-
AuthorPosts
-
May 12, 2021 at 8:50 pm #16742
Madam
KeymasterHey love to find out what everyone thinks of this club? Good course? How was your experience?
asking for a friend.
May 13, 2021 at 2:11 pm #16745Birdie Blitz
ParticipantHey love to find out what everyone thinks of this club? Good course? How was your experience?
asking for a friend.
Grew up in the area so have played Ballarat GC quite a bit. Probably the pick of the courses in the area for both layout and condition. Fairways are well covered with Santa Anna and fairly generous in width the greens are generally firm and a good pace. As far as year round goes it holds up better than the other courses in Ballarat with better drainage although still expect it to be unplayable for a couple of weeks in the middle of a cold Ballarat winter.
I always enjoy playing at Ballarat but unless you can carry the ball 260+ you end up taking a lot of irons from the tee to avoid creeks etc. which frustrates the hell out of me.
Membership wise it is the most expensive in the area but doesn’t have problem filling the field of a weekend so will have to book ahead for your round. They have the best on course practice facilities, well stocked pro shop with friendly staff.
Overall Ballarat is great club although you’re spoiled for choice in the area with Buninyong and Midlands both strong courses (although do tend to hold water in winter (do you want to play in the middle of a Ballarat winter anyway), Mt Xavier (is alright at the cheaper membership end of the spectrum), and surrounding country courses like Beaufort (which has it’s annual tournament coming up in the middle of June).
May 16, 2021 at 10:43 am #16765xrman
ParticipantThanks for the info BB. I have yet to play any courses in that area, with the exception of Beaufort, which I liked.
May 17, 2021 at 11:17 am #16778Birdie Blitz
Participanturse
I grew up playing Beaufort so great to hear your feedback on our little country track. It has it’s winter tournament coming up around the week of the 14th to 20th June if you are in the area. I’ll be up there on the Friday (4BBB S’ford) and Saturday (36 Hole Stroke).
The Ballarat courses are a bit more polished than Beaufort but suffer (with the exception of Ballarat GC) during winter and most years will be shut for a few weeks or require tee up etc.
Ballarat area spoiled for golf for 9-10 months a year.
As far as my preferences would go for courses in the area (not inc. Beaufort):
Buninyong – great layout tree lined traditional course
Ballarat – Maintained best, best drainage, best practice facilities. Newer layout more open. Layout OK with the exception of a couple of holes.
Midlands – Improved over last 10 years with tree planting etc. Layout OK but a little boring
Xavier – Not as polished as others – haven’t played for a few years so won’t comment .
Forest Resort – Not enjoyable especially in drier months due to losing balls that land in the middle of fairways.1 user liked this post.
January 28, 2022 at 6:13 pm #18073Second_Ball_Birdie
ParticipantPlayed here a bit over the years. Typical Peter Thomson design and I love it. Clever bunkering and creeks/burn crossings along with some interesting green contours makes for a great risk/reward design. It has a combination of short & long holes of all persuasions. I enjoy playing this course more than the others when I’m in Ballarat.
1 user liked this post.
-
AuthorPosts
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.