1. q-tip | Rated | 20 Oct 2011 | Add A Review

Here is an unbiased review from interstate…Lake Albert measures 5747m Par 72 with five par 3s ranging from 130-177m, eight rather short par 4s ranging from 295-356m and five par 5s ranging from 431-492m.

Course has wide couch fairways lined with pine trees and couch teebeds. There are patches of winter rye grass in the rough and on some fairways. Aside from the 1st green which has couch grass the greens are bent grass but are on the slow side and are small-to-medium sized. There are only 4 bunkers on the course.

There are a few blind teeshots over crests, at least 10 holes where the flags are not visible from the tee mound and not many straight holes on this undulating, fairly hilly layout.

I have played all grass green country courses in the state and the course conditioning here is a little disappointing for its above-average country layout, but one thing is certain, this course should never be mentioned in the same sentence as Augusta!

Some highlights though include: the 465m slight bend left 2nd (index 7) with a blind teeshot over a crest with tall pine trees on the right to a green with a bunker short left; the 492m slight bend left 3rd (index 1) with an undulating and tall pine tree-lined fairway to a bunkerless green; another blind teeshot awaits from the 489m 7th (index 2) which bends right off the tee, then left around a dry red-staked hazard on the left which runs 50-180m short of the small bunkerless green; the 356m straight and uphill 17th (index 4) with a 2-tier front-sloping bunkerless green; and the 351m dogleg right 18th (index 9) with glimpses of Lake Albert from the tee to the only par 4 green on the entire course which has a bunker…

Not sure I have played a course where the 2 hardest rated holes happen to be par 5s. The greens are slow and mostly flat. The course’s best attributes are its par 5s, as the par 4s are too short and unbunkered to be challenging for the better golfers.

I do like the BBQ area overlooking the twin 6th and 9th par 3 holes. Played here 4th October 2011 with $20 green fees. Great views from the clubhouse on top of the hill overlooking Lake Albert.

Meningie is a small town of around 1000 people about 30 minutes south of Tailem Bend on Lake Albert and near The Coorong. Course access is from Golf Club Road on the southern edge of town just off the Princes Highway.

2. Talart | Rated | 30 Aug 2011 | Add A Review

Enjoy playing this course on my travel between Robe and Adelaide. The greens are all new since 2010 after excess salt in the water damaged the exisiting ones. As the above review says a variety of challenging holes when the wind picks up.

3. striped_it | Rated | 16 Feb 2008 | Add A Review

This course is fantastic…definitely in the top 5 country courses in SA. The fairways are pure santa ana couch and the bent greens are generally fast & true. The course is very undulating, with a number of blind tee shots or approaches into some of the par 4’s & 5’s. It’s like a mini country-town Augusta.

The course places a premium on accuracy off the tee as the pine trees lining the fairways will catch any wayward shot. Lake Albert certainly is not the longest around, but scoring can be tough here due to the strategic doglegs and the postage-stamp greens (particularly the 11th, which is the smallest grass green I have ever seen).

Every hole on this course is a standout, particularly the back to back par 5 2nd & 3rd holes. A must play – do yourself a favour and go out of your way to play it….you won’t regret it.

4. acolman | Rated | 29 Jan 2008 | Add A Review

Good Quality Course, Long Course, plenty of par 5’s, and plenty of long par 4’s. when the Wind off the local Lake Albert picks up, the course is very challenging.

The course is well layed out, with the carpark and culbhouse available for repelishments after the 9th hole for a quick round or beverage, and there is also a shelter between the green of the 17th and the tee of the 18th, other greens and tees are also around this point, so on a sunnny day it is available for a rest before attempting to conquer the remaining parts of the course.

Short walks from greens to tees make it a less tiring round, however, this energy may be spent searching for your ball in the penal rough.

The course has some well used slopes, and very tidy greens, that can test even the best putters. The course is moderately bunkered, but when you find yourself on the beach, it certainly can be a fight to find yourself back off it again.

Green Fees are payed by the honesty box system, and carts are available for hire, by ringing the local car dealer, and picking up the cart key from there, as there is not people in the office all the time.

Overall a great course, and well worth the extra few kilometres off the beaten track to make your way there.