Heritage Ave,
Chirnside Park, Victoria 3115
Office
+61 (0)3 9760 3300Pro shop
+61 (0)3 9760 3322Fax
+61 (0)3 9760 3311Website
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Garry Burness and Kevin Conlong - AAA PGA Teaching Professionals.The Course:
18 holes. Open parkland. Gently undulating terrain - a few slopes to climb (more so on the back-nine).
Surroundings:
Rural countryside and woodland.
Designer:
A Jack Nicklaus Signature Course
18-hole par-72 Henley course (6353 mtrs from back tees).
-37.718624
145.299275
38 km NE of Melbourne
From the M3 highway east of Melbourne, take the Ringwood exit onto Hwy 34 (Maroondah Hwy) and head east. After 11 km in Chirnside Park turn left onto Edward Rd. After 2.5 km turn left in Paynes Rd. After 2 km turn right at Heritage sign into Yarraview Rd. Follow road into Heritage Resort.
Heritage, Aus (St John)
Heritage Golf & Country Club (St John course): Two contrasting championship golf courses await at Heritage G&CC, located alongside the Yarra Valley hotel. With its 36-holes of championship golf, the Heritage offers an excellent Melbourne Stay&Play venue, with both courses not usually accessible on an outside visitor, daily play basis.
The original St John course, a Jack Nicklaus signature design, sits just south of the passing Yarra River. Across a small bridge on the river's north bank, you'll find the equally impressive Henley layout, which opened for play in 2007, five years after its older sibling.
There's no mistaking the St John's challenging character and overall quality of layout, which you'd associate with an excellently maintained Nicklaus designed course. In its quiet and picturesque Yarra Valley setting, always pleasing on the eye, the course occupies relatively open and gently undulating terrain.
With pleasant, partly-wooded, rolling hills providing the backdrop, parts of the front and back-nines make excellent use of a long and winding lake, which snakes alongside several holes. The greens can be as quick as those on Melbourne's famous sandbelt courses, full of mesmerising slopes. Typically they're well-defended by a fine array of bunkers and natural looking water hazards.
Stay&Play at Heritage G&CC: luxury onsite accommodation (Yarra Valley Lodge) available, see Where2Stay section below.
Resort guests (staying at Yarra Valley Lodge) can book to play on weekdays and weekends.
Opportunities for outside visitor play are very limited (contact Pro Shop for details).
Non-metal spike facility. Walking permitted at all times. Golf carts available for hire.
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The St John course at Heritage Golf & Country Club was the first Jack Nicklaus signature design to open in Australia.
The Yarra Valley is a world famous wine region, renowned for its picturesque rolling countryside, views onto southern Australia's Great Dividing Range and for its award winning wineries.
Australia's 97th best course (Australian Golf Digest, 2022/23).
Heritage Ave, Chirnside Park, Victoria 3116
+61 (0)3 9760 3333
Visit websiteYarra Valley Lodge is located alongside, and looks out over Heritage Golf & Country Club, with its top-quality clubhouse, proshop and two fabulous 18-hole championship courses. This superbly appointed boutique hotel offers 102 deluxe rooms and suites, bars and restaurants, as well as a state-of-the-art convention centre and the stand-alone Heritage Retreat and Mii Spa.
Heritage (St John and Henley courses)
Croydon GC at Yering Meadows (10 km)
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