1. d_train | Rated | 05 Jan 2010 | Add A Review

I really liked this course. I was down at Peppers for a wedding and brought the sticks along for a hit. What a treat – the amazing thing about it is that is was so quiet, hardly anyone on it. I had actually booked in to play in the comp (the Saturday comp is open after 10.30am) but there wasn’t anyone else around (and the other person booked in at noon didn’t show) so played it socially. Saw only 1 person on the back 9 a few holes in front so was able to take my time and be leisurely but still found I had raced through in quick time (just over 3hrs) – try doing that on a public access Sydney course on a Saturday.

The layout is quite unique, like they have dropped an 18 hole course in the middle of some cow paddocks, which is exactly what they have done. There aren’t many trees but the long grass is very long and you can lose quite a few balls in there (some friends had played the day before and seen quite a few brown snakes so when I heard that anything in the long grass was left there). If you are hitting straight you can pull out your driver a lot, this is a long course and if you are crazy enough to play from the blacks then it is even longer.

As previous posters have mentioned the bunkers are very bad, full of dirt and stone and most were GUR but thankfully I was only in one all day. And the tee box for the 10th is covered in duck shit. Fix those 2 things and let some mongooses run loose to keep the snakes in check and this place would be awesome.

Overall I really enjoyed my round and would play again. They have a good deal for a Sydney based golfer to get an associate membership. I am not sure I would get down the half dozen times I would need to make it worthwhile but am definitely thinking about it.

PROS

• Fantastic pastoral setting, very relaxing - you can't see any houses or cars just birds and cows.
• Not many golfers on here so no waiting and a quick round in a cart

Cons

• Long grass full of brown snakes!
• Bunkers need fixing

2. Splitpin | Rated | 29 Dec 2009 | Add A Review

Great layout, a real links style that’s not too difficult.
As per many past reviews the bunkers are a discrace, nothing resembling sand in them.
Also no marshals and the course management sucks. They pushed a 2 ball of beginners in front of us at #10. they refused to let us past so after 3 holes were forced to skip a hole to get moving again.
Nice course but not worth the $75.
Moss Vale, Bowral and Mittagong are all much better value.

3. karllaz | Rated | 24 Dec 2009 | Add A Review

Played the course the day before a major event (Jack Newton Junior), so the course was in fabulous shape!!! I think one really needs to play this course to experience it!!!

Like others have said, play smart and you’ll be rewarded!!!

Only downer were the bunkers, set up was good, but were just hard dirt.

4. CalvinC | Rated | 21 Dec 2009 | Add A Review

Really enjoyed the course, it is a great deal. Lush fairway, beautiful greens and the layout is very interesting. It is hard but fair.

Even my wife who is a beginner and plays off 35 enjoyed it.

Do take plenty of balls, I am a 10 handicapper and i lost 8 balls. But I wasn’t driving the ball particularly straight that day. The rough is as they say rough and you really need to pay attention to where you balls stops, as a ball can run off the fairway and just disappear.

Also, do have a drink at the club house after the round. It reminds me of those clubhouses in Scotland, very cosy and the pie is pretty good.

Would definitely play there again.

5. chevychase | Rated | 05 Nov 2009 | Add A Review

Played at Mt Broughton several weekends ago on a picture perfect day. My first impressions were that this was very good attempt at a "links" type course.
As others have said, take plenty of balls with you because if you miss the fairway it’s re-load time. I lost 6 balls, but found almost as many. If you’re playing Mt Broughton for the first time, buy a course guide; you won’t regret it.
Overall I’d give this course 6/10. It certainly wouldn’t make my top 100.

6. ipwood | Rated | 27 Oct 2009 | Add A Review

Delightful "links" style course with a good selection of shorter par 4’s requiring accurate placement rather than just bombing away off the tee. Greens were a little slow for a Victorian but, once you found the pace they played pretty true.

I can understand previous posts re the rough and bunkers but there is plenty of width to the landing areas so if you’re in the rough you probably deserve it.

7. youngjim | Rated | 22 Apr 2009 | Add A Review

Great links style course, feels like you are in Scotland with the train line on the edge of the course. Very long and lots of different tee options. Fairways and greens were great. Lots of rough and lost many a ball but the amount of balls I found made up for it. The only problem was the bunkers. Half of them were GUR and most of the others were just dirt. When I played I only saw a few other people on the course. Great course with the only problem being the bunkers.

8. Steb | Rated | 09 Jan 2009 | Add A Review

Really enjoyed Mt Broughton. Green fees of $75 inc cart was a reasonable deal – you’d pay nearly double for a course like this on the Golf Coast.

Many tee options – not slight differences in yardage but sometimes up to 80m just for the mens alone. We played the longest tees but it wasn’t outrageous, just fair.

Bunkers were as others have said – they were more like soil than sand. But who cares – they’re a hazard and I found them quite playable.

