he Australian Golf Club, one of the country’s most prestigious clubs, was founded in 1882. The course is located on a 175-acre site in Kensington, which is just due south of Sydney. Jack Nicklaus came into the picture in 1976, when he was asked to submit ideas for a redesign of the venerable course. Actual construction began in 1977, with Jack himself supervising. He introduced a number of water carries and planted many trees to transform The Australian Golf Club from a virtually barren linksland course to one like the lush tree-lined designs found in the United States. In reproducing this course, I unfortunately did not have a lot of resources to work from, so its accuracy is not guaranteed. My course recreation was completed in August of 1993 and it was my second course for the PNGT tour, but the first that was designed specifically for it. The Australian Golf Club features some tight fairways lined by many native trees. Water also comes into play on a few key holes as well. Measuring out at almost 7100 yards from the championship tees, the course makes distance a key factor. More details on The Australian Golf Club can be found in the text file that is included with the course.

The approach from the 9th fairway.

A view from behind the 11th green.

The Australian Golf Club’s Scorecard

*All holes measured to the center of the green.

If you are interested in downloading the JNSE course, you can do so by selecting the following link:

AUSTRA.ZIP (218KB)

Remember that you will need PKZip 2.04g or an equivalent decompression utility to unzip the file.