What’s special about playing golf in Tasmania?
• You can play on Australia’s oldest golf course at Bothwell.
• Tee off on one of the best links courses in the world.
• Play on countless courses with river and ocean views.
On an un-crowded island with a temperate climate, rolling valleys and sweeping empty beaches, you will find emerald fairways and velvet greens of championship 18-hole courses. Not to mention spectacular cliff-top holes with wide ocean views.
It started with Ratho at Bothwell, Australia's oldest golf course, created by homesick Scots in the 1830s, and kept growing. Today you can step back in time and for just $15, you can play 9 or 18 holes at Ratho. Between the Australasian Golf Museum, Nant Whiskey Distillery and highland trout fishing nearby, be sure to allow more time than your golfing round requires!
Today, Tasmania has more than 80 courses. In the north-east, Barnbougle Dunes is rated Australia’s best public course and has been created in pure Scottish style with undulating links overlooking Bass Strait. This unspoilt, wild coastline is ideal for a links course and the inviting clubhouse and modern accommodation may just lure you in for an entire weekend.
In Tasmania’s south, the amazing par 3 eighth hole at the Tasman Club near Port Arthur offers pure spectacle. Here, your tee shot has to reach a pocket-handkerchief green on the far side of a deep chasm, where vertical sea cliffs plummet to surging ocean swells and tossing bull kelp, far below. There is no point in looking for lost balls here!
Tasmania has a sprinkling of public courses, but most are run by clubs. Wherever you play, you’ll find a warm Tasmanian welcome for members of interstate golf clubs at the club courses in cities, towns and country areas.
Where to play golf in Tasmania:
Some of the top courses include Royal Hobart, Tasmania Golf Club, Kingston Beach and Claremont in the south, and Launceston Country Club, Devonport and Ulverstone in the north. It’s a good idea to call ahead, book your round and enquire about facilities and services.
How to get to popular golf courses in Tasmania:
Our latest Golf Tasmania brochure provides listings, a map and contact information for Tasmania’s golf courses.
Related Experiences:
• Australasian Golf Museum
• Bothwell Golf Course
Useful links:
http://www.golftourstasmania.com.au/
http://www.tchange.com.au/recreation/golf.html
Aardvark Adventures Tasmania located in Hobart offer abseiling, caving and white-water rafting tours with qualified instructors.
The Tamar Valley Resort is located in the Swiss-style village of Grindelwald, northern Tasmania.
Putters Adventure Golf is a miniature golf complex at Moonah, north of Hobart.
Golf Tours of Tasmania offers a unique experience and is based in Launceston, northern Tasmania.
Murrays Day Out offers day trips and tours throughout Tasmania, catering for your interests
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