by Darius Oliver, from Australia's Finest Golf Courses
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The following are Australia's best golf courses, according to Darius Oliver, author of a new book on Australia's leading golf courses. Oliver has divided the golf courses of Australia into two categories - classic and modern and aside from reviewing more than 60 of our top tracks, has also ranked the best golf holes, courses, settings, clubhouses etc in Australian golf. Below are his lists of Australia's best golf courses, which appear in the book Australia's Finest Golf Courses. |
Best Private Course - Classic
Royal Melbourne West
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Best Private Course – Modern
Ellerston
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Best Non-Member Access
Kennedy Bay
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Hardest courses
Ellerston
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Meanest Back Tees
Moonah Links
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Best Redesign/Restoration
The Lakes
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Best inland
Ellerston
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Best Coastal
New South Wales
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Best Golf Sites
Royal Melbourne
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Best Transformation - bad land, great result
Capital
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Most Attractive Setting
Royal Melbourne
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Most Dramatic Setting
New South Wales
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Best Views
New South Wales
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The National Golf Club, Old Course
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Best Bunkering - Classic
Kingston Heath
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Best Bunkering - Modern
National Moonah
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Best Greens - Classic
Royal Melbourne
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Best Greens - Modern
Ellerston
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These rankings feature in Darius Oliver's book |