Take plenty of balls! The main problem was balls just running off the fairway just disappear. A 13 handicapper mate who wasn’t driving straight lost 15. Shorter hitters probably will fare better, although some tees required a 150m carry from the back tees just to reach the fairway.

Greens were generous and true. Undulations made distance judgement tricky, but spinklers were well marked.

Great country charm about the course. No such things as adjacent fairways here – each hole is secluded. It was even a bit tricky navigating the course.

Lush green fairways, mountainous backdrop, cows mooing, pretty clubhouse, what more could you want?

9. thechopper | Rated | 21 Oct 2008 | Add A Review

Excellent golf course…

Fairways wide enough to take a good shot, greens receptive enough to hold a ball, only downside was the bunkers, they were disgracefull and should have ALL been GUR…spend some money guys and fix em up.

A ball hit off the fairway can be heavily penilised as the rough is deep and the rubbish past the rough is lost ball time.

Have a game there, you will enjoy it, if you are a chopper, take a supply of balls with you…

10. Danny_Noonan | Rated | 07 Jul 2008 | Add A Review

Quality course! Played there on a friday morning and while maybe the freezing cold weather and drizzle turned people away I was the only person on the course!! Chatting to a green keeper and he said only about 50 ppl per week play it, such a waste for a such an awesome track, if you want a game where you can take your time and not worry about other golfers then this is the place!!

Played from the very back tees, 6600m, its f-ing long!! Pretty much expect to hit driver 3 iron all day from back there!! 2nd hole is a 235m par 3, monster!!

Didn’t get a bad lie in the fairway or rough all day, grass is lush, expect to lose a couple of balls if you spray it into the gnarly long stuff but you have plenty of room to work with.

Greens were pretty nice, lumpy and bumpy at the start but during the day the greenies were cutting and rolling them and by the last few holes they were much better, play in the arvo if that bothers you!

Bunkers as people have said are pretty crap, no sand just muddy stuff but who really cares, when you have a golf course as spectacular as this it doesnt really matter, dont go in the bunkers!

Will definately go back again and reccommend to anyone, it is pretty open and wide fairways but this challenge is about playing from the long tees and staying out of trouble, good luck!

Membership is only $750 for Sydney players who are members of another club, good deal!

11. onelongfarca | Rated | 14 Apr 2007 | Add A Review

Conceptually, I suppose it’s not a bad layout. In reality however, it’s a complete bog.

I have played twice now, and on both occasions 80% of the bunkers on the course have been marked GUR. On top of this, the squelching underfoot becomes intolerable after a while, and every other lie is swampy. When I remarked on this to the confident young lad tending the clubhouse, he told me that it was because of ‘all of the rain that they’d had’.......God forbid the drought ever breaks in the Highlands.

12. mdelos10 | Rated | 24 Feb 2007 | Add A Review

Let me start by saying that this course is unique. It is unlike any other course I have played.

Green fees can be a little high for a course in the middle of nowhere, but I would definitely pay the $80 odd dollars again to play.

Tee Boxes: 4/5

Fairways: 4/5

Greens: 4/5

Bunkers: 2/5

13. Arceupins | Rated | 03 Sep 2006 | Add A Review

Simply... amazing! Words cannot describe the beauty and challenging fun of this course. A gem to be unjoyed by all!

14. theframipr | Rated | 23 Apr 2006 | Add A Review

played on easter monday with my wife, had a fabulous time.

the course is a very good test of golf, for both the experienced and beginner golfer.

i play off 10 the wife about 34 but both thouroghly enjoyed the beautiful landscape and the lush fairways.

the only down side is the bunkers, they are appauling for such a good course, every bunker was just mud and rock. very dissapointing for such a nice course.

highlights, just the tranquil setting, lush fairways, unforgiving rough and beautiful greens...

highly recommend this course to anyone who wants a challenge or just an enjoyable day on the course

15. callawayfred | Rated | 17 Oct 2005 | Add A Review

Playing in a Group of 4 averaging 18 Handicapers and off the Blue Markers.

We all found the rough to be of a unforgivable hieght, any ball which found its way even if only centimeters was lost.

For such a long course you would expect that there would be more carts available.

The Bunkers were of an unacceptable standard, the only bunker which had sand was the 18th, most other bunkers consisted of hard dirt & rocks only.

We found the Greens & Fairways to be in good condition.

The Staff were obliging & helpfull.

In summary:- Lack of Carts, On course facilities ie: Food, Drinks etc.

On reflection we were disappointed and would not be in any hurry for a return visit.

16. bigfoca | Rated | 01 Mar 2005 | Add A Review

I have played at Bonville, Camden Lakeside, Cypress Lakes, Riverside Oaks and many more "top 100" golf courses but none of them were as enjoyable as this course.

