Launceston courses

[crops23]

Me and a few mates are going to Tassie in late feb was wondering what courses are worth having a game at in Launceston after we land we are going on to play barnbougle / lost farm and opinions would be great don't want to play a goat track and money won't be a issue

[benno_r]

When we went down, we tried to fit Quamby farm in before we drove up - no luck due to frost.

BenM is a member at Launceston, give him a holla.

[BenM]

I am trying to find the post I made in the other threads giving my assessment of the Launceston courses but can't find it right now!

There are 4 main courses in Launceston itself (Launceston, Country Club, Riverside, Mowbray) - Launceston is arguably the best conditioned most of the time (I am biased) but one of the others may beat it for layout.

Beyond that there are heaps and heaps of other courses around the place, it really depends on how far you're willing to travel and what you're looking for.

[3Puttpete]

Me and a few mates are going to Tassie in late feb was wondering what courses are worth having a game at in Launceston after we land we are going on to play barnbougle / lost farm and opinions would be great don't want to play a goat track and money won't be a issue

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[Scifisicko]

Just play extra rounds at B/LF ?

[Ferrins]

I am a fan of Greens Beach GC. Beautiful scenery and a great walk west if you like spotting critters.

[wazandnic]

Just play extra rounds at B/LF ?

^^ This

(Sorry Benny) I am sure the other courses around Launy are nice enough.. but why fly all that way and not fit in as much golf at BD/LF as you can?!

Just did a trip there 3 weeks ago and played 5 games in 3 days. As soon as we left the talk was of when we would return again... it is that good!

[Peppas]

Launny was a nice course. I enjoyed the walk, good times.

[jocker]

Jump a plane and get to Barnbougle via King Island. Money no issue...

[AlexMc]

Yup - the 2 courses at King Island look tremendous!

[crops23]

Sounds like launceston will be worth having a look at is it private or open to public benm?

[BenM]

Sounds like launceston will be worth having a look at is it private or open to public benm?

It's technically private but they'll let you on I'm sure. Pretty quiet Tues/Thurs/Fri, there's a men's comp Wed and Vets on Monday.

Green fees are around $75 for visitors from memory, bit cheaper if I book it and introduce I reckon. Not sure what my availability will be yet since it's a couple of weeks after Vic Champs.

[crops23]

It's technically private but they'll let you on I'm sure. Pretty quiet Tues/Thurs/Fri, there's a men's comp Wed and Vets on Monday. Green fees are around $75 for visitors from memory, bit cheaper if I book it and introduce I reckon. Not sure what my availability will be yet since it's a couple of weeks after Vic Champs.

There's 4 of us that will be playing would you have to play with us or could you just organise a round?

[BenM]

There's 4 of us that will be playing would you have to play with us or could you just organise a round?

I could probably just organise it I reckon.

[crops23]

I could probably just organise it I reckon.

PM your details I'll contact you a few weeks before the 25 feb Cheers crops

[petethepilot]

Thinking of playing LGC in the Northern Tassie Open in late November Ben.
Might need some local knowledge!

Any clues?

Thanks,
Pete

[BenM]

Thinking of playing LGC in the Northern Tassie Open in late November Ben.
Might need some local knowledge!

Any clues?

Thanks,
Pete

I have been meaning to write a course guide actually.

The course should be mint if the weather keeps up like this. Greens were at 10-10.5 on the stimp meter as of club champs a couple of weeks back, normally they keep them fairly quick until they core them in early December. Like most courses the greens slope back to front so you want to keep the ball short of the hole, otherwise on some holes (esp 3, 6, & 14) you will end up with a very fast putt or a very tough up and down if you overshoot it.

Basically though it is all about keeping it in play, if you miss the fairway you will be punching out quite a bit, unlike a few other courses up here (cough casino cough) where the trees are all spread out and you can spray it a fair bit with limited penalty most of the time.

There are a fair few short par 4s (1, 8, 12, 16 (maybe not from the back tees) and 17 where you really don't need to use driver. 1 and 17 are drivable for longer hitters.

I will write a course guide soon!

[petethepilot]

Thanks Ben!