Golfing
Mildura is a golfing destination famous for its great courses, mild climate and favourable conditions that allow year-round golf. Each year golfers from around Australia flock to the region to Mildura Golf Week to compete in graded championship, mixed and other events.
British Open champion and well-known course architect Peter Thompson designed several courses in the region, some of which are located on the banks of the beautiful Murray River and have fairways lined with river red gum trees.
Each golf course offers challenging and picturesque playing conditions as well as a diverse array of amenities, both on and off the course. There are golf shops, on-course professionals, an abundance of food and entertainment at large clubhouses and accommodation, which all ensure an excellent golfing experience.
Coomealla Golf Club
Enjoy the challenge of this championship course at Dareton in New South Wales. Laid out on Murray River clay country, the fairways are sown with santa anna couch and the greens quick and subtly shaped. The modern, fully licensed clubhouse offers bar and dining facilities as well as gaming machines for guests and visitors. A resident golf professional operates a pro shop and offers tuition.
Length of course: 6250 metres
Par: Men 72 (ACR 73), Ladies 73
On-course facilities: Licensed clubhouse
Wentworth Services Golf Club
This golf course boasts lush santa anna couch fairways between stands of large river gums, western black box and natural bushland. The undulating tree-lined fairways wind their way around eight lakes, which come into play on nine of the course's holes. Tackle tricky bent grass greens, subtle contours and a true surface that will always reward a good putt. A modern clubhouse overlooks this unique golfing landscape.
Length of course: Men - 5700 metres
Par: Men 71, Ladies 74
On-course facilities: Licensed clubhouse, practice fairway
Mildura Golf and Country Club Resort
Located close to the town centre, this course has excellent bent grass greens and challenging green side sand traps. The automatically irrigated fairways have a lush grass cover and strategically placed water hazards that challenge all golfers. The attractive new clubhouse has full bar facilities as well as a bistro dining area. The Mildura Golf Club owns and operates a 40-unit motel and boasts two attractive swimming pools and barbecue areas. An on-course professional operates a well-stocked pro shop and offers full tuition by appointment on the well-maintained practice fairway.
Length of course: Men - 5983 metres
Par: Men 72 (ACR 70), Ladies 73 (ACR 72)
On-course facilities: Licensed clubhouse, accommodation
Riverside Golf Club
The Riverside Golf Club is located on the banks of the Murray River 6 kilometres from the centre of the City of Mildura. The golf course features 18 grass greens and watered fairways set amongst majestic river red gum and box trees. Riverside is home to abundant native bird life, particularly water birds that nest in the natural billabongs adjacent to the Murray River itself. Enjoy the licensed clubhouse, which is open Wednesday to Sunday and popular bistro dining every Friday evening over the summer months. The on-course golf shop is open every day for equipment, snacks and drinks. Professional tuition is offered by appointment. Visitors are welcome to join in competition days.
Length of course: Men - 5832 metres
Par: Men 72 (ACR 69), Ladies 73
On-course facilities: Licensed clubhouse, pro shop, practice fairway
Sunraysia Golf Range
Sunraysia Golf Range is your complete golf facility. Hit a bucket of balls in our under cover bays or on our grass tee. Lessons and club hire are also available. Have a putt on our 600m2+ Prograss putting green. Our retail shop is full of golf equipment and clothing from golf's leading brands. Grab a snack or a cappuccino in the fully licensed Range Café.
Open Weekdays 10am until 9pm Saturday 10am until 8pm Sunday 10am until 6pm. "See you down at the Range"
Ouyen Golf Club
The course consists of 18 holes set in undulating natural bushland of mallee trees and native shrubs, with wide fairways sown with native and barley grasses. Ouyen is a sand green course and all tee areas are well watered. The golf course is open from mid-April until the end of August each year. The clubhouse has full bar facilities and is open to members and visitors on all competition days.
Length of course: Men - 5892 metres, Ladies - 5133 metres
Par: Men 71, Ladies 72
On-course facilities: Licensed clubhouse, practice fairway
Merbein Golf Club
This challenging golf course has been built on flat country that features native mallee trees and vegetation and abundant bird life. Fairways are fully watered and the course has 18 grass greens, some of which are bent grass and some santa anna couch. The course design incorporates a number of interesting dog-leg par-four holes. The absence of sand bunkers and the challenging greens are the distinguishing features at Merbein. Visiting golfers never find it difficult to get on the course either as green fee or competition players.
Length of course: Men - 5912 metres, Ladies -5176 metres
Par: Men 72 (ACR 69), Ladies 72 (ACR 71)
On-course facilities: Licensed clubhouse, warm-up net, practice putting greens
Red Cliffs Golf Club
Rated as one of the top 30 golf courses in Victoria by touring professional Mike Clayton, the golf course retains its original native mallee and pine vegetation with some introduced native tree varieties. The terrain is gently undulating with wide, open grass fairways and 18 bent grass greens that are all manicured immaculately. The course is fully watered and features a greenside water hazard and three lateral water hazards that are home to abundant native bird life. Visitors are welcome to join in the club competition days or the hospitality of club members in the friendly licensed clubhouse. Ph +61 3 5024 1531
Length of course: Men - 6033 metres
Par: Men 72 (ACR 70), Ladies 72 (ACR 70)
On-course facilities: Licensed clubhouse, practice fairway.