New South Wales Golf Club

If you’re seeking an exceptional experience during a golf vacation in Australia, New South Wales Golf Club should be on your list. As one of the best golf courses in Australia, NSW GC offers 18 challenging holes and stunning views over the coast.

New South Wales Golf Club was founded in 1926 with Dr. Alister Mackenzie immediately enlisted to design the course. At the time, he was also busy working on Cypress Point in California. Mackenzie laid out his design on a magnificent piece of land at La Perouse, as the NSWGC is often called.

New South Wales GC features breathtaking views overlooking the Tasman Sea and Bounty Bay, where Captain Cook on the Endeavor first sailed into Sydney. The area is part of the National Park Kamay Bounty Bay region, making it perfect for exploring after tee time.

Like Royal Melbourne, after laying out the routing and features, Mackenzie left the construction to an associate. Eric Apperly completed the vision, ensuring Mackenzie’s brilliant bunkering was perfectly constructed.

The course is not a true links, as it traverses some rugged coastal features, but it is reminiscent of links golf in its style and character playing in constant wind with lightning-quick greens.

The best stretch of holes is 5 through 7, the 5^th requiring a blind shot over a hill as in many links courses in the British Isles. The par 3’s all play in a different direction, so no matter the day’s wind direction you are faced with cross, downwind, and into-the-breeze challenges. Accuracy and shotmaking more than brute strength are required to score well here.

As with many historic designs, through usage and weather, they eventually lose some of their definition, NSW is no different and has enlisted the talents of Tom Mackenzie and Martin Ebert to direct the restoration effort.

Mackenzie commented on the mission, “…(to) make the course even more interesting, fairer and playable for the members and, at the same time, more varied, strategic and challenging for the best players.” With their work at Royal Portrush, Turnberry, and other classics again the membership chose wisely for their course.

The refreshing of this timeless design should ensure the course’s inclusion in the Top 100 Golf Courses in the World for years to come.