Golf Courses Melbourne

Pack your clubs and experience the range and diversity of courses around Melbourne and regional Victoria. Enjoy stunning views of rivers, mountains and beaches, and play a round in the famous south-eastern 'sand belt' where the climate, landscape and rich history create a golfing destination like no other.

The sand belt region of Melbourne boasts a fabulous group of golf courses that epitomise the golden age of golf architecture. A rich vein of sandy loam subsoil provides the rare opportunity to construct incredible greens. Melbourne also boasts a temperate climate perfect for producing bent grass putting surfaces. Fairways are covered with a base grass of couch noted for its firmness and year-round vibrancy.

Public Golf Courses
Public golf courses are open to the general public and operate throughout Metropolitan Melbourne and some Victorian country towns and holiday centres. For a modest fee, anyone can play 9 or 18 holes, and outside of Melbourne all but a handful of golf clubs also allow public green fee play.

Public Driving Ranges
Golf driving ranges which are open to the general public operate in Melbourne and some country towns in Victoria. They cater for golf instruction and golf practice on a “pay for use” basis.

Public Pitch and Putt Courses
Pitch and Putt Courses which are open to the general public operate in Melbourne and some country towns in Victoria. They cater for short game practice on a “pay for use” basis.

How to Join a Club
Apart from a small number of golf clubs in Melbourne, membership is generally available immediately or within a short waiting period in clubs throughout Victoria.

The best approach is to do some research and locate different clubs in or near to where you would prefer to play. Then contact the clubs, either in person or by telephone, and enquire about membership availability, cost and procedure for joining. If you have family or friends that are already members, ask them to invite you along for a game before you make a final decision.

Clubs usually have an established orientation system to introduce and welcome new members and help them understand how the club works. Please click on the links below to view Clubs with Adult and Junior Memberships available.

Alternatively, please use our Melbourne Golf Courses search page for a more detailed search filter to find a club in your area. Contact should be made directly with the club.

Some Melbourne Golf Courses:

The Growling Frog Golf Course
This is a public course for all golfers. Owned and operated by the City of Whittlesea in Melbourne's north, the Frog is a great place to spend an afternoon or even a whole day. You can have a hit of golf from dawn to dusk every day of the year, use the driving range, grab some golfing gear, or try one of the delicious meals in the Growling Frog Restaurant.

Albert Park Golf Public Course
Albert Park Golf Public Course is arguably the best located golf course in the world. Only 2 km's from Melbourne's busy CBD, the Par 72 course runs alongside the racetrack for the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix, and is a most picturesque location. There isn't a better public access golf course in Melbourne. Albert Park's impressive landscape is dominated by mature exotic trees, and boasts some of the finest Elms in the state of Victoria. Recent extensions to the course have resulted in the planting of some 1600 additional trees of varying species.

Tirhatuan Lakes Golf Course
Tirhatuan Lakes is located 25 minutes east of Melbourne's CBD. The reasons why the Tirhatuan Lakes Golf Course is so well enjoyed by Melbourne's golfing community are because it is considered one of Melbourne's best value Public Golf Courses. A few years back it was rated in the Top 5 Public Courses in Victoria by the Herald/Sun newspaper. It is a well maintained and managed course with a challenging layout that has been designed to suit golfers of any skill level. Whether you are a regular weekly player or just starting out - there is enough challenge in the layout for anyone.

Brighton Golf Course
Brighton Public Golf Course is regarded as one of Melbourne's best Public golf Courses, and regularly ranks in the Top 5 of Melbourne's metropolitan public courses. It is an all weather course catering to the average golfer, yet still provides a good test of golf for the more skilled. The holes are generally tight, and many greens are ringed by some of the best bunkering you will find on a Melbourne public golf course. This feature of the course bears testament to the fact that Brighton truly is a member of Melbourne's famed sand-belt.