Top 50 Australian Golf Courses 2008 – Golf Australia rankings
December 22nd, 2007 by Doogs
Golf Australia have recently released their top 50 Australian courses. The top ten are:
ROYAL MELBOURNE (West course) (1) Designer: Dr Alister Mackenzie (1931)
KINGSTON HEATH (2) Designer: Dan Soutar (1925)
NEW SOUTH WALES (3) Designers: Alister Mackenzie (1928); Eric Apperly (1937 & 1951); Peter Thomson & Mike Wolveridge (1985); Jack Newton, Graeme Grant & John Spencer (1993); Greg Norman & Bob Harrison (2000).
4. BARNBOUGLE DUNES (5) Designers: Tom Doak & Mike Clayton (2004)
5. ROYAL ADELAIDE (4) Designers: Herbert L. Rymill & C.L Gardiner (1904); Dr Alister Mackenzie (1929); Peter Thomson & Mike Wolveridge (1979 & 1997).
6. ROYAL MELBOURNE (East course) (6) Designers: Alex Russell (1932)
7. ELLERSTON (NR) Designers: Greg Norman & Bob Harrison (2001)
8. THE NATIONAL (Moonah course) (7) Designers: Greg Norman & Bob Harrison (2000)
9. METROPOLITAN (8) Designers: J.B MacKenzie (1906); Dr Alister Mackenzie (1926); Dick Wilson (1959) 10. VICTORIA (10) Designers: Oscar Damman, William Meander & Dr Alister Mackenzie (1927); Mike Clayton (2001). (Full Top 50 Listing) No real surprises here. Some comments:
- Golf Australia choose to split the two Royal Melbourne courses, rather than rank the composite course that no-one can play. Fair enough, and the two courses still both rank in the top 10 (1st (West) and 6th (East)
- Barnbougle Dunes jumps to 4th, just have to play there one day!
- St Andrews Beach is ranked 12th, its a great layout but unfortunately struggling to survive financially, still no clubhouse and no gaurantees going forward
- Have played 23 of the top 50
23 – wow. I’ve managed 5… obviously need to get out more!
Just need to work out how to get onto Ellerston.