New South Wales Golf Club
The New South Wales Golf Club is a links-style golf course designed by Alister MacKenzie in December 1926.[1] It consists of 18 holes, two of which are beside the Tasman Sea and Botany Bay. The course is situated in La Perouse, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, and regularly rates in the top 50 golf courses in the world.[1]
 Cape Banks in the distance on the edge of the Tasman Sea, with the 6th hole pictured, far right, with coastal heath in the foreground. | |
| Club information | |
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  Location in New South Wales | |
| Coordinates | 33°59′41″S 151°14′38″E |
| Location | La Perouse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Established | December 1926 |
| Type | Private |
| Owned by | New South Wales Golf Club |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Tournaments hosted | Australian Open |
| Greens | Bent |
| Fairways | Couch |
| Website | http://www.nswgolfclub.com.au |
| Designed by | Carnegie Clark & Alister MacKenzie |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,245 metres (20,489 ft) |
| Course rating | ACR/USGA 74 |
| Slope rating | 135 |
| Course record |
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MacKenzie, on designing the course, stated:[2]
"At Sydney, I made an entirely new course for the New South Wales Golf Club at a place called La Perouse. This presents, I think, more spectacular views than any place I know with the possible exception of the new Cypress Point golf course in California."
— Alister MacKenzie, May 1927
See also
A panorama taken from the fifth fairway. In the distance is the fifth green, the sixth hole, the seventh tee, and the Tasman Sea. Holes on the back nine are off to the far right.
- List of golf courses in New South Wales
References
- "History of NSW Golf Club". New South Wales Golf Club. Retrieved 24 January 2007.
- "Visitor's welcome guide" (PDF) (PDF). New South Wales Golf Club. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
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