Tasmania punches well above its weight in Australian golf, anchored by Cape Wickham and the Barnbougle courses. Here’s the definitive ranking of the state’s best, according to Australian Golf Digest’s Top 100 Courses list.
Tasmanian tour pro Mat Goggin was 13 years old in the late 1980s, enjoying his first year of playing golf, when his grandfather insisted he head to 7 Mile Beach in Hobart, Tasmania, to hit balls off the sand.
Australian golf-tour operator Air Adventure Golf has secured its place as a leader in golf tourism after winning gold for Best Tour & Transport Operator at the prestigious 2024 Tasmanian Tourism Awards.
With the much-anticipated opening of Hobart’s 7 Mile Beach course on the horizon, it’s just one reason why Tasmania is the envy of golfers across the country.
Mathew Goggin, Tasmania’s best-known touring pro, has a new passion project: drawing more golfers to his hometown of Hobart courtesy of two new world-class courses.
An unexpected recent architectural trend is the popularity of short courses: entertaining, quick-play accessory designs stuffed with ambitious architecture.
Australian Golf Digest
