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Looking along the turf from behind a golf ball on a sloping green, a red flag six metres away, the sea on the left and the clubhouse deck on the dune beyond, in low sun.

Three we hit from here: one short, one in from the high side, one well past.

18Par 4362 mHome

It breaks towards the sea.

A members' golf club in the dunes of the southern Fleurieu: eighteen holes through the native grasses, lessons for adults at every level, and tea on the deck. Visitors can play most weekdays.

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Why it broke.

Every green out here leans towards the sea, and the 18th leans more than most.

Drawn here is the line that drops from where the ball sits: it climbs 14 centimetres up the ramp onto the top tier, and all the way the slope pulls it towards the sea, so you start it well out to the right and let it come back.

01 m2 m3 m4 m5 m6 m14 cmUp the rampIn the cup
Section along the putt. Heights drawn eight times taller than they are.
A fairway winding between grassy dunes towards the sea in late sun, a small red flag on a distant green.

Out along the ridge, home into the wind.

The front nine goes out along the sheltered inland ridge. The back nine turns at the 10th and comes home along the coast, into the afternoon sea breeze.

Fairways are cut only where play goes; the rest is dune and native grass. Par 71, 5,982 metres from the back markers. Pick a hole on the plan for its sign.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Hole 1

Par 4348 m

A gentle start; the green runs away.

Hole 2

Par 4372 m

Drive at the lone banksia.

Hole 3

Par 3146 m

Over the hollow; take one more than it looks.

Hole 4

Par 5468 m

Three good ones and you're there.

Hole 5

Par 4331 m

Short, but the smallest green out here.

Hole 6

Par 4390 m

Up the ridge, and it plays every metre.

Hole 7

Par 3162 m

Where people three-putt. Stay below the hole.

Hole 8

Par 4356 m

Up to the highest green out here.

Hole 9

Par 5482 m

The long way out to the turn, with the wind behind you. Enjoy it.

Hole 10

Par 4364 m

You turn for home, and so does the wind.

Hole 11

Par 4318 m

Lay up short of the dune.

Hole 12

Par 3171 m

Into the sea breeze after lunch: two clubs more.

Hole 13

Par 4402 m

Nobody minds a bogey here.

Hole 14

Par 5455 m

Crosswind off the sea: aim at the dune and let it drift.

Hole 15

Par 4338 m

Keep it left of the big tussock.

Hole 16

Par 3132 m

Short and exposed. Hit it low.

Hole 17

Par 4385 m

Wider than it looks from the tee.

Hole 18

Par 4362 m

Up to the green below the deck. It breaks towards the sea.

Plan drawn for this page; lengths from the back markers.

We leave the tussock long.

A golf ball half hidden at the foot of a tussock, the grass seed heads glowing in low sun.
  • The rough here is native grass, left long on purpose: it holds the dunes where they are, and it was here first.
  • A ball that goes in is usually found in the first minute; after that, take a drop and keep walking.
  • Paths through the grass are marked with posts. Please stay on them; the green-keepers will thank you.

Your first lesson, pencilled in.

If we haven't seen you putt yet

  1. Start line a gate of two tees a putter-head apart, half a metre out.
  2. Pace the ladder: three tees at 3, 6 and 9 metres; stop it in each gap.
  3. Reading walk it from the low side; look at the last metre.
  4. Chipping off the fringe one club, three landing spots.
  5. Out of the sand the splash, from the practice bunker.
  6. The tee shot into wind lower, smoother, one club more.

We'd watch you putt first.

and back to these every week

A hand pushing a tee into a practice green to make a gate, three balls lined up behind it.

Lessons are for adults at every stage: never held a club, coming back after twenty years, or tired of three-putting the 7th. An hour on the practice green or the range, one of us and you, or you and a friend. Clubs to borrow if you haven't any. Mornings are calmer; the wind arrives after lunch and makes everything harder to learn.

Putt on the green up top before you come down, and the card changes to suit how you went.

Ask about lessons

Read it from the low side.

The practice green from above, its slopes drawn as contours, with thousands of faint putt lines from one ball and a cream band of the lines that drop running into the cup.

Practice green, from above. Contours every two centimetres.

Every faint line here is one putt, run from where the ball sits. The cream ones drop; the dots are where the rest stopped.

Move the ball round the hole and the cream band moves with it. From below, you aim close to the hole and hit it firmer; from the side, you start it well up the slope and let the green bring it down. Either way the middle of the window finishes past the hole, never short of it. So walk to the low side, look at the last metre, and give it enough to get there.

Visitors, most weekdays.

Book a round through the form and we'll write back with a time.

Soft spikes, collared shirts, and a pull buggy or hire set from the pro shop window if you've come without. Weekends are the members' days; ask, as there's sometimes room on a Sunday afternoon.

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A weekday out here

First light
The gate opens; the practice green's yours.
7:30
Visitor groups go out, weekdays.
10:00
Scones out of the oven.
11:30
Lunch on the deck.
After 1
The sea breeze arrives, give or take.
2:30
The last visitor groups go out.
Tea and scones on a timber deck in late sun, the 18th green and the dunes beyond the rail.

Breakfast, lunch and tea, looking at the 18th.

On the deck

Breakfast from 7

  • Eggs your way on toast
  • Porridge with stewed quinces
  • Toasted fruit loaf

Lunch from 11:30

  • Soup of the day
  • A toasted sandwich
  • A salad of whatever's good

All afternoon

  • Scones with jam and cream
  • A slice of cake

Tea and the rest

  • Pots of tea
  • Coffee
  • Fresh juice
  • Lemon squash

Open to walkers off the dune path too. The kitchen closes when the last group's in.

Three ways to join.

  • Full

    Any day the tee's free, a vote at the annual meeting, and the Saturday field.

  • Weekday

    Monday to Friday, for people whose weekends are spoken for.

  • Country

    For members who live a couple of hours away or more and come down a few times a season.

We'll send you what it costs this year and ask you out for a round first.

Ask us about joining

Hand in a card.

Out on the course this week

  • 3 & 11

    Hollow tining on both greens Tuesday.

  • Back 9

    Preferred lies all week.

  • 15

    Walkers on the dune path have right of way at the crossing.

  • All 18

    Rake the bunkers and mend your pitch marks, even the ones that aren't yours.

  • Deck

    Scones out of the oven at ten.

  • Pro shop

    Afternoon lessons are good practice for the wind. Ask about one.

Your card

Fill in what you can and we'll write back.

Whichever you'd rather we used.

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