@@peterbarnes547 The conditioning at Sorrento is exceptional. Yes, there are so many good courses on the Mornington Peninsula and several which missed out on our top 10 - Flinders, RACV Cape Schanck and Mornington.

@@denhampereiragolf Thank you Denham 🙏🏼

@@tmc3980 Both great par-3s, 11 especially.

@@prydeey Thank you 🙏🏼

@@underthecard If you want to know more let me know, I also believe our clubs captain has reached out to you also about the old course. Olinda as a club is still together, we currently play at Beaconhills golf course. We also had a few year stint at Emerald golf course before that closed also

@@prydeey Thank you. I would like to find out a bit more about the old course at Emerald. Feel free to drop me an email - [email protected]

@@cheffy597 Thanks for sharing. It’s incredible how cheap it was back then. The price has gone up a fair bit since ($70 midweek now I think) but it remains one of the best value rounds of golf you’ll find anywhere. I must have started playing there after they had an honesty box. There’s still plenty of great value honesty box golf in Western Victoria - Peterborough in particular but also Heywood, Casterton and the Grampians Golf Club in Dunkeld. There’s a bunch of articles about Western Vic honesty box courses on my blog: underthecard.com/blogs/golf-blog?page=2

@@BrendanNolan-c7e Those sound like some treacherous playing conditions!

@@bradwilliams2081 The fourth is the very narrow short downhill par-4 isn’t it? I want to get back to Lorne to film a video if I can. Do you know if the rope pulley to the 9th tee is still there?

@@underthecard It's been a long time since I last played the course. Yep, the 4th is the downhill par 4...across the road from the 3rd green. The 5th was the short downhill par 3 and the 6th was the slight dog leg par 4 with a 2 tier green.. As for the rope pulley, I wasn't even aware of it. A lot has probably changed over the years. As a kid, I used to wait until quite late and play the 5th, 6th,7th, then walk over to the 3rd tee and play that and the 4th and then the short walk back to the house.

@@Lance-im6tw Thanks Lance. It would be great to see some of those pictures if you’re happy to email them to me?

I thought long and hard about including Flinders which probably would have been #11 on my list. Are you a member there Chris?

@@underthecard I wish I was mate, I just play there when I can.

Thank you for the background info Rodney 🙏🏼 I had never been to the course before but now I have an appreciation for how challenging the walk must have been!!

@@underthecard Cheers. You should do a similar video on Emerald Golf & Country Club Resort?

@@rodneyshaw5455 Yes, I’m told it’s private property though. Is there anyone actively managing Emerald now?

@@underthecard No. Not that I am aware of. I think you will have no problem accessing the car park/clubhouse area. I was Golf Operations Manager there from 04 - 07. Apparently, in 2017. the management team and the Malaysian owner did not see eye to eye on the future of the course, so it closed. When I was there, the General Manager put an extensive plan together to develop the property and to sell it to an entity like the RACV, or similar. It would have been amazing, as there is a lot more land there on top of the course footprint. In the end, the Malaysian owner reneged on his promise to develop and sell, so both of us resigned extremely disappointed after 4 years of unrewarded/underpaid hard work. It has been a repeated story ever since, with alleged benefits to the owner by keeping it closed. Pity, because its potential has no limits. We even had 2 Pro Am's which the Professionals loved. The heritage listed clubhouse is now apparently in major disrepair, and squatter activity is also evident. Very sad situation.

@@rodneyshaw5455 Hi, Rodney....I was president at Emerald soon after it was sold to a developer (Ron Loccisano) in around the early 90's who promised the world to the members but ended up going into receivership....I recall many days spent dealing with the receivers (Ferrier Hodgson) and lawyers trying to retain the rights of the members (a wonderful bunch of people) even to the extent of placing a caveat on the property....unfortunately, we did not have the funds to fight a prolonged legal battle and Loccisano ended up selling to the Malaysian investor who wanted to make it his private course so we had to lease it from him....I was a young professional at the time building up my practice so I passed the baton of the presidency to a colleague who arranged a deal for the membership to transfer to Beacon Hills GCC....sorry about the rant but your post brought back so many pleasant / sad / proud memories.....p.s. my handicap didn't fare too well during this period. 😅

@@ablett295 Pennant is such a great way to experience courses we otherwise might not venture to play. My first ever pennant game was at Croydon (also no longer a course) and I thought that was really hilly but Olinda would have been another level altogether.

I was President and Captain at Emerald during the 80's and 90's and have fond memories of both Emerald and Olinda....they were not Royal Melbourne but such a great bunch of people. 😊

​@@peterlangdon6043I wonder if you knew my grandfather Brian Phillips, who used to play at Emerald at about the same time. I have faint memories of walking the course with him from time to time

@@Lance-im6tw I do remember Brian vaguely....I think he may have even been on the Board at some point.

@@NickThornton-e3e Thanks very much Nick!

Hi, Nick....from Peter Langdon...long time, mate. 😊

@@peterlangdon6043 Hi Pete it has been hope you are well and still striding the fairways!

Indeed. Technically the Mornington Peninsula starts a bit south of where PK is.

I played there a few times when a Uni student about 1970. The highlight was that downhill hole with the view. I think it was over 300 yards, straight downhill. In the summer , an ordinary hacker like me could do a 300 yard drive (IF I hit a straight one....unusual!)

@@jkturtle6384 The reasons are not entirely clear. There are several articles published since 2015, but none of them - from what I could find - go into the reasons for the closure. Some of the articles simply say the golf course was “abandoned by its owners” with no further detail.

The course is on crown land, "managed" by Parks Victoria which just could not be bothered to maintain the course.

@@wrwosster89076 Nice one! Was it on the old hole we looked at towards the end of the video by any chance?

@@underthecard likely yes!!

I feel like it’s mandatory to put “Royal” in front of the names of inner city public courses in Melbourne. I played a lot of my earliest golf at Royal Burnley.

😂

He never played in Scotland

Thanks for the tip 🙏🏼

Marysville golf course is absolutely beautiful. Some really tight drives there as well but some of the views are just spectacular and when the holes wind up near the national park and with the river winding its way through the course also. Beautiful tree ferns also stand out. Small greens from memory but very nice course, and some really challenging holes.

@@shaun34 Thanks Shaun!

Played my first ever round here, and quite a few more. One of the holes was so slanted they had little fences to stop your ball rolling off the course. Sad to see it like this

Thanks very much Jeremy. Yep, steep side slopes like that make golf a little bit tricky! You at least hope that building will be made useful somehow.