A Golf Frontier Like No Other

Over 1.5 million visitors are attracted annually to the Australia's vast and diverse ‘Top End’, lured by destinations that include the world famous Kakadu National Park, the chance to explore and swim in mesmerising waterfalls and be awed by ancient Aboriginal rock art, to the rich outback of the Red Centre with its stunning desert canyons, iconic landforms and vast skies.

Investment over the past decade has seen the Northern Territory enjoy some of the strongest economic growth in Australia over that period. With annual climate patterns mirroring those of neighbouring Asian cities such as Jakarta or Singapore, all indicators are pointing to an optimistic future for the expansion of golf tourism in Darwin and the Territory in general.

Participation rates in the game are healthy and clubs are reaping the financial rewards that follow. Most have well advanced plans to reinvest in their golf courses and in additional capital works to enhance the overall experience for an ever increasing number of members, guests and visitors.

Legendary Australian golfer Peter Thomson has left his stamp on golf in the Top End as designer of the Darwin Golf Club and the highly regarded Alice Springs layout in the red centre, which is ranked in Australia’s top 100 golf courses and acclaimed as one of the most spectacular desert courses in the world.     

Darwin Golf Club is a mature layout not far from the city’s International Airport and the club is the midst of a strategic tree removal program, not unlike that untaken at this year’s U.S. Open venue Oakmont, to help restore the layout to Thomson’s original design intentions.

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