Golf in Western Australia
World class courses, superb weather, and breathtaking scenery make Western Australia a premier golfing destination - you'll find plenty of golf courses offering top quality facilities, as well as rugged, beautiful and vibrant natural settings. Courses like the Joondalup Resort Country Club, The Links Kennedy Bay and Lake Karrinyup Country Club have established themselves as some of Australia’s best golf courses, well known for their design and challenging layout featuring variation in setting and style. With an extensive choice of public golf courses and golf professionals, enthusiasts are able to access champion courses for a nominal fee, making WA the ideal destination for a weekend game or golf trip – you might even share the green with a Kangaroo or two!
Araluen Country Club
For spectacular valley views, head to the hills of Araluen Country Club. Bordered by State forest and the Canning River, this course is picture-perfect.
The Cut
Voted Western Australia’s Number One Golf Course in 2008 by the Australian Golf Digest Magazine, The Cut is a remarkable golf course offering spectacular ocean views. Located in Mandurah, it is an hour’s drive from the Perth CBD.
Joondalup Resort
North of the city is Joondalup Resort Country Club, designed by world famous golf course architect Robert Trent Jones Jnr. The Joondalup course was rated Australia's number one Resort Course in 2003/04 and 2005/06 by Golf Australia Magazine.
The Golf Club Kennedy Bay
A true links golf course, Kennedy Bay was voted the best Western Australian golf course in 2007 by Golf Australia Magazine as well as the 2007 Golf Course Guide.
Meadow Springs Golf and Country Club
Also designed by architect Robert Trent Jones Jnr, Meadow Springs provides golfers with the feeling they are out in the wilderness as each hole is surrounded by bushlands and the fairways are lined with towering, two hundred year old Tuart trees.
Nullarbor Links
Western Australia is home to the world's longest golf course. The Nullarbor Links is an18-hole par 72 golf course that spans 1,365 kilometres with one hole in each participating town or roadhouse along theEyre Highway, fromKalgoorlie inWestern Australia to Ceduna inSouth Australia. Score sheets can be purchased from eitherKalgoorlie or Ceduna and golfers can get stamps for completing each hole at the towns along the way. Golf clubs can also be purchased for $5 at each stop. For more information visit www.nullarborlinks.com
Secret Harbour Golf Links
Crafted into the spectacular ocean side landscape, Secret Harbour Golf Links boasts 18 superbly designed holes and lies breathtakingly against the panoramic setting of the vast Indian Ocean. Experience a traditional Scottish links course with small pot bunkers, rolling fairways amid the natural sand dunes and beautiful ocean views.
www.secretharbourgolflinks.com.au
Super Golf at Oasis Resort
For those seeking something fun but a bit different, Supa Golf provides an answer. A novelty game invented and manufactured in Western Australia, it is golf played with bigger clubs and a bigger ball. The Oasis Resort in the Swan Valley has an 18 hole course complete with bunkers and water traps.
www.swanvalleyoasis.com
The Vines Resort and Country Club
Graham Marsh designed The Vines Resort, set in the middle ofWestern Australia's oldest wine growing region, the SwanValley, and home to the Johnnie Walker Classic.
