The National Golf Club (Long Island), Frankston, Victoria, 3199

Overview

The National Golf Club (Long Island)

165/235 Frankston Dandenong Road

Frankston, VIC, 3199

Australia

Tel:	+61-3-9786-4122
Pro:	+61-3-9786-5322
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The National Golf Club (Long Island)

The National Golf Club (Long Island) is located on the southern edge of the famous Melbourne Sandbelt and the beginning of the Mornington Peninsula.

This private members club, with bent grass greens and couch fairways shouldered by ti-treed fairways and majestic manor gums is a jewel in the Peninsula's crown.

The course offers a combination of bunker laden par 3 holes, mid to long length par 4 holes and a number of par 5 holes which snake both left and right to reach their ultimate target.

Long Island is situated only 35km from the centre of the city and the mostly freeway drive makes this an enjoyable trip.

The recent facelift of a number of holes has added an extra dimension to the course and also provided another challenge in the form of a beautiful lake and wildlife ridden wetlands.

Being a sandbelt course the course offers excellent drainage all year round and this soil also promotes good couch grass growth on the fairways.

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Course Information

Par:	72
Length (m):	6122
Architect:	Gordon Oliver
Design Year:	1938
Top 100:	63

Playing Tips

1	Par 4, Length 355m Soft opening hole, make the most of this warm up opportunity because you will need it. Long iron down the left side of fairway mid iron into green. Don?t miss green on the right as this may be very costly.
2	Par 4, Length 337m Drive down the right, keep clear of left as bunker and out of bounds loom. Short iron to green, no real problems here.
3	Par 12, Length 165m One of golfs great par threes, well bunkered and no bail out options. Grit your teeth and go at the flag. Be bunker prepared.
4	Par 5, Length 502m Tough par five well bunkered at the drive and again at the green. Drive right side of fairway but be careful not to get bunkered. Lay up second with long iron and again stay right and again be careful of a well located trap 150m out from green. Mid to short iron into well bunkered and well contoured green. Par is a great score here.
5	Par 5, Length 461m Blind tee shot but go straight, left makes second shot difficult and right means reload. Unless you are perfectly placed you will need to lay up with mid iron otherwise have a go at the green. Deep bunkering around the green is where the real difficulty lay, again be careful here.
6	Par 4, Length 396m If the wind is blowing from the east this will play like a par 5. Incredibly tight driving hole but you must take driver to have a chance of getting home, another shot that tests what you are made of. Long to mid iron into green which is the proverbial upside down saucer shape with excellent bunkering. Clearly the most difficult hole on the course.
7	Par 4, Length 404m By now I bet you are wishing you made better use of that warm up hole. Another difficult hole with more yet to come. Drive left of the fairway trap and approach the green with a mid iron. Be sure to position yourself below the hole as this green gets tricky.
8	Par 4, Length 310m Playing it the first time you may not respect its worth but believe me if you make par you have picked up a shot on the field. Drive short with 3 or 4 iron and then approach with sand iron. Be sure to be using a balata covered ball here and all I can say is good luck.
9	Par 3, Length 130m Nice little par three, short iron in but don?t miss the green. Danger looms long and left.
10	Par 4, Length 350m Another blind tee shot, look carefully and you will see a bunker on the left. The hole dog legs sharply left at this point. Drive right of the bunker with a long iron. Approach green with mid iron. Visually very pleasing, hope your score is as well.
11	Par 4, Length 338m Have a breather you deserve it you have just survived the toughest stretch of eight holes that i have ever played. Drive right of centre and approach with short iron, right side of green is the place to aim for.
12	Par 3, Length 141m As with all the par threes on this course this is another very pretty hole. About a seven or eight iron into a well bunkered green. Aim for the centre and do not miss the green on the same side as the pin is cut.
13	Par 5, Length 471m The most visually pleasing hole on the course. It is amazing what effect a bit of water has. Play carefully and enjoy the view. Drive left of fairway trap and if you are a long hitter have a go at the green. Otherwise lay up either short of the bunkers or in the area to their right.
14	Par 4, Length 364m Another strong hole. Miss hit drive could find water and anything right is good night soldier. Drive to the crest and stay left of the fairway bunker. Long to mid iron into the smallest green on the course which also happens to be very well bunkered. Care is required on the green, read your put well.
15	Par 4, Length 378m Another of my favourites. Premium here is on the drive. Need to position the drive on left for best shot in however this is where most of the trouble from the tee is. Make a choice, easy first shot and hard second or hard first easy second. Make sure you finish below the hole with your approach.
16	Par 4, Length 325m Fairly straight forward hole however do not miss the green long and left. You can not get up and down from there.
17	Par 4, Length 384m Good strong par 4. Drive left of centre but stay on the fairway. The couch rough on this hole is murder. Mid iron into a viciously sloping green requires a crisply hit iron. Important to be below the hole.
18	Par 4, Length 378m Not an overly difficult finish hole, but if you are playing a match it makes for an interesting finish. Birdie is not out of the question nor is bogey. Take time to view the majestic clubhouse on your walk up this fairway.