| Araluen
Golf Resort, a challenging 18 holes of championship golf, is
bordered
by state forest and the Canning river, featuring large undulating
greens, testing changes of elevation and strategically placed water
hazards and bunkers. Wide, impeccably manicured fairways contribute to
the unique character of this very special course which is truly one of
the most picturesque playing fields. The Golf Club Kennedy Bay was designed by Michael Coate, Roger MacKay and 1991 British Open Champion, Ian Baker-Finch. This classic course is situated just 40 minutes south of Perth alongside the majestic Indian Ocean. Dotted with 115 pot style bunkers and huge undulating bent grass greens, offering a true feeling of a Scottish Links course. Bunbury Golf Club, just two hours South of Perth has always been a highly regarded test of golf, and now the region also offers Bunbury's newest Resort style course, The Sanctuary at Pelican Point, boasts twelve water holes and 64 sand bunkers, the course can challenge low markers, whilst the generous fairways and gentle greens cater for all. The resort complex is now open with deluxe on course accommodation, swimming, dining and conference facilities. Heading further south there are several worthwhile golfing diversions en route to the wine country where Margaret River Golf Club welcomes visitors for a game. There’s even a "hidden gem" of an unpretentious little nine-hole country course at Binningup Beach, just north of Bunbury. Capel is a good test of golf in a healthy club atmosphere on undulating couch fairways and slick bent grass greens. Driving accuracy is crucial, and the thickly wooded bush that divides the fairways houses many kangaroos. Busselton , home to Stephen Leaney, is a peaceful rural setting with some long holes, especially in the wind. It marks the southern extremity of Tuart country. Dunsborough Lakes features excellent couch fairways and plenty of water in the resort style, but also offers club membership and holds regular competitions. The Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse overlooks both the Southern and Indian Oceans, and not far away on the elevated cliff tops sits The Augusta Golf Club. Of course they stage an annual Masters Tournament where the prize is a green jacket. There the similarity ends, as this is a genuine Aussie sand scrape course with monstrous, multi-headed, fire-scarred Black Boys adorning the hardy Kikuyu fairways. The oldest settlement in WA is four hours South of Perth and here The Albany Golf Club on Middleton Beach also has a long heritage, having recently celebrated its centenary. Formed in the true "links" tradition amongst natural sand dunes shaped by wind and sea, man simply smoothed a few areas and called them "greens". The members are rightly proud of what must surely be the most natural links style course in the State, a course beloved by golfers such as Craig Parry because, exposed to the wind, it always provides a new challenge. |
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