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Golf Australia Public Access 2023: the top 100 public courses

Courses where a visitor can book a tee time without a membership, in Golf Australia's published order. Golf List shows each course's position on our consensus of five overall lists. Read the original at Golf Australia.

Golf Australia Public Access 2023 in published order
Rank	Course	Place	Golf List
1	1Cape Wickham	King Island, Tasmania	3
2	2Barnbougle Dunes	Bridport, Tasmania	4
3	3Barnbougle Lost Farm	Bridport, Tasmania	6
4	4St Andrews Beach	Fingal, Victoria	16
5	5Ocean Dunes	King Island, Tasmania	18
6	613th Beach (Beach)	Barwon Heads, Victoria	T31
7	7The Dunes	Rye, Victoria	28
8	8Lonsdale Links	Point Lonsdale, Victoria	T29
9	9Port Fairy	Port Fairy, Victoria	T38
10	10Brookwater	Brookwater, Queensland	41
11	11Joondalup (Quarry/Dune)	Connolly, Western Australia	37
12	12Portsea	Portsea, Victoria	48
13	13Hamilton Island	Dent Island, Queensland	44
14	14Moonah Links (Legends)	Fingal, Victoria	47
15	15Narooma	Narooma, New South Wales	86
16	16Moonah Links (Open)	Fingal, Victoria	63
17	17St Michaels	Little Bay, New South Wales	60
18	18Bougle Run	Bridport, Tasmania	56
19	19The Cut	Dawesville, Western Australia	50
20	20Links Hope Island	Hope Island, Queensland	57
21	21Curlewis	Curlewis, Victoria	T61
22	22Meadow Springs	Meadow Springs, Western Australia	68
23	2313th Beach (Creek)	Barwon Heads, Victoria	67
24	24Kalgoorlie	Kalgoorlie, Western Australia	66
25	25Sanctuary Lakes	Point Creek, Victoria	T77
26	26The Glades	Robina, Queensland	79
27	27Rosebud (North)	Rosebud, Victoria	65
28	28Long Reef	Collaroy, New South Wales	–
29	29Sandringham Golf Links	Cheltenham, Victoria	64
30	30The Vintage	Rothbury, New South Wales	T61
31	31Links Lady Bay	Normanville, South Australia	76
32	32Stonecutters Ridge	Colebee, New South Wales	94
33	33Joondalup (Quarry/Lake)	Connolly, Western Australia	T96
34	34Pacific Harbour	Banksia Beach, Queensland	98
35	35Lakelands	Merrimac, Queensland	T81
36	36Warrnambool	Warrnambool, Victoria	T101
37	37Sun City	Yanchep, Western Australia	103
38	38Mount Compass	Mt Compass, South Australia	80
39	39Murray Downs	Murray Downs, New South Wales	105
40	40Pacific Dunes	Medowie, New South Wales	75
41	41Tasmania	Cambridge, Tasmania	T81
42	42Maroochy River	Bli Bli, Queensland	93
43	43The Federal	Red Hill, Australian Capital Territory	T101
44	44RACV Cape Schanck	Cape Schanck, Victoria	85
45	45Belmont	Belmont, New South Wales	109
46	46Yarrawonga Mulwala (Murray)	Mulwala, New South Wales	–
47	47Mornington	Mornington, Victoria	111
48	48Eastlake	Daceyville, New South Wales	–
49	49Albany	Albany, Western Australia	–
50	50Twin Waters	Twin Waters, Queensland	–
51	51Eynesbury	Eynesbury, Victoria	–
52	52Black Bull	Yarrawonga, Victoria	92
53	53RACV Royal Pines (Green/Gold)	Ashmore, Queensland	–
54	54The Coast	Little Bay, New South Wales	–
55	55Joondalup (Dune/Lake)	Connolly, Western Australia	–
56	56Rosebud (South)	Rosebud, Victoria	–
57	57Flinders	Flinders, Victoria	–
58	58Noosa Springs	Noosa Heads, Queensland	112
59	59Palm Meadows	Carrara, Queensland	–
60	60Leongatha	Leongatha South, Victoria	–
61	61Coolangatta Tweed Heads (River)	Tweed Heads South, New South Wales	–
62	62Kooindah Waters	Wyong, New South Wales	–
63	63Portarlington	Portarlington, Victoria	–
64	64Cypress Lakes	Pokolbin, New South Wales	87
65	65Ballarat	Ballarat, Victoria	–
66	66Yarrawonga Mulwala (Lake)	Mulwala, New South Wales	–
67	67Coolangatta Tweed Heads (West)	Tweed Heads South, New South Wales	–
68	68Rich River (East)	Moama, New South Wales	–
69	69Mollymook (Hilltop)	Mollymook, New South Wales	104
70	70Murwillumbah	Murwillumbah, New South Wales	–
71	71Mona Vale	Mona Vale, New South Wales	–
72	72Sandhurst (Champions)	Sandhurst, Victoria	–
73	73Bribie Island	Woorim, Queensland	–
74	74Horsham	Horsham, Victoria	–
75	75Growling Frog	Yan Yean, Victoria	–
76	76Secret Harbour	Secret Harbour, Western Australia	–
77	77Forster Tuncurry (Tuncurry)	Tuncurry, New South Wales	–
78	78Ocean Shores	Ocean Shores, New South Wales	–
79	79Nudgee	Nudgee, Queensland	–
80	80Byron Bay	Byron Bay, New South Wales	–
81	81Ulverstone	West Ulverstone, Tasmania	–
82	82Sandhurst (North)	Sandhurst, Victoria	–
83	83Tura Beach	Tura Beach, New South Wales	–
84	84Shelly Beach	Shelly Beach, New South Wales	–
85	85Coffs Harbour (Lakes)	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales	–
86	86Palmer Sea Reef	Port Douglas, Queensland	–
87	87Alice Springs	Alice Springs, NT	–
88	88Lakes Entrance	Lakes Entrance, Victoria	–
89	89Palmer Coolum	Yaroomba, Queensland	T88
90	90Cobram-Barooga (Old)	Barooga, New South Wales	–
91	91Catalina Club	Batemans Bay, New South Wales	–
92	92Horizons	Salamander Bay, New South Wales	–
93	93Brighton Lakes	Moorebank, New South Wales	–
94	94Teven Valley	Teven, New South Wales	–
95	95Blackwood	Cherry Gardens, South Australia	–
96	96Pambula Merimbula (Red/Yellow)	Pambula, New South Wales	–
97	97Palmer Gold Coast	Robina, Queensland	–
98	98Bunbury	Bunbury, Western Australia	–
99	99Toowoomba	Middle Ridge, Queensland	–
100	100Duntryleague	Orange, New South Wales	–

Golf List is blank for public courses that fewer than two overall lists rank. See the public-access ranking.

Other public-access editions: Golf Australia Public Access 2025.