The Dunes Course
Bridport, Tasmania, AU
At The Dunes, Barnbougle Dunes Golf Links, golf doesn't just coexist with the wild Tasmanian coastline; it's sculpted from it. This is a links-style layout where the Roaring Forties wind dictates strategy as much as any yardage book. Designed by Tom Doak and opened in 2003, The Dunes sprawls across dramatic coastal dunesland. The architecture harkens back to the Golden Age, with wide fairways daring golfers to attack, but penalizing wayward shots into thick, unforgiving fescue. It's a course where imagination thrives; blind shots, undulating greens, and doglegs that favor a courageous fade challenge every club in the bag. The prevailing winds, often fierce and unpredictable, mean no two rounds here are ever truly the same. Located on the northeast coast of Tasmania in Bridport, the club maintains a low profile in the global golf landscape, yet enjoys a devoted following among those who appreciate pure links golf in its rawest form. It's a course revered for its lack of artifice and unapologetic commitment to the natural terrain and its surroundings.
Ranked by CV ratings from golfers who've played this course. Positions are shown worldwide, by country, and by state; the Public column compares courses anyone can play.
Best in World
Public: #33
Best in Australia
Public: #3
Best in Tasmania
Public: #2
9.1
22 players
One of the best walks in golf. True Doak masterpiece and some of the best holes if ever played
I had the luxury of playing here 3 rounds over a few days and fell in love with the course. Aside from the beautiful views and natural features the course is interesting. It’s a mix of easier holes and really difficult ones depending on how the wind is blowing. Number 7 the ultra short par 3 is the most intimidating shots on the course. There’s a lot of questions the course asks you along the way. Do you want to take your chance now or later? It’s a complete test and a wonderful round that makes you want to go back out.
Public courses closest to The Dunes at Barnbougle Dunes Golf Links.
The pilgrimage to Barnbougle Dunes Golf Links begins with a flight into Launceston Airport (LST), Tasmania's gateway in the island state's north, followed by a mesmerizing 90-minute drive northeast along the Tamar Valley and out toward the Bass Strait coast. The route gradually sheds civilization - vineyards and farmland giving way to windswept eucalyptus and coastal heath - before delivering you to a remote finger of duneland on Anderson Bay. This is arrival as revelation: the property emerges from the Tasmanian wilderness like a links mirage, where the roar of the Southern Ocean replaces all memory of the mainland, and the sense of standing at the edge of the golfing world becomes wonderfully, undeniably real.
FAQ
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
The Dunes at Barnbougle Dunes Golf Links has a Course Vaults score of 9.1 out of 10 based on 17 explicit golfer ratings.
The Dunes was designed by Tom Doak and Mike Clayton.
Yes. The Dunes at Barnbougle Dunes Golf Links is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at The Dunes is 71.
The Dunes plays 5,622 metres from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at The Dunes is 113.
