Queanbeyan is a better than decent course and club. For the money membership is pretty good value.

All round Canberra is pretty blessed for golf, lots of nice places to play and membership by Melbourne or Sydney standards is incredibly cheap.

When I moved to Melbourne I had to get used to paying more for a lesser golf offering, to maintain the same standard golfwise I would have had to pay a sizeable joining fee plus double or more the annual subs I had been paying.

Getting excited about playing a new course now.

I am a member of Stonecutters and would be happy if it half as good. And before someone else mentions it I know it will be a lot faster round!

Lets face it we are generally happy if the course is decent and we go around with decent members

StuGIV, if the old 2IC from Federal is in charge, and improving things, the previous guy must have been a blind, drunk monkey!!!

Best thing Federal have ever done was to get rid of the incompetent super and his 2IC, the course has improved markedly in the 5 months they have not been there. Something to be said about not dumping gigalitres of water on the course every night.

Also, put a good system in place for auditing and stocktaking the use of chemicals…

Golf is not a game of perfect!

PLUS ONE!!
massive effort in getting rid of the poa and presenting the course in a much better way
helps if you have a golfer at the business end of the course management group.

last bloke reminded me of that lovely (Monty Python??) line: This hospital would be perfectly good if it wasn’t for all the sick people (i.e. he did not play golf and did not appreciate criticism/commentary from the playing members)

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I can’t comment on the past super at Federal but I know the new one from being our super for a couple of years. He did an amazing job turning around our course after it was left in a very poor state by previous super. Very good golfer in his own right and knows how golf courses should be set up. You will be happy with what he presents to you. Good bloke and a bit of a character too !

G’day Strugglin,
Just another opinion.
I spent a week in Canberra playing golf with about 120 golfers, the majority of which were very social 18+ hcps.
We played Royal Canb, Gungahlin, Yowani and Queanbeyan.
The least liked course was Queanbeyan. The guys put Gungahlin way ahead of Queanbeyan.
If you’re a serious golfer then I don’t think it matters too much.
Cheers

Funniest line in the history of the forum. Belconnen is a complete shithole.

always has been
some things never change

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Yep. Terrible track. Suitable to it’s membership base though.

G’day Strugglin,
Just another opinion.
I spent a week in Canberra playing golf with about 120 golfers, the majority of which were very social 18+ hcps.
We played Royal Canb, Gungahlin, Yowani and Queanbeyan.
The least liked course was Queanbeyan. The guys put Gungahlin way ahead of Queanbeyan.
If you’re a serious golfer then I don’t think it matters too much.
Cheers

I can see why golfers of that demographic wouldn’t like Queanbeyan. It places a premium of hitting the ball straight off the tee, and has always had really fast greens.

They have one of the best greenkeepers in the area looking after the course there now, so I would assume that the condition would be mint.

StuGIV, if the old 2IC from Federal is in charge, and improving things, the previous guy must have been a blind, drunk monkey!!!

Best thing Federal have ever done was to get rid of the incompetent super and his 2IC, the course has improved markedly in the 5 months they have not been there. Something to be said about not dumping gigalitres of water on the course every night.

Also, put a good system in place for auditing and stocktaking the use of chemicals…

Golf is not a game of perfect!

PLUS ONE!!
massive effort in getting rid of the poa and presenting the course in a much better way
helps if you have a golfer at the business end of the course management group.

last bloke reminded me of that lovely (Monty Python??) line: This hospital would be perfectly good if it wasn’t for all the sick people (i.e. he did not play golf and did not appreciate criticism/commentary from the playing members)

http://www.golflink.com.au/...

I can’t comment on the past super at Federal but I know the new one from being our super for a couple of years. He did an amazing job turning around our course after it was left in a very poor state by previous super. Very good golfer in his own right and knows how golf courses should be set up