For Peace of Mind: Volume 8 - Possibilities…

Adelaide Aces

Golf is a big appeal in SA’s cosy capital

While Adelaide is still known as the ‘City of Churches’ in some conservative circles more sporting residents living in the cultured South Australian capital hail it as a city of golf. The title is well deserved because there are around two dozen fields
of green within 30 minutes of the renowned South Australian Museum and the celebrated Art Gallery on North Terrace.

Non golfers can potter around the exhibits in these grand buildings while you putt over the greens at one of the capital’s best known and most accessible pocket-pleasing golf courses, the City of Adelaide Golf Links. Located on a 75 ha. parklands plot at the edge of the CBD and managed by the Adelaide City Council, three courses, in fact, await the intrepid golfer.

The easiest of the trio and a field of interest to those just taking up the sport as well as those wanting to improve their short game is an all par 3, 18 hole playground set next to the tranquil Torrens River. Advanced players demanding a more complex game can try their skill on the narrow par 69, 4534 metre North Course and the par 71, 5880 metre South Course. These sporty ‘twins’ are ranked high on the roster of ‘best inner city golf courses in Australia’. The South Course’s 3rd hole with
its tree lined views of the Adelaide skyline is a favourite among many players. Others enjoy the panorama of the Adelaide Hills seen beyond the 18th green on the North Course.

Well known as a picture-perfect rural retreat dotted with storey book-like villages, vineyards and fields of wildflowers that blossom from September through November, the Hills harbour a‘secret’ that I’m happy to share. Though the Mount Lofty Golf Club has welcomed golfers since 1925 it’s perhaps one of the capital’s best kept golf secrets because around 95 per
cent of players come from Adelaide and the quaint townships scattered throughout the Hills. Set in the Piccadilly Valley and
ringed by several forested peaks the very hilly and very green 18 hole paradise ranks as the most picturesque course in the state and one of the prettiest in Australia.

Photo Captions (Photo Credit: Thomas E. King)
A. Adelaide’s skyline is the backdrop on the 3rd hole of the South Course.
B The 18th hole on the North Course has a glimpse of the Adelaide Hills.
C. There’s a rural and restful picturesque setting at the Mount Lofty Golf Club.

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