Kingston Heath Golf Club
Sandbelt Jewel

Kingston Heath Golf Club

Cheltenham, Victoria4.52 reviews

Overview

Why it matters

Kingston Heath is compact, elegant, and devastatingly smart. It does not need vast acreage to create variety; it uses angles, bunkers, and green contour with the precision of a watchmaker. The result is a course that asks more questions in fewer acres than almost anywhere else.

The Sandbelt textures are exquisite: firm turf, flashed sand, native scrub, and greens that reward the player who can see three shots ahead. It is a connoisseur’s course, intimate in scale but grand in architectural consequence.

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Par

72

Yardage

6,821

Holes

18

Opened

1925

Green fee

$250–$375

Difficulty

8/10

Architect

Dan Soutar and Alister MacKenzie

Inside Loop rating

4.7 / 5

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Inside Loop Member

★★★★★

A benchmark experience: strategic, atmospheric, and worthy of a dedicated journey.

Inside Loop Member

★★★★

The routing, setting, and service details make this feel like more than a round.

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