Barwon Heads Golf Club

IN: COURSE DIRECTORY | REGION: Mornington/Bellarine, VIC | USER RATING: (3.8) | Add A Review

The Links at Barwon Heads regularly rates in Australia’s top 30 courses. The nearby Bass Strait and sand dunes along with the weather conditions provide a links reminiscent of famed Scottish links. The undulating terrain, in harmony with the natural features of the land will ensure that you will remember time spent at Barwon Heads.

While not especially long the Links will test golfers of all standards with cleverly positioned hazards, subtle slopes and the greens along with challenging tee positions. The wind ensures that the course rarely plays the same way twice in the one week.

The turf is maintained to the highest standard and in the summer a local species of couch grass dominates the fairways. In the cooler months the species of Poa Annua provides an excellent fairway cover.

greens The greens are predominantly of Poa Annua and are maintained to the highest standard. It is our practice that the greens be cut for guests every morning, so a true and fast surface is virtually assured.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • Name: Barwon Heads Golf Club
  • Region: Mornington/Bellarine,VIC
  • Address: Golf Links Road
    Barwon Heads, 3227, Victoria, Australia
  • Proshop: (03) 5254 2321
  • General: (03) 5254 2302
  • Holes: 18
  • Metres: 5718m
  • Par: 70
1. stubrobrih | Rated | 01 Jul 2007 | Add A Review

We played in the week of Monday 25 June. The attitude problems and vague sense of a lack of welcome are still evident, esp in the wierd-ar*e Pro Shop. The main problem and still way too common is that these places are prepared to take your dollars($70) and full buck for a cart WITHOUT Telling you the full Maintenance Team is on the course sanding and scraping the greens – which therefore were BGrade Public Course rate. They knew they would be doing it – they just dont tell the punters and that isa an attitude that is about 2 generations out of date – and that sums up Barwon Heads. The round is secondary to the lack of respect to the golfer!

PROS

  • Good original links style corse

Cons

  • Old style attitudes to the punter and damn maintenance crews
2. luke60mclean | Rated | 22 May 2007 | Add A Review

Set just beyond the township it self this course has something special, no high rise apartments, just an old club house and 18 beautiful holes this course was built before titanium drivers so it is short by todays standards, the holes have been carved out of the sand dunes they sit on and with the right wind still very challenging, the 3rd hole is it’s signature hole running side by side 13th beach. An experience in it’s self.

3. Scarlett | Rated | 07 Oct 2006 | Add A Review

I played this course on Tuesday 18Apr06 so ignore the review date above. (I wish the iseekgolf team would add a field to these reviews that allowed you to put in the date when you played rather than when you wrote the review...)

BHGC cost me $65 to play as a green fee paying visitor and they seemed quite happy to take the tee booking over the phone. On arrival though the whole atmosphere from clubhouse, pro shop and staff seemed overly pretentious. The lady members were playing at the time and those I spoke to all seemed friendly enough though.

The first six holes of this course are spectacular linksland, set in the sand dunes and coastal scrub behind Barwon Heads township. The remaining holes worked partly through the hind dunes and more vegetation, but were neither as exposed to the wind nor open to one another. Fairways were dry and patchy due to water restrictions but gave excellent run to drives. Greens were very fast and the roll was exacerbated by the gusting wind. Plenty of fairway undulations and bunkers as you'd expect for the location.

The course would not be overly difficult in calm conditions but when the wind was blowing (and apparently it does very regularly) it was quite a challenge.

A nice enough course, but if I had only one day in the area to play golf I reckon I'd go elsewhere as it would be cheaper and probably more welcoming.

"No mulligans, no gimmes; play golf..."

Scarlett

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

One of the classic links courses of Victoria.

It doesn't play long, but is often windy, which make it difficult. It is also very natural looking with a couple of the short par 3's being little gems.

Make sure you take enough club on your approach to the 18th.

5. andrewparker | Rated | 05 Jun 2003 | Add A Review

A fantastic course, with a fantastic layout in fantastic condition. 5 stars all the way!

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