What is the best golf course in Victoria?

Royal Melbourne (West) is #1 in Victoria on The Golf List, and #1 in Australia. 42 Victoria courses have a Golf List position.

How are these courses ranked?

By the mean of each course's position across 5 published lists (Golf Digest 2026–27, Golf Digest 2024–25, Golf Australia 2026, Golf Australia 2024, Top100.com 2026), lowest first. Every source position is shown in the table.

How many of these courses are in Australia's top 20?

11 of the 42 courses listed are in the Golf List top 20, and 23 are in the top 50.

Guide

Best Golf Courses in Victoria

Victoria is the heartland of Australian championship golf — home to the Sandbelt, the Mornington Peninsula, and more ranked courses than any other state. The table ranks every Victorian course with a Golf List position within the state, alongside its position in Australia, by our consensus of five published lists.

Victoria's best, in Australia: #1
Courses ranked: 42
In Australia's top 20: 11
In the top 50: 23

Best Golf Courses in Victoria
VIC	Course	Australia	Avg	Golf Digest 2026–27AGD ’26	Golf Digest 2024–25AGD ’24	Golf Australia 2026GA ’26	Golf Australia 2024GA ’24	Top100.com 2026T100 ’26
1	1Royal Melbourne (West)	1	1.20	1	2	1	1	1
2	2Kingston Heath	2	2.40	2	3	3	2	2
T3	T3Peninsula Kingswood (North)	T7	7.80	5	5	10	8	11
T3	T3Royal Melbourne (East)	T7	7.80	9	8	7	6	9
5	5Victoria	9	8.00	7	10	8	7	8
6	6The National (Moonah)	12	12.80	12	12	13	12	15
7	7The National (Gunnamatta)	13	13.20	16	16	11	9	14
8	8Metropolitan	14	13.80	13	11	15	14	16
9	9Peninsula Kingswood (South)	15	16.80	15	15	19	18	17
10	10St Andrews Beach	16	17.00	27	25	14	13	6
11	11Cathedral Lodge	19	20.80	14	14	23	22	31
12	12Yarra Yarra	21	22.00	28	27	17	16	22
13	13Commonwealth	22	22.67	24	–	25	–	19
14	14The National (Old)	24	23.20	20	19	29	27	21
15	15Barwon Heads	26	23.80	31	23	21	20	24
16	16Woodlands	27	25.40	32	24	27	24	20
17	17The Dunes	28	27.80	26	26	28	25	34
18	18Lonsdale Links	T29	29.00	41	36	20	19	29
19	1913th Beach (Beach)	T31	30.80	39	33	31	28	23
20	20Port Fairy	T38	39.00	48	50	33	29	35
21	21Huntingdale	46	44.50	18	–	–	–	71
22	22Moonah Links (Legends)	47	45.20	50	45	50	44	37
23	23Portsea	48	45.40	52	49	48	42	36
24	24Spring Valley	51	50.40	54	54	51	45	48
25	25RACV Healesville	59	56.33	–	–	65	61	43
26	26Curlewis	T61	56.80	71	62	43	48	60
27	27Moonah Links (Open)	63	57.40	55	48	67	64	53
28	28Sandringham Golf Links	64	59.20	63	59	49	43	82
29	29Rosebud (North)	65	60.60	57	67	54	50	75
30	3013th Beach (Creek)	67	61.80	73	64	55	51	66
31	31Ranfurlie	72	68.33	–	–	66	62	77
T32	T32Sorrento	T77	72.60	61	56	82	78	86
T32	T32Sanctuary Lakes	T77	72.60	80	74	71	66	72
34	34The Eastern (South)	84	79.00	99	–	61	57	99
35	35RACV Cape Schanck	85	79.25	68	72	–	98	79
36	36The Heritage (Henley)	T88	82.00	70	77	93	88	–
37	37Settlers Run	91	82.40	92	79	76	70	95
38	38Black Bull	92	82.80	87	75	81	77	94
39	39The Heritage (St John)	95	86.25	74	85	–	97	89
40	40Riversdale	100	87.75	88	92	84	87	–
41	41Warrnambool	T101	89.00	96	93	86	81	–
42	42Mornington	111	97.00	–	–	99	95	–

The first column ranks courses within Victoria; Australia is their Golf List position nationally. Based on 5 lists; see the methodology.

Also in Victoria, ranked by fewer than two lists so without a Golf List position: Cranbourne, The National (Long Island), Horsham, Southern.

The lists disagree most about The Eastern (South), placed from 57 to 99.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best golf course in Victoria?: Royal Melbourne (West) is #1 in Victoria on The Golf List, and #1 in Australia. 42 Victoria courses have a Golf List position.
How are these courses ranked?: By the mean of each course's position across 5 published lists (Golf Digest 2026–27, Golf Digest 2024–25, Golf Australia 2026, Golf Australia 2024, Top100.com 2026), lowest first. Every source position is shown in the table.
How many of these courses are in Australia's top 20?: 11 of the 42 courses listed are in the Golf List top 20, and 23 are in the top 50.

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