Nullarbor Links Golf Course

Playing the Nullarbor Links Golf Course was number 1 on Sheena’s bucket list.

This is the world’s longest golf course spanning 1365km from Kalgoorlie to Ceduna.
Sheena loved playing it whilst Peter grumbled when we played in the rain or couldn’t see where our ball went! Every golfer should experience this course!!!!!

Here is a hole by hole description of our game.

The first two holes are at Kalgoorlie GC when playing from the west to the east.
What a course!! An oasis in the middle of the desert!
Hole 1 (C Y O’Connor): Par 4. Sheena 5. Peter 4

Hole 2 (Golden Mile): Par 5. Sheena 5 Peter 6

Hole 3 (Silver Lake): Par 4. Sheena and Peter 6.
This hole is at Kambalda GC. Sand green. Dirt fairway. We had to wait for 2 local women to tee off before we played! It was drizzly.

The next 2 holes are at Norseman GC. We played in the rain!!! Peter was quite ticked off! Greens were synthetic AND coloured green.
Hole 4 (Ngadju): Par 4. Sheena and Peter 6

Hole 5 (Golden Horse): Par 4. Sheena and Peter 5

Hole 6 (Sheep’s Back): Par 3. Sheena and Peter 4
This hole is at Fraser Range Station. Green here was also synthetic and green in colour (as were almost all the greens we played on this course!). There was a chilly, biting wind blowing and we were still damp from Norseman!!

Hole 7 (Skylab): Par 3 Sheena 4 (3 putt!). Peter 5
This hole is at Balladonia Roadhouse where parts of the Skylab came to earth! A long par 3 with only a target to shoot at. Tall trees had to be carried! Sheena hit a great shot onto the green (and then 3 putted!) It was raining and very muddy!

Hole 8 (90 Mile Straight): Par 4. Sheena 8. Peter 6
This hole is at Caiguna Roadhouse. The name of the hole is self explanatory. The rain had stopped! Sheena found the trees and struggled around the green.

Hole 9 (Eagles Nest): Par 4. Sheena and Peter 5
This hole is at Cocklebiddy Roadhouse. We could see a clearly defined fairway? Peter hit a great shot off the tee while Sheena’s second shot was her good one. This synthetic green had a step in it!

Hole 10 (Brumby’s Run): Par 3. Sheena 4 Peter 3
This hole is at Madura Roadhouse. Peter hit a lovely shot onto the green!

Hole 11 (Watering Hole): Par 4 dogleg left. Sheena and Peter 5
This hole is at Mundrabilla Roadhouse. Both of us hit well off the tee to set up our shots in. Again, chipping on was difficult.

Hole 12 (Nullarbor Nymph): Par 4. Sheena 4. Peter 5
This hole is at Eucla GC. After a 10 minute drive along a dirt road we got to the golf hole. Straight forward par 4.

Hole 13 (Border Kangaroo): Par 3. Sheena and Peter 4
This hole is at Border Village Roadhouse. We teed off next to the Big Roo!! It is a tight par 4. Both of us were pin high off the green.

Hole 14 (Dingo’s Den): Par 5. Sheena 9 Peter 7
A long hole at the Nullarbor Roadhouse. We played it into the wind. Sheena struggled around the green. Peter hassled me to play as soon as we arrived as a storm was coming. We made it before the spectacular storm hit!

Hole 15 (Wombat Hole): Par 5. Sheena 8 Peter 7
This hole is at Nundroo Roadhouse. The signage is very poor and we ended up having to back the van out of a tight track back to the highway. We found an entrance further on. This is the poorest of the holes we have played. It had a blind shot and lots of rocks on the cleared ground that was ‘fairway’! Ricochets off the rocks could not been seen! Balls could be lost from a good hit!

Hole 16 (Windmills): Par 4. Sheena 4 Peter 5
This hole was the first at Penong GC. Quite a nice little par 4. Lots of flies!!!

The last 2 holes are at Ceduna. Both are sand greens. Ceduna is quite a nice little course with some grass on their fairways and quite a bit in front of the greens.
Hole 17 (Denial Bay): Par 4. Sheena and Peter 5

Hole 18 (Oyster Beds): Par 5. Sheena 6. Peter 5

Final result: Sheena 97. Peter 93. Peter won the match 2/1.

We learned a lot while playing the course. It was great that the names of the holes were very relevant to the place they were in!

We have been competing on the golf course since we started our trip. The state of play after the Nullarbor Links Course is Sheena 20 Peter 19!!!!!
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