Green Fees:
No public tee times available
Course Details:
Par 72, 6602m
Type of Course:
Private
| Description:
Despite its total inaccessibility, cataloguing the country’s finest golf courses without including the Packer family’s private facility would leave the directory incomplete. Simply put, this is the most extraordinary golf course built in Australia since the Great Depression.
The course is undoubtedly brilliant and perhaps one of the best courses in Australia and it's even a possible future World Top 100 contender.
This is what Greg Norman said about his creation:
"For me Ellerston was a very special project. It had taken me more than ten years to convince my good friend and passionate golfer, Kerry Packer, that he should build his own golf course and when the decision was finally made, he ensured the brief was unique. Create the best golf course possible with as few tees as possible, in other words, build a golf course that penalises poor shots, makes the golfer think and play hard. He got all that plus more.
The land at our disposal was ideal and the natural features as well as the flora and fauna were so spectacular that very few routings were actually done as the holes virtually mapped themselves. We had no need to consider forward tees, resort traffic or weaker hitters and could make the carries demanding and the holes as formidable as required. The whole process proved particularly enjoyable, as we were able to create a course that a golfer of my calibre would love to play everyday for the rest of his life.
Even more pleasing was being able to tour the property shortly after construction with a delighted owner as he surveyed his finished course for the first time. From the outset, we knew the potential was enormous, but I am nevertheless ecstatic with the result, as Ellerston is clearly one of the best golf courses in Australia."
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