Australian Top 100 Golf Courses

Australia has over 1,500 golf courses, including some of the very best in the world. The Top 100 list below is sourced from Australian Golf Digest and is a superb guide to the best golf courses "Down Under". If you live in Australia, or are coming to Australia for a holiday, GOLFSelect can arrange access to the vast majority of these courses, including those that are normally open to members only. Also check out the World Top 100.

Course Name	State	2018	2016	2014	2012	2010	2008	2006	2004	2002	2000
The Royal Melbourne GC (West Course)	Victoria	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	-	-
Kingston Heath Golf Club	Victoria	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	2	2	2
Cape Wickham Golf Course - King Island	Tasmania	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Barnbougle Dunes Golf Links	Tasmania	4	5	4	4	4	5	7	-	-	-
The New South Wales Golf Club	New South Wales	5	4	5	5	2	2	2	3	3	3
Barnbougle Lost Farm	Tasmania	6	9	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ellerston Golf Course	New South Wales	7	6	3	3	5	4	4	4	-	-
The Royal Melbourne GC (East Course)	Victoria	8	7	7	8	8	1	1	1	-	-
Royal Adelaide Golf Club	South Australia	9	14	12	13	9	6	5	5	5	5
Ocean Dunes	Tasmania	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victoria Golf Club	Victoria	11	8	11	9	10	11	10	9	8	8
The National Golf Club (Moonah Course)	Victoria	12	11	8	7	6	8	8	8	9	-
The Metropolitan Golf Club	Victoria	13	13	13	10	7	7	6	6	4	4
The Australian Golf Club	New South Wales	14	12	15	17	11	9	9	11	7	6
The National Golf Club (Old Course)	Victoria	15	10	10	12	16	12	14	20	22	18
Cathedral Lodge and Golf Club	Victoria	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lake Karrinyup Country Club	Western Australia	17	15	9	11	12	19	15	7	14	11
The Lakes Golf Club	New South Wales	18	16	14	14	17	23	18	16	6	7
The Dunes Golf Links	Victoria	19	18	16	16	14	25	29	23	24	24
Newcastle Golf Club	New South Wales	20	19	20	20	18	15	13	10	20	21
Joondalup Resort (Quarry/Dune)	Western Australia	21	17	17	18	19	22	20	21	28	23
Magenta Shores	New South Wales	22	23	26	27	28	24	-	-	-	-
St Andrews Beach (Gunnamatta Course)	Victoria	23	20	21	28	32	30	-	-	-	-
Brookwater Golf & Country Club	Queensland	24	25	32	25	33	26	19	19	-	-
Kooyonga Golf Club	South Australia	25	26	22	26	23	13	11	14	13	12
Woodlands Golf Club	Victoria	26	21	18	19	22	32	26	31	23	22
Commonwealth Golf Club	Victoria	27	22	28	31	24	27	23	27	19	17
The Links Kennedy Bay	Western Australia	28	30	23	23	20	20	16	12	10	33
Royal Canberra Golf Club- Westbourne Course	Australian Capital Territory	29	-	49	37	27	18	12	15	12	9
Barwon Heads Golf Club	Victoria	30	27	25	22	21	29	32	30	37	29
Hamilton Island Golf Club	Queensland	31	31	37	39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thirteenth Beach Golf Links (Beach Course)	Victoria	32	28	29	24	29	33	41	34	-	-
Royal Queensland Golf Club	Queensland	33	24	27	29	30	57	60	50	62	63
Moonah Links (Legends Course)	Victoria	34	29	19	15	13	14	37	-	-	-
Bonville Golf Resort	New South Wales	35	33	42	48	41	42	36	42	49	45
Glenelg Golf Club	South Australia	36	39	39	40	45	46	69	93	80	81
The Cut Golf Club	Western Australia	37	42	35	32	31	16	21	-	-	-
Royal Sydney Golf Club	New South Wales	38	32	24	21	15	10	22	17	11	10
The Grand Golf Club	Queensland	39	35	44	43	42	44	51	48	52	55
Huntingdale Golf Club	Victoria	40	34	33	38	36	28	33	38	41	26
Moonah Links (Open Course)	Victoria	41	36	31	33	26	17	17	13	-	-
Terrey Hills Golf & Country Club	New South Wales	42	41	46	46	46	41	30	26	21	20
Links Hope Island	Queensland	43	37	41	35	35	31	24	24	16	13
Grange Golf Club (West)	South Australia	44	44	43	47	49	55	48	29	35	35
Elanora Country Club	New South Wales	45	46	38	42	47	51	-	-	-	-
The Vintage	New South Wales	46	43	45	50	44	40	44	41	-	-
