Q Golf - Official online magazine for Golf Queensland Spring / Summer 2011 | Page 29

TRAVEL FEATURE

This classic Robert Trent-Jones Jnr.
designed course is situated in rugged
sand dune country high above the z
Schanck Coastal and Point Nepean
National Parks and offers ocean views
from 16 of it’s 18 holes. On coastal land
next to The National are the two other
courses that make up this superb 54-hole
golfing facility; the links-style Moonah
Course designed by Greg Norman and
the Ocean Course designed by Thomson,
Wolveridge and Perrett.
Another excellent Robert Trent Jones
Jnr. layout is to be found at the RACV

Cape Schanck Resort, an excellent base
for golf forays in grape country. Other
quality courses on the Mornington
Peninsula include The Dunes, a highlyrated inland links layout, Portsea, Eagle
Ridge and the Moonah Link’s Open and
Legends courses. The Legends course is a
resort-style course, and the Open course
is an 18-hole championship links built
specifically to host the Australian Open
in 2003.
Knock on cellar doors and sample some
fine drops while playing some of the most
challenging and affordable golf courses

to be found anywhere. The driving in
between is pure pleasure - farmlands
interspersed with woodlands, vineyards,
old resort towns such as Sorrento and
Portsea and views over Western Port Bay
on one side and Bass Straights on
the other.
There’s just so much to do and experience
golf wise and otherwise in this area of
Australia. Throw in other day trips from
Melbourne to the Great Ocean Road
and the famed penguins of Phillip Island,
and you have a 2011 Presidents Cup golf
vacation that will be the envy of everyone.

Some Useful Websites
Presidents Cup
www.pgatour.com/tournaments/presidentscup/

Red Hill Estate
www.redhillestate.com.au

Royal Melbourne Golf Club
www.royalmelbourne.com.au

The National
www.nationalgolf.com.au

Visit Melbourne
www.visitmelbourne.com

The Dunes Golf Links
www.thedunes.com.au

Visit Victoria
www.visitvictoria.com

Moonah Links
www.moonahlinks.com.au

Mornington Peninsula
www.visitmorningtonpeninsula.org

Albert Park Golf
www.golfvictoria.com.au

The National’s signature hole, the par -3 second

www.golfqueensland.org.au

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