2019
Course 7: Ocean Dunes Surprises With Charm
On King Island there is a second epic course, Ocean Dunes. It feautres breath-taking holes along (and across0 the water and a clever routing, over through and around heaving dunes...
Nov 16, 2019
Course 6: Cape Wickham Takes Golf to New Level
For the 6th course visited on the "Golf Trip of a Lifetime" the guys took the pilgrimage to Cape Wickham on King Island. Those of you who have traveled with...
Nov 13, 2019
Course 5: Royal Melbourne Awes on the Golf Trip of a Lifetime
Red letter days are marked when something monumental happens in one's life. October 29th was one of those days for Golf.com's Alan Shipnuck and Golf Channel's Matt Ginella.
Why?
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Nov 10, 2019
Course 4: New South Wales Floors Shipnuck and Ginella
On the fourth day of their "Golf Trip of a Lifetime" Alan Shipnuck (Golf.com) and Matt Ginella (Golf Channel) provided notes from Sydney's own New South Wales GC.
Our...
Nov 07, 2019
Australian Open Host 2022 Looks Fantastic
While there are so many great courses in Melbourne's Sandbelt, a few seem to stay with us a little longer for one reason or another. Victoria GC is one of...