Bonnie Doon Golf Club	New South Wales	47	55	-	-	-	88	85	81	78	72
Grange Golf Club (East)	South Australia	48	47	40	-	73	60	55	53	54	51
Sanctuary Cove Golf and Country Club - The Pines	Queensland	49	45	52	58	51	35	39	39	26	19
The National Golf Club (Gunnamatta Course)	Victoria	50	38	30	36	37	47	46	45	40	-
Yarra Yarra Golf Club	Victoria	51	50	48	34	34	37	34	43	31	25
Spring Valley Golf Club	Victoria	52	53	53	55	62	72	70	74	61	49
Pacific Dunes	New South Wales	53	54	55	60	74	58	61	-	-	-
Glades Golf Club	Queensland	54	51	57	49	48	45	40	28	17	-
Western Australian Golf Club	Western Australia	55	49	50	52	61	70	74	-	-	-
Lakelands Golf Club	Queensland	56	56	68	76	70	61	59	46	29	41
Portsea Golf Club	Victoria	57	62	54	44	38	49	47	40	34	28
Avondale Golf Club	New South Wales	58	65	66	59	75	-	-	-	-	-
Sanctuary Cove - The Palms	Queensland	59	48	63	77	-	-	-	-	-	-
Links Lady Bay Golf Club	South Australia	60	57	61	64	57	52	43	51	60	60
Pelican Waters Golf Club	Queensland	61	59	58	53	54	50	42	36	86	-
Kalgoorlie Golf Course	Western Australia	62	61	60	73	-	-	-	-	-	-
The National Golf Club (Long Island)	Victoria	63	63	79	81	80	-	92	85	59	39
Riverside Oaks (Bungool)	New South Wales	64	71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club	Queensland	65	60	51	56	56	59	-	-	-	-
Cottesloe Golf Club	Western Australia	66	64	78	70	63	98	91	73	71	65
Sorrento Golf Club	Victoria	67	66	72	85	88	99	95	80	76	58
Capricorn Resort - Championship Course	Queensland	68	58	56	54	59	54	54	64	47	46
Mount Lawley Golf Club	Western Australia	69	69	64	67	52	63	52	49	25	16
St. Michael's Golf Club	New South Wales	70	68	75	61	58	48	57	54	63	64
Port Fairy Golf Club	Victoria	71	79	73	62	60	65	90	70	95	-
Stonecutters Ridge	New South Wales	72	67	67	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Meadow Springs Golf & Country Club	Western Australia	73	78	70	65	65	78	53	44	36	36
Settlers Run Golf & Country Club	Victoria	74	72	65	68	64	-	-	-	-	-
Twin Creeks	New South Wales	75	73	71	63	68	77	-	-	-	-
Black Bull Golf Course	Victoria	76	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Curlewis Golf Club	Victoria	77	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amstel (Ranfurlie)	Victoria	78	75	74	72	82	95	-	95	-	-
RACV Healesville Country Club	Victoria	79	82	80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Secret Harbour Golf Club	Western Australia	80	76	76	78	67	64	49	35	27	38
Brisbane Golf Club	Queensland	81	96	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sanctuary Lakes Club	Victoria	82	77	69	74	66	69	87	-	-	-
Arundel Hills Country Club	Queensland	83	-	-	98	81	81	89	65	65	56
Thirteenth Beach Golf Links (Creek Course)	Victoria	84	74	77	95	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cypress Lakes Resort	New South Wales	85	-	-	-	-	-	100	96	-	-
Sun City Country Club	Western Australia	86	-	-	-	-	-	75	88	56	48
Indooroopilly Golf Club (East Course)	Queensland	87	84	89	-	99	73	71	69	66	57
Federal Golf Club	Australian Capital Territory	88	87	97	96	-	-	79	79	64	69
Narooma Golf Club	New South Wales	89	85	88	75	85	68	82	90	-	-
Eynesbury Golf	Victoria	90	83	81	83	79	-	-	-	-	-
Murray Downs Golf Club	Victoria	91	81	84	86	83	89	66	55	53	53
The Vines Golf and Country Club - The Lakes	Western Australia	92	98	93	-	50	-	-	-	-	-
Castle Hill Country Club	New South Wales	93	88	82	82	97	92	86	71	82	82
The Heritage Golf and Country Club (St.John Course)	Victoria	94	80	62	57	55	43	35	32	48	-
RACV Royal Pines Resort (Gold Course)	Queensland	95	90	-	-	-	85	-	97	73	61
Mount Compass Golf Course	South Australia	96	-	99	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kooindah Waters	New South Wales	97	86	91	84	93	-	-	-	-	-
Noosa Springs	Queensland	98	-	-	-	95	87	84	89	75	93
