What is the best public golf course in Victoria?

St Andrews Beach is the highest-ranked public-access course in Victoria, and #16 overall in Australia.

How many public access courses in Victoria are ranked?

29 Victoria courses are on Golf Australia's Top 100 Public Access list, and 17 of them also have a Golf List position.

Public access

Best public golf courses in Victoria

29 Victoria 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 Victoria
VIC	Course	Public, Australia	Overall	GA Public Access 2025GA Pub ’25	GA Public Access 2023GA Pub ’23	State
1	1St Andrews Beach	4	16	4	4	VIC
2	2The Dunes	6	28	7	7	VIC
3	3Lonsdale Links	7	T29	8	8	VIC
4	413th Beach (Beach)	8	T31	6	6	VIC
5	5Port Fairy	10	T38	9	9	VIC
6	6Moonah Links (Legends)	13	47	14	14	VIC
7	7Portsea	14	48	12	12	VIC
8	8Curlewis	T19	T61	21	21	VIC
9	9Moonah Links (Open)	21	63	16	16	VIC
10	10Sandringham Golf Links	22	64	28	29	VIC
11	11Rosebud (North)	23	65	27	27	VIC
12	1213th Beach (Creek)	25	67	23	23	VIC
13	13Sanctuary Lakes	29	T77	25	25	VIC
14	14RACV Cape Schanck	34	85	44	44	VIC
15	15Black Bull	38	92	52	52	VIC
16	16Warrnambool	T43	T101	36	36	VIC
17	17Mornington	49	111	47	47	VIC

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

More public courses in Victoria

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

More public access golf courses in Victoria
GA Pub ’25	Course	Place	GA Pub ’23	Move
50	50Eynesbury	Eynesbury, Victoria	51	↑1
56	56Rosebud (South)	Rosebud, Victoria	56	—
57	57Flinders	Flinders, Victoria	57	—
60	60Leongatha	Leongatha South, Victoria	60	—
63	63Portarlington	Portarlington, Victoria	63	—
65	65Ballarat	Ballarat, Victoria	65	—
70	70Sandhurst (Champions)	Sandhurst, Victoria	72	↑2
74	74Growling Frog	Yan Yean, Victoria	75	↑1
75	75Horsham	Horsham, Victoria	74	↓1
82	82Sandhurst (North)	Sandhurst, Victoria	82	—
88	88Lakes Entrance	Lakes Entrance, Victoria	88	—
97	97Yarra Bend	Melbourne, Victoria	–	New

Frequently asked questions

What is the best public golf course in Victoria?: St Andrews Beach is the highest-ranked public-access course in Victoria, and #16 overall in Australia.
How many public access courses in Victoria are ranked?: 29 Victoria courses are on Golf Australia's Top 100 Public Access list, and 17 of them also have a Golf List position.