MODERN DESIGN, ANCIENT INFLUENCES
By focusing his efforts upon three major elements - flexibility, memorability and natural beauty - Course Designer Robin Nelson has sculpted Macquarie Links to be a championship course that is a joy to play. He has taken full advantage of the spectacular setting.
"Our aim at Macquarie Links was to create a links style golf course with an Australian character - hence the name."
The course is very much a combination of links style golf with a heathland or "bush" character. Native grasslands, stands of mature gum trees and unique "outback" site furniture provide strong Australian character. Existing and manmade creeks, lakes and subtle topographic formations all combines to create natural golf holes that ebb and flow with the natural lie of the land.
The course has fairly wide fairways to encourage free and quick play, however, strategically placed bunkers and other hazards guard the ideal line of play to the small greens. The bunkers themselves are a combination of traditional Scottish sod faced bunkers with more free flowing bunkers in the style of Melbourne's great sandbelt courses. The subtle shaping echo's the shapes of the surrounding grass covered hills with broad flowing lines and eroded gullies.
Macquarie Links is a Par 72 course measuring some 6,300 metres in length, but not overly long by modern standards - the course is a challenge to shot making but not a torturous test of length. Multiple tees give golfers of all standards the ability to enjoy their game with an appropriate level of challenge.
Practice facilities include a practice range with covered bays, chipping, pitching and sand bunker practice and putting green area.