Joondalup,WA

The Joondalup Resort Golf Course in Perth, Western Australia is a Country Club cum Resort, championship golf course.

History of the course:

The Joondalup golf course consists of three different natural landscapes of bushland, dunes and quarry that offer a unique challenge due to the assorted golf holes styles and includes a scenic background for every hole. The course forms the core attraction of the Joondalup Country Club and Resort Hotel.

The Joondalup Golf Course was designed by famous golfing architect Robert Trent Jones Jr. in 1985.

The par 72, 6332 metre, 27-hole fabulous layout of the Joondalup Golf Course weaves itself through a web of grand quarries, rolling dunes and serene lakes. The harsh natural bushland terrain of the Joondalup blends well with the rising and falling fairways, craftily positioned bunkers and smooth and fast greens.

The wide variety of the Joondalup greens include fairways created with strains of Santa Ana couch grass, the Bentgrass greens of the PennCross variety while the roughs are of the Rye and Fescue source designed to enjoy alternative golfing surfaces.

The Joondalup Golf club also provides a wide range of practice facilities that coaches golfers in putting, driving and chipping over the ingeniously positioned bunkers onto the lush greens.

The Clubhouse of the Joondalup Country Club provides golfers with various facilities belonging to a first class variety, and apart from being a venue for conventions and banquets; it also acts as a restroom providing relaxation for tired golfers.

Course Trivia:

• The Joondalup offers world class facilities through its latest Club House and Resort Hotel.

• The Joondalup Resort Hotel is a 5-star venue located amidst the natural dunes and bushland topography. With splendid views of the golf course, the lagoon-fashioned swimming pool and natural panoramic terrain, the accommodation facilities offered here are excellent.

• The Joondalup Golf Course Resort Hotel also contains a restaurant “Bistro 38” (an exclusive relaxing food haven for hungry golfers); as well as, golfers have a choice of table menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner viewing the scenic landscape or can simply quench their thirst at the pub cum bar , “Kangaroo Arms”.

• The Joondalup Golf Course area is also home to various species of rare birds and kangaroos.

Joondalup Golf Club is a resort golf course that offers a wide range of playing times 7 days a week and overall an ideal golfing getaway.

As per Australian Top 100 Golf Courses (2006 rankings), the Joondalup Golf Course has been ranked as No. 28 .

As we continue on this tour we will learn about the other top-50 golf courses in Australia.