Greg Norman, Steve Elkington and Robert Allenby are just a few of the big names to have emerged from golf in Australia. Their success on a regular and sustained basis has helped to increase the profile of the sport right across this vast and varied continent.

Today there are over 1500 golf courses in Australia. Reflecting the diversity of the countries landscape these range from the lush green fairways of the Huntingdale in Victoria to the dusty, courses of the outback with their greens of oiled sand. With such a range of challenging courses you will be spoilt for choice playing golf in Australia.

The Royal Melbourne Golf Club is one of the oldest golf clubs in Australia having opened its doors to the golfing elite in 1891. The club has three 18 hole courses but it is the West Course which has often been described as the best in Australia. Alternatively visit the Victoria Golf Club which is acclaimed by golfers from around the globe for its high level of hospitality and, more importantly, championship course. Situated in the heart of Melbourne the locations could not be better, whether visiting Australia on business or pleasure. The course welcomes both amateur and professional players and was the host of the 2002 Australian Open Championship. Further along the coast, towards Sydney you will find the New South Wales Golf Club, considered to be one of the top 50 courses in the world and with its mixed terrain certainly one of the most varied.

It is relatively easy and reasonably priced to play Golf in Australia. And with the famous Australian sunshine making it an all year sport it is an ideal destination for a golfing holiday.

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