Championship Drive,
Medowie, nr Port Stephens, New South Wales 2318
Office
+61 (0)2 4916 0500Pro shop
+61 (0)2 4916 0500Fax
+61 (0)2 4916 0501Website
Visit websiteGolf pro
Kurt Linde (Director of Golf)The Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined & open parkland. Relatively flat terrain - easy to walk, although one or two longish green-to-tee walks.
Surroundings:
Woodland and residential.
Designer:
James Wilcher
-32.767691
151.868885
30 km N of Newcastle; 180 km N of Sydney
From Pacific Hwy (Hwy 1), north of Newcastle at Raymond Terrace, take the Raymond Terrace / Nelson Bay exit and follow Richardson Rd, direction Nelson Bay. After 10 km at roundabout turn left onto Medowie Rd, direction Medowie. After o.5 km turn right into South St and follow road to golf course.
Pacific Dunes, NSW
Pacific Dunes Golf Club: The layout's two nine-hole loops start in similar fashion with short, tightish, water-defended par-4s, which run parallel with each other. Thereafter, each nine takes you into quite different environments. Where the opening-nine is characterised by woodland, the second-nine enters a more open, wetland habitat.
The opening stretch of holes at Pacific Dunes takes you into a wonderful forest of angophoras, swamp mahogany and eucalyptus trees. Here, tightish gently rolling fairways lead you to sloping, well-protected greens.
The back-nine makes much more use of open, wetland areas, with fewer mature trees but much more water in play. At times, it seems there are more water hazards than even the yardage-book recognises. Thankfully, and especially for wayward big-hitters, not all the back-nine is water-laden, nor as testing as the challengingly tight par-5 11th.
Here you'll enjoy a natural and flattish course, where stylish mounded bunkering creates plenty of visual interest, whether looking out from the tee or approaching the greens. Matching the course's attractive bunkering, are excellent quality, sloping greens.
Throughout, a high standard of greenkeeping ensures the course is well maintained and attractively presented. The planned introduction of more housing may become noticeable on a few back-nine holes, but these should not detract from the overall naturalness of this very enjoyable and challenging course.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance.
Non-metal spike facility. Walking permitted at all times. Golf carts available for hire.
Good
You've a good chance of seeing the resident population of attentive and respectful kangaroos here at Pacific Dunes. Kookaburras feature among the many native bird species.
Australia's 67th best course (Australian Golf Digest, 2022/23).
2 William Street, Raymond Terrace, NSW
+61 (0)2 4987 2014
Visit websiteThe Junction Inn Hotel is one of the oldest pub-hotels in Australia with a rich and unique history. Located on William St, on the banks of the Hunter River, the Junction Inn has been serving patrons since 1836. Although one of the country's oldest continuously licenced hotels, the Junction Inn has moved forward with the times, and provides a modern, relaxing place to stay in the town of Raymond Terrace.
No
No
Pacific Dunes; Newcastle GC.
2259 Pacific Hwy, Heatherbrae, NSW 2324.
+61 (0)2 4987 1444
Visit websiteThe Comfort Inn Sir Francis Drake was established in 1985, and built in the style of a baronial manor on 5 acres of landscaped grounds at Heatherbrae, near the town of Raymond Terrace on the Hunter River. The accommodation features 40 spacious and well appointed ground floor rooms and suites, each with private parking at your door.
No
No
Pacific Dunes; Newcastle GC.
The Sentry: known for many years as the Tournament of Champions, the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opener gets underway on Kapalua’s Plantation course (Jan 2-5). Chris Kirk defends.
Tournament of Champions: the LPGA Tour’s 2025 season is launched at Lake Nona with the their Tournament of Champions (Jan 30-Feb 2). The 2024 edition gave Lydia Ko her 20th LPGA Tour title.
Attahya Thitikul: also known as “Jeeno”, the Thai golfer won the LPGA Tour’s 2024 CME Group Tour Championship … and an eye-watering $4 million, the richest first-prize in women’s golf.
Rory McIlroy: scooped the 2024 European (DP World) Tour season-long Order of Merit title, joining Seve Ballesteros as a six-time winner of this prestigious award.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
You can subscribe to the Where2Golf channel on YT if you like to see more video content. You'll find a "Subscribe" button on any of our YouTube videos. Or if you want a quick and direct access subscribe here. Once done, any new published videos will show up in your Subscriptions feed.
