What is the best public golf course in New South Wales?

St Michaels is the highest-ranked public-access course in New South Wales, and #60 overall in Australia.

How many public access courses in New South Wales are ranked?

33 New South Wales courses are on Golf Australia's Top 100 Public Access list, and 9 of them also have a Golf List position.

Public access

Best public golf courses in New South Wales

33 New South Wales courses open to visitors. Those the overall lists also rank are ordered by The Golf List; the rest follow in Golf Australia's order.

Ranked public access golf courses in New South Wales
NSW	Course	Public, Australia	Overall	GA Public Access 2025GA Pub ’25	GA Public Access 2023GA Pub ’23	State
1	1St Michaels	18	60	17	17	NSW
2	2The Vintage	T19	T61	29	30	NSW
3	3Pacific Dunes	27	75	40	40	NSW
4	4Narooma	35	86	15	15	NSW
5	5Cypress Lakes	36	87	64	64	NSW
6	6Stonecutters Ridge	40	94	32	32	NSW
7	7Mollymook (Hilltop)	46	104	69	69	NSW
8	8Murray Downs	47	105	39	39	NSW
9	9Belmont	48	109	45	45	NSW

The first column ranks public courses within New South Wales; the second ranks them across Australia. See every New South Wales course, public or not, in the New South Wales guide.

More public courses in New South Wales

Not ranked by two or more of the overall lists, so shown in Golf Australia's order.

More public access golf courses in New South Wales
GA Pub ’25	Course	Place	GA Pub ’23	Move
30	30Long Reef	Collaroy, New South Wales	28	↓2
46	46Yarrawonga Mulwala (Murray)	Mulwala, New South Wales	46	—
51	51Eastlake	Daceyville, New South Wales	48	↓3
54	54The Coast	Little Bay, New South Wales	54	—
61	61Kooindah Waters	Wyong, New South Wales	62	↑1
62	62Coolangatta Tweed Heads (River)	Tweed Heads South, New South Wales	61	↓1
66	66Yarrawonga Mulwala (Lake)	Mulwala, New South Wales	66	—
67	67Coolangatta Tweed Heads (West)	Tweed Heads South, New South Wales	67	—
68	68Rich River (East)	Moama, New South Wales	68	—
71	71Murwillumbah	Murwillumbah, New South Wales	70	↓1
72	72Mona Vale	Mona Vale, New South Wales	71	↓1
77	77Forster Tuncurry (Tuncurry)	Tuncurry, New South Wales	77	—
78	78Ocean Shores	Ocean Shores, New South Wales	78	—
80	80Byron Bay	Byron Bay, New South Wales	80	—
83	83Tura Beach	Tura Beach, New South Wales	83	—
84	84Shelly Beach	Shelly Beach, New South Wales	84	—
85	85Coffs Harbour (Lakes)	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales	85	—
90	90Cobram-Barooga (Old)	Barooga, New South Wales	90	—
91	91Horizons	Salamander Bay, New South Wales	92	↑1
92	92Catalina Club	Batemans Bay, New South Wales	91	↓1
93	93Brighton Lakes	Moorebank, New South Wales	93	—
94	94Teven Valley	Teven, New South Wales	94	—
96	96Pambula Merimbula (Red/Yellow)	Pambula, New South Wales	96	—
100	100Duntryleague	Orange, New South Wales	100	—

Frequently asked questions

What is the best public golf course in New South Wales?: St Michaels is the highest-ranked public-access course in New South Wales, and #60 overall in Australia.
How many public access courses in New South Wales are ranked?: 33 New South Wales courses are on Golf Australia's Top 100 Public Access list, and 9 of them also have a Golf List position.