1. no3jabbs | Rated | 06 Oct 2007 | Add A Review

I played one round here witch was in pennit last year it had slow greens witch are also small fairways are dry in summer.

2. davenorm | Rated | 18 Jun 2007 | Add A Review

Mount Macedon Golf Course is a very unique 9 hole golf course in Victoria. Set at the base of the Mount, it has a tremendous character not seen in many golf courses. It’s lack of 18 holes is made up for by it’s test of golf. The one element it lacks is a few longer holes to test out the elete golfers. The longest hole is the 4th hole, but when played as the 13th is well over 400 metres, plays straight towards the Mount, and is a huge challenge that would not be out of place in metropolitan Melbourne.

Two other golf holes at Mount Macedon are pure classics, a great asset on a 9 hole layout. The 1st, 10th is a mid length par 3 over a large ravine, a very, very impressive hole to start on, yet a massively daunting first tee shot for a novice. The 9th/18th hole is the other classic. I believe it is a truly classic par 4. The tee shot requires a lay up onto a sloping fairway. A miss right ends up out of bounds, and left is a water hazard or simply a very, very long approach in. After a perfectly positioned 200 metre tee shot, a wedge or 9 iron is required to hit the green, which you must not miss to the right. I cannot put into words the strategic genius of the 9th/18th at Mount Macedon. You simply must come and try it for yourself. All I can say is, as a professional, the hole is one of the best par 4’s I have seen in Victoria, and a challenge for any golfer.

3. publish_1 | Rated | 16 Mar 2004 | Add A Review

This golf course is set on the slopes of nearby Mount Macedon. This means it is hilly, and if you want to walk it, be prepared for a bit of a slog. Some holes, like the long 4th, are straight uphill and not that pleasant when a northerly is blowing down the slope.

There are some good holes, like the 1st, which plays as a par 3 over the creek from the clubhouse (do not go long left), and the 9th, which comes back over the same creek and is a tough test requiring a long tee shot to get position for an approach (otherwise lay up as the creek is impossible to play from).

The other holes are fairly non-descript, with small greens, too much onion grass on sideways sloping fairways, and a little too much contrivance to get 18 tee positions. In summer the fairways can bake hard, and being halfway up the mountain the wind can also be very harrowing.

The greens are small and, typical of a hilly course, a lot of them are benched into the side of the hill. Putts all break away from the Mount, if that is any help. In winter, the greens can get very soft.

A pleasant golf experience if you are nearby and best played in Spring, but if you want a true test of golf in better conditions, albeit more expensive, try nearby Gisborne.

4. kangated | Rated | 01 Feb 2004 | Add A Review

The Mt Macedon course sits on the lower slopes of...you guessed it Mt Macedon"... set in land adjoining the Disaster Training College. Lots of Australian bushland surrounding the course with a few golf happy kangaroo's and a tribe of ducks that just love to use the greens for toilet requirements !

From the start Mt Macedon presents a unique challenege for a reasonably short 9 hole course.

Hole 1/10 Par 3 150/160 metres

Elevated tee beside the clubhouse hitting up and over a valley and creek to the green which sits higher than the tees. Bunkered left side with steep approach and higher ground right rear. Does incline from front to rear though. It is a great start to the course calling for a precise iron shot rather than asking you to swing like the almighty with a wood from the beginning !

Hole 2/11 Par 4 240/224 metres

The first of the uphill shots with the tees showing a straight fairway approach. Large tree on the right makes lofted approaches difficult to a green that slopes distinctly from rear to front. Not an easy green to read and a challenge even if on in regulation.

Hole 3/12 Par 3 190/192 metres

Long Par 3 with nice wide fairway that is influenced by weather. Green slopes right to left and again not an easy read.

Hole 4/13 Par 4 348/401 metres

My arch nemesis. A long straight Par 4 with bushland both sides. Teeing towards the mountain often means hitting into strong breeze/wind making it difficult to reach in regulation. Bunkered to the left front, the green sits in a shaded area and is bordered right and rear by fenceline (no ball retrieval). Green is large and slopes rear to front and due to shading plays differently at times to other greens on the course. A genuine workout this hole !

Hole 5/14 Par 4 336/319 metres

On 5 you hit across the previous fairway and the hole is doglef right to left. The corber has some big trees and a difficult recovery if you stray in there with lots of bush. This is not the place for slices as the right boundary has a ball swallowing fenceline (no retrieval) with trees along the fencing. The green is lower than the fairway and it can be diffiicult to pull the ball up once on despite the slope from rear to front ! Dense rough not far towards the rear calls for caution on your approach. The 14th is along the right hand fenceline with straight approach but again your approach shot calls for caution.

Hole 6/15 Par 4 317/372 metres

On the 6th the fairway disappears about 180 metres from the tee down to the green. Dam on the left and tree line on the roight. A good straight shot can roll for ever when it's dry ! Confident chip and run approach shot called for or "lob it on" at your own peril ! The 15th tee is 60 metres away set in the back corner of the rouse and making the hole into a left/right digleg. Great if you have a confident slice going but again the approach shot to a very difficult to read green !

Hole 7/16 Par 4/3 287/180 metre

A shortish Par 4 for the 7th with a left/right dogleg with tall timber on the corner. Take it on at your own risk. 100 metres forward is the 16th Tee for a long par 3. Green is one of the flattest on the course but distance challeneges anyone hoping for the birdie opportunity.

Hole 8/17 Par 3/4 185/290 metres

Highly elevated tee shot for the Par 3 8th down to a shaded green. Large tree to the left OOB all the way down the right, bush protecting next Tee's on the left. Smallish green with right to left slope. Good Par 3 challenege. When it becomes a Par 4 next time round you have to be precise and clear the big tree on the left or go down the shute as straight as you can. OOB treeline all the way on the right downhill to a smallish green. Good matchplay hole !

Hole 9/18 Par 4 354 metres

9th tee just been revised from the left. Right dogleg to a straighter shot. Dam and rough on the left, OOB fenceline and bush on the riight. Fairway slopes high left o low right (and is tiring by the 2nd time around).

The biggie though here takes you back across the valley and creek to an elevated green. Do I or don;t I - that is the question. The faint at heart will lay up (but be careful not too long as the valley starts early and the creek awaits). A decent sized green sloping away from the mountain and a great hole to finish with !

The MMGC has a cosy licenced clubroom oeprating weekends and public holidays. Electric BBQ and seating. It's a good fun day with some picturesque golf amongst the Macedon Ranges bushland and well worth the drive up the Calder Highway.

Probably too far out for some city folk but honestly for the meager green fees, easy of getting on (Comp Sat morning early afternoon) it is worth the drive.

Directions

Follow the Calder and take the Mount Macedon/Macedon exit. A few kms down the road after the sweeping right hand curve about 2/3rds of the way up the straight road up the hill you will see signs for the club on the left !

Members from other clubs always made welcome and welcomed into local comps.