The results are in! GSM Golf are pleased to have both St Andrews Beach Golf Course & Ranfurlie Golf Club represented in Golf Australia’s Top 100 Overall Golf Course Rankings for 2022.
St Andrews Beach Golf Course
Address: 209 Sandy Rd, Fingal VIC 3941
Website: www.standrewsbeachgolf.com.au
Phone: (03) 5988 6000
Judge’s Comments: “It is great to see St. Andrews Beach thriving, vying for the position of best course on the Mornington Peninsula. With a strong set of short fours, diverse and testing par-3s, and a collection of excellent, understated greens, Doak’s minimalist layout is wonderful, and easily one of the premier courses in Australia.” – Matt Mollica.
“I am yet to find a golfer who has not enjoyed the golf experience of Mr Doak’s St. Andrews Beach. This course is a Mornington Peninsula gem that single-handedly has introduced many a new golfer to the game to true golf architecture and a real links style golf experience. The layout is fair and generous from the tee, while it also asks questions of your iron play on every hole. This is one course you want to go back and conquer as you always feel like you have left some scoring opportunities out there, usually due to poor decision making.” – Ross Flannigan.
“If St. Andrew’s Beach was in the United States they’d be charging $250 a round and there would be a queue out the front most mornings. Along with Barnbougle Dunes, Tom Doak and Mike Clayton changed the whole concept of what a public course was in Australia. This is not a course that dumbs golf down to a bland boring formula but one that can take anyone paying the green fee on a thrill ride through some of the best and most quirky architecture you’ll find.” – Brian Walshe.
Ranfurlie Golf Club
Address: 825 Cranbourne-Frankston Rd, Cranbourne VIC 3977
Website: www.ranfurlie.com.au
Phone: (03) 9788 8270
Judge’s Comment: “How they got so much width on such a small site is great golf course architecture. The downside is you’re almost always hitting driver off each tee. While there are good and bad sides of the fairway there is little club choice to be made on all the longer holes. The par-3s offer something different on each hole, with the 15th the pick of the bunch. The new 9th hole is a tough par-3 now replacing the wacky drive between the trees on the old par-4.” – Kevin Nolan
“Ranfurlie is a masterclass in routing, with every last drop of excellence wrung from what may otherwise have been a pretty uninspiring property.” – Steve Beach
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