It is long and tough with nicely paced greens yet not an overwhelming challenge for the capable player. Don't waste your time though if you struggle to break 100 at a normal course because this beast will not be much fun.

17. brentwright | Rated | 23 Dec 2004 | Add A Review

May I start off by saying it is a shame that I found this course so close to me leaving Sydney. An absolute pleasure to play Mt Broughton because it makes you feel like you are actually playing the British Open. I totally agree with one of the earlier reviews that it is well worth the travel down from Sydney...close your eyes and amagine golf on a Sunday playing at a first class Course in complete Tranquility with no groups behind you...being able to take your time to actually read the line for your putts...does this sound like Fantasyland????? Well take the trip to Mossvale and see the Friendly Proshop Staff and im sure after you lose a few Balls you will be driving home very happy you have enjoyed a day of Golf you may never forget.

18. | Rated | 31 Dec 2003 | Add A Review

Many people seem either blissfully unaware of this golfing paradise, or put off by warnings of the course's difficulty.

I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand it's hard for me to convince partners to take the trip down (just 90 mins from central Sydney - considerably closer than the Hunter Valley courses), but on the other it ensures you rarely have to book a tee time - just show up and you've almost got the course to yourself - in immaculate condition too because hackers just don't want to play here!

The layout is tremendous - links golf in mountain country is novel but it works. The long grass and the course's length is often spoken about as the sources of difficulty, but there've been few times I've played where the wind has not been a factor.

There are major distance variations between tees, so you choose how much challenge you want before you tee off - for low(ish) markers the pro will normally allow you to take your pick. I would advise that for handicappers over 18 you don't be a hero - play off the front or second tee grounds and you will honestly enjoy your round much more. It's still no mickey mouse course from those tees.

I like virtually all the holes. The index one hole, the long par 4 eighth, is often into the prevailing southerly (which can be bitingly cold in winter). The fairway is reasonably wide, and the long grass on the right is not in play until about 230m off the back tees. That said, a bunker sits astride the fairway taking important metreage from your drive, and from the front of the bunker you still have 180m to a narrow green protected by a bunker left and a water hazard right.

The par 4 fourteenth is another hole affected by wind direction. A 380m dogleg right which basically heads south, the shortcut involves risking bunkers and short rough, and leaves a tantalising approach over a pond just short of the green. With a southerly that spells real dificulty.

The greens and fairways are always in good condition, and the beautiful little clubhouse is a welcome respite from a tough day on the course.

For keen golfers and those who yearn for the Scottish Links experience...

19. andrew14966 | Rated | 19 Jul 2003 | Add A Review

A very long, tough layout, south of Sydney in the Southern Highlands.

From the back markers the course is very long with one of the longest par 3's I have ever played. The course is also well bunkered.

I've played it in both winter & summer & would recommend the later over the former. In winter the grass coverage can be a little tight, especially in high traffic areas.

The outer rough often get over grown to ridiculous height for a course that has golfers of all levels on it. This can cause some lost balls.

20. eaglesblue | Rated | 11 Apr 2003 | Add A Review

Mount Broughton is only a leisurely hours drive from Sydney it is a great escape for a day trip.

With good company great views and a demanding course what more could you ask for.

The course has a great mix of holes if you are game play off the back plates the first hole is a short par 4 dogleg right if you drive too far straight you will have your first taste of the deep grass which runs along the perimeters of the fairways, keep it straight or you will donate a lot of balls and in the warmer months the snakes will ensure you don't look too hard.

The course has a Scottish links feel about it with minimal trees and the long grasses.

The 2nd from the plate measures 227 metres from an elevated tee looking down to a protected green water short and well bunkered.

As the goods train hurtles past the par 5 7th is a solid hole with well placed fairway bunkers requiring an accurate drive to set up your second shot.

The back nine is my favorite particulary holes 13, 15 and 17 if your looking for a tough test of golf try the par 4 13th measuring 422 metres from the plate a good drive is essential to position yourself for a long iron second to a well designed green with out of bounds all the way along the right hand side courtesy of the train line.

The 15th measures 575 metres and on a windy day if you can reach the short grass with your drive your've done well it still requires a fairway wood and long iron third to reach the green.

The 17th which borders the dam on the left hand side and long grass on the right is a strong par 4 a wide fairway tightens to a well protected green hit well the second shot is very satisfying long to mid iron with a front bunker that can deceive your distance.

From an elevated position looking down the fairway to the Stately Clubhouse the par 4 18th is like the first a shorter hole but beware of the pond on the right which will catch a poor drive, 3 wood or long iron is a better option.

Make sure you sit down and enjoy a drink in the clubhouse upstairs after your game or at half way it reminds me of some of the clubhouses in Scotland with comfortable chairs open fireplace and cosy feel about it.

Downstairs is a well stocked Pro Shop run by the residend Director of Golf Michael Mosher.