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Australia's Top 20 Modern Golf Courses (post 1970)

Revised - December 2003

Australia's Best 20 Modern Golf Courses as ranked by Australian golf writer Tom Ramsey. Modern courses have been defined as those built after 1970, so this list should cause much conjecture and debate.

AUSTRALIA'S TOP 20 MODERN GOLF COURSES
1. Ellerston, NSW
2. The National, (Moonah) VIC
3. The Golf Club Kennedy Bay, WA
4. Brookwater, QLD
5. Thirteenth Beach, (Beach) VIC
6. The Dunes, VIC
7. Laguna Whitsundays, QLD
8. The National, (Ocean) Vic
9. Moonah Links, (Legends) VIC
10. The Glades, QLD
11. Club Pelican, QLD
12. Joondalup, WA
13. Sanctuary Cove (Pines), QLD
14. Hope Island, QLD
15. The Vines, (Lakes) WA
16. Moonah Links, (Leviathan) VIC
17. The Grand, QLD
18. The Links, Port Douglas, QLD
19. Lakelands, QLD
20. Paradise Palms, QLD