Capital,VIC

The Capital Golf Club is another beautiful golf course of Melbourne's famous sandbelt region in Victoria that also nurtures a wildlife reserve within it.

History of the Course:

The Capital Golf Club is a course designed following the vision and dreams of world famous golfer and architect, Peter Thompson and his partner, Lloyd Williams, along with the team of Michael Wolveridge and Ross Perrett. Created in 1997, this course is an example of a magnificent feat of engineering and yet one of Australia's most serene and finest courses.

This masterpiece course of the Capital Golf Club consists of a classic sandbelt course layout. With perfectly conditioned greens and vast undulating fairways covered with innumerable white bunkers and sandtraps; the roughs, water hazards and sloping green dunes, all combine to make the course is a challenging one. The prime features of the course are its bunkers; designed in typical Thompson's "pot- bunkering" style, they are merged with the features of the traditional sandbelt bunkers as well- a superb blend of classic and modern golf engineering.

The greens of the Capital Club are well maintained, while its fairways, greens and tee areas provide a quality golf turf; with excellent putting surfaces and smooth playing, for that wonderful sandbelt golfing experience!

The brilliant and grand Clubhouse of the Capital Golf Club with its subtle display of fine interior décor, also provides a wide range of luxurious amenities and facilities including dining, library, bar, unique collection of 'great golf courses' lining its walls and also a haven for relaxation after a tiring day of golf.

Whilst entering the Club through its famous colossal wrought iron gates, the grandeur and prestige of the majestic club can be seen and felt. The views from the Clubhouse are spectacular, overlooking the majestic course within a natural amphitheatre of duneland terrain amidst sprawling beauty of the sandbelt undergrowth.

Course Trivia:

The Capital Golf Club, besides consisting of a fabulous course, also is home to its wildlife reserve project. Teeming with a wide array of flora and fauna within the course, its dense vegetation also includes hundreds of species of flowers, shrubs and trees that nurture a habitat for wildlife amidst a natural ecosystem surrounded by the natural lakes.

Amongst the rare bird species that habitat the Capital wildlife reserve include peacocks, migratory birds like magpie geese, ducks, falcons, stalks, Australian kookaburras and cockatoos.

The Capital Golf Club also provides a range of golfing services through its Pro-shop, practice ranges and putting greens, with caddies providing full support and excellent services.

Some of golf's greats that have played at the Capital Golf Course include Tiger Woods and Aaron Baddeley; with its famous 505 metres, par 5, 7th hole being the most testing with a dogleg bend to the greens, bunkers and water hazards to overcome.

The Capital Golf Club, although not yet given an official ranking, in due time will be accredited for its masterpiece course and magnificent wildlife reserve project.

The Capital Golf Club is a private golf club. Guests must be accompanied by members