Macquarie Links International Golf Club	New South Wales	99	92	100	99	84	67	65	58	-	-
Paradise Palms Resort and Country Club	Queensland	100	93	85	66	76	66	67	61	46	44
Peninsula Kingswood CGC (North)	Victoria	-	40	34	30	39	36	28	25	-	-
Peninsula Kingswood CGC (South)	Victoria	-	-	36	41	39	56	50	56	38	40
Palmer Coolum Resort	Queensland	-	70	47	45	40	38	31	37	32	27
Concord Golf Club	New South Wales	-	52	59	51	43	34	38	33	39	54
Tasmania Golf Club	Tasmania	-	99	83	79	71	62	45	57	33	31
Araluen Country Club	Western Australia	-	95	86	93	77	75	58	63	69	70
Cranbourne Golf Club	Victoria	-	89	87	-	-	-	-	-	74	83
Monash Country Club	New South Wales	-	91	90	94	-	-	88	66	92	92
Alice Springs Golf Club	Northern Territory	-	94	92	88	69	53	62	59	79	78
The Heritage Golf and Country Club (Henley Course)	Victoria	-	-	94	71	72	76	-	-	-	-
Riversdale Golf Club	Victoria	-	97	95	80	87	80	76	-	-	-
Robina Woods	Queensland	-	-	96	92	-	96	99	86	77	62
Horsham Golf Club	Victoria	-	100	98	90	100	71	64	52	45	37
The Vines Golf and Country Club - Ellenbrook	Western Australia	-	-	-	69	91	39	27	22	18	15
The Sands, Torquay	Victoria	-	-	-	87	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sandhurst Club (Champions Course)	Victoria	-	-	-	89	-	-	-	-	-	-
Palmer Sea Reef Golf Club	Queensland	-	-	-	91	-	-	94	87	57	-
Tallwoods Country Club	New South Wales	-	-	-	97	98	100	78	94	72	-
Royal Hobart Golf Club	Tasmania	-	-	-	100	78	74	56	68	30	30
Laguna Whitsundays	Queensland	-	-	-	-	53	21	25	18	15	14
Bunbury Golf Club	Western Australia	-	-	-	-	86	-	-	-	70	60
Twin Waters Golf Club	Queensland	-	-	-	-	89	79	68	67	42	32
Yering Meadows	Victoria	-	-	-	-	90	-	-	-	-	-
Albany Golf Club	Western Australia	-	-	-	-	92	91	83	91	67	59
North Lakes	Queensland	-	-	-	-	94	93	73	75	-	-
Southern Golf Club	Victoria	-	-	-	-	96	82	93	-	89	89
Belmont Golf Club	New South Wales	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	98	-	-
Bribie Island Golf Club	Queensland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	98	98
Camden Lakeside Golf and Country Club	New South Wales	-	-	-	-	-	94	72	62	44	43
Capital Golf Club	Victoria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	47
Cobram Barooga Golf Club	Victoria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	91	75
Great Lakes Tuncurry	New South Wales	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	92	68	61
Horizons Golf Resort	New South Wales	-	-	-	-	-	86	63	47	43	34
Keysborough Golf Club	Victoria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	97	67
Killara Golf Club	New South Wales	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	93	85
Kingswood Golf Club	Victoria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	58	52
Kooralbyn Valley	Queensland	-	-	-	-	-	83	-	72	51	42
Lakes Entrance Golf Club	Victoria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	77	85	-
Liverpool Golf Club	New South Wales	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	94	91
Millicent Golf Club	South Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	80	76	81	80
Mollymook (Hilltop)	New South Wales	-	-	-	-	-	97	97	83	-	-
Mt Broughton Golf and Country Club	New South Wales	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	88	86
Ocean Shores	New South Wales	-	-	-	-	-	84	77	99	87	79
Palm Meadows Golf Course	Queensland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	99	88
Pymble Golf Club	New South Wales	-	-	-	-	-	90	-	-	96	87
RACV Cape Schanck Resort	Victoria	-	-	-	-	-	-	81	60	83	66
Ulverstone Golf Club	Tasmania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	94
Warrnambool Golf Club	Victoria	-	-	-	-	-	-	96	84	84	76
Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort	New South Wales	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	78	90	73
Yowani Country Club	Australian Capital Territory	-	-	-	-	-	-	98	82	55	50

Featured Itineraries

Adelaide, SA | 5 nights, 5 games

The sleepy city of Adelaide punches above its weight when it comes to golf. It boasts four of South Australia's top ranked golf courses including Royal Adelaide, Kooyonga, The Grange and Glenelg. Combined with short travel distances to/from courses, great food and wineries it offers the complete package at an attractive price. Enjoy 5 nights in a quality 5 star hotel, with 5 games of golf in beautiful Adelaide, South Australia.

When

Flexible dates as required

Package

5 nights, 5 games

Pricing

from $2,690 per person (based on 4 golfers, twin share)

Australia and New Zealand | 17 day Sampler

Helping you experience the best in Australia and New Zealand with golf on the best courses both countries have to offer and some fantastic sightseeing along the way!

When

Flexible dates as required

Package

16 nights, 7 courses

Pricing

Price on application

Barnbougle, TAS | 2 nights, 3 games (incl. the NEW Bougle Run)

Here is a great way to experience the best of Barnbougle Dunes! With 2 nights accommodation and 3 games of golf, including the newly designed short course (Bougle Run), this is a great way to escape the city for a few days.

When

Flexible dates as required

Package

2 nights, 3 games

Pricing

from $790 per person (twin share) | May to Sept 2021 rate

from $850 per person (twin share) | Oct '21 to Mar 2022 rate

Barnbougle, TAS | 3 nights, 4 games

Enjoy 4 games of golf and 3 nights accommodation at one of the world's top golf destinations, Barnbougle Links Golf Resort

When

Flexible dates as required

Package

3 nights, 4 games

Pricing

from $1190.00 per person (based on 8 golfers, twin share)

Bellarine Peninsula, VIC | 5 nights, 5 games

The Bellarine Peninsula is a leisurely one-hour drive from Melbourne's city centre. The seaside villages along the Peninsula are known for their surf beaches, wonderful cool-climate wineries as well as their traditional links and tree-lined golf courses. This 5 night package combines quality accommodation with 5 games of golf on the best courses in the region.

When

Flexible dates as required

Package

5 nights, 5 games

Pricing

from $1345.00 per person (based on 8 golfers, twin share) and $2075.00 per person (single share)

Coffs Harbour, NSW | 4 nights, 3 games

Enjoy 4 nights and 3 games of golf in the wonderful Coffs Harbour area in Northern NSW. Bonville has been described as ' the most beautiful golf course in mainland Australia ' and this is where you will play two of your three games of golf, whilst spending 4 nights in the nearby town of Coffs Harbour.

When

Flexible dates as required

Package

4 nights, 3 games

Pricing

from $970.00 per person (based on 8 golfers, twin share)

Gold Coast, QLD | Winter Escape | 6 nights, 5 games

The Gold Coast features a great collection of resort-style golf courses. Enjoy 6 nights accommodation and 5 rounds of golf and escape to some warmer weather!

When

Flexible dates as required

Package

6 nights, 5 games

Pricing

from $1290.00 per person (based on 8 golfers, twin share)

Hunter Valley & Newcastle, NSW | 4 nights, 4 games

Playing the leading courses of Newcastle and the Hunter Valley, sampling some of the local wines and enjoying the wonderful surroundings of the Cypress Lakes Resort

When

Flexible dates as required

Package

4 nights, 4 games

Pricing

from $1,090 per person (based on 4 golfers, twin share)

Melbourne Sandbelt Tour, VIC | 13 - 17 September 2021 | 4 nights, 5 games

Play five games at four of Melbourne's prestigious Sandbelt Golf Courses, one of the world's best golfing destinations. Staying at Victoria Golf Club for four nights and playing both Royal Melbourne courses, plus Victoria, Kingston Heath and Metropolitan over five days. Dinner will be hosted at each club after playing.

When

This tour commences on Monday, 13 September, 2021

Package

4 nights, 5 games

Pricing

from $2,975.00 per person (twin share) or $3,725.00 per person (single share)

Enjoy 3 nights' accommodation and 3 rounds of golf in the beautiful Yarra Valley, less than an hour from Melbourne.

When

Flexible dates as required

Package

3 nights, 3 games

Pricing

from $525.00 per person (twin share) based on 4 golfers

GOLFSelect is Australia's leading corporate golf and golf holiday organiser, offering unrivalled access to the world's best golf courses. Gary Lisbon is one of the world's leading golf course photographers.

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