Barnbougle Dunes Golf Links
Hobart, Kingsland, & Launceston, Tasmania
Barnbougle Dunes Golf Links is the creation of a small group of dreaming golfers who saw the potential to build the most amazing golf course on the small island of Tasmania a short jump from the mainland of Australia. The golf course meanders through towering dunes and along the beach, where the roar of the ocean and a salty breeze embraces golfers, plotting their way around one of the world’s most natural golf courses. It has now rocketed into the World Top 100 rankings with a very impressive debut at number 49. In the recently released Australian ratings the course has amazingly, but not surprisingly, been rated inside the top 10 courses. Barnbougle Dunes Golf Links is just outside the coastal village of Bridport, 1 hour north of Launceston in the island state of Tasmania.
Barnbougle Lost Farm
Hobart, Kingsland, & Launceston, Tasmania
Barnbougle Lost Farm is a 20-hole links golf course on Tasmania’s north east coast. Designed and constructed by world renowned U.S golf course design company Coore & Crenshaw, the Lost Farm is situated on Barnbougle Farm adjacent to the Barnbougle Dunes Course which opened in December 2004. With a reputation for minimalistic course design and a philosophy that traditional, strategic golf is the most rewarding, head architect Bill Coore created the Lost Farm with the intention to complement the canvas provided by Mother Nature. Lost Farm features 20 holes all of which are playable during any given round, whilst the layout of holes at Lost Farm also offer a more diverse routing compared to Barnbougle Dunes, with fairways that roll both along the coast and inland. Boasting spectacular holes that wind along the coast, adjacent to the Forester River and inland towards the Tasmanian hinterland, Barnbougle Lost Farm is a breathtakingly beautiful golf course that is dramatically different and yet simultaneously complements both the surrounding landscape and Barnbougle Dunes.
Cape Wickham Golf Course King Island
Hobart, Kingsland, & Launceston, Tasmania
Designed by renowned US golf architect Mike DeVries, Cape Wickham sits on a magnificent piece of natural coastal land at the far north western tip of King Island, in the windswept waters of Bass Strait. Open since 2015, Cape Wickham has already captured the attention of international golf writers. The golf course meanders through towering dunes and along the beach, where the roar of the ocean and a salty breeze embraces golfers, plotting their way around one of the world’s most natural golf courses. One of the great features of the course is the variability in playing conditions depending on the time of day you are playing the course. The mornings tend to offer windless playing experiences with often crisp cloudless days whereas in the afternoon the wind tends to pick up and provides challenges on many of the closing holes. All in all Cape Wickham is a great thinking person’s golf course. Fly down in a chartered flight from Moorabbin and enjoy a very unique 1 or 2 night experience!
Launceston Golf Club
Hobart, Kingsland, & Launceston, Tasmania
The Launceston Golf Club is the oldest 18-hole golf course in Tasmania and has a proud reputation for its facilities and as an excellent test of golfing ability. The par 72 layout provides something for all golfers whether a beginner or seasoned golfer. Carved out of natural bushland it provides the golfer with well-manicured greens, strategically placed bunkers on every hole and eucalyptus tree lined fairways. With stands of black wood and wattle trees throughout the course you are unaware of the close proximity of the surrounding hustle & bustle of the suburbs. The undulating layout makes it very easy to walk throughout your round of golf. The Club is located less than 20 minutes from the Launceston Airport.
Ocean Dunes King Island Golf Club
Hobart, Kingsland, & Launceston, Tasmania
Ocean Dunes incorporates a challenging 18 hole layout amidst rolling dunes and featuring unsurpassed views along two kilometres of majestic coastline, land made for golf and reminiscent of the links of Scotland and Ireland. Two spectacular par 3’s cross the surging ocean with 360 degree ocean views on nearly every hole and exciting, risk and reward short par 4’s abound with the inland variety of holes afforded by the coastal creek which flows through the course. Chartered flights from Moorabbin makes this a wonderful 1 or 2 night golf adventure!
Royal Hobart Golf Club
Hobart, Kingsland, & Launceston, Tasmania
The course at Seven Mile Beach is constructed on sandy soil, of gentle contour in natural bushland only 30 minutes from the city, near the Hobart Airport and beside the magnificent Seven Mile Beach. The course as it is today was designed by the acclaimed course architect, Mr. Vern Morcom and is considered one of the finest in the country.
Tasmania Golf Club
Hobart, Kingsland, & Launceston, Tasmania
Bounded by water on three sides, the spectacular Tasmania Golf Club course is set on the picturesque Barilla Bluff, where it has been since 1971. Narrow tree-lined fairways are augmented by superb panoramic views with large rolling greens and strategically placed green-side bunkers. The course has a beauty all of its own combining stands of eucalyptus trees and native shrubs. The promontory is also one of the last breeding grounds of the Eastern Rosella and it and many other native birds may be spotted during a round of golf. The course is only a 5-minute drive from the Hobart International Airport, and 15-minutes from Tasmania’s capital city.