I SAID don’t do it!
When Inside Golf publisher Sam pitched the idea of compiling a list of Australia’s 100 best public golf experiences, I reasoned how can we possibly come up with a fair, reasonable and accurate ranking?
My thoughts drifted to my lack of enthusiasm surrounding lists released in other publications, where a collection of industry ‘experts’ decided which courses ‘you’ should play and enjoy.
Then Sam sold me on the theory that it’s not about how professionals and the best players rate the courses. Or while respecting what they do, whether constructing a course from scratch or making upgrades or changes, what a course architect might believe is superior is not always what the rest of the golfing world sees or appreciates.
I might have played a lot of golf, on many different courses, in every Australian state and territory, but it’s not really about what magazine editors, writers or golfing journalists think.
Sam convinced me it would be about letting you have your say. With Inside Golf magazine landing in public and private courses around the country each month, the content consumed by golfers at the proverbial ‘coal face’, we’d like to think we value your opinion on a range of topics.
Why not ask which courses you believe to be the best?
So, which courses do you enjoy regularly, or maybe those you’ve played just once or twice but will forever remember.
And while we love and appreciate the likes of Royal Melbourne, Kingston Heath, NSW, Royal Adelaide and The Australian to name just a few of our very best private/member-only clubs, exceptional, world-class golf courses, not everybody has the opportunity to play them.
This list is about public access golf. You play them, love and/or maybe on occasion hate them, but whatever your opinion, be a part of our panel of experts.
For Inside Golf, it’s about highlighting the courses you and I can go and play tomorrow, on our next trip across town, interstate or on our next golfing holiday.
We want you to consider the design and layout, the course condition and presentation, the setting and location, how playable and challenging it might be for all level of golfers, and perhaps most importantly, the overall experience. Think customer service, clubhouse facilities, value for money, and that intangible ‘X factor.’
Click on the link below, with a more extensive explanation of the criteria and what we are trying to achieve featured on page 16.
Let us know what you think, you have until October 14 to make your votes count and don’t miss our November issue when we publish our top 100 list.
I did say “don’t do it” but I may be warming to the idea.
Vote now – www.insidegolf.com.au/top-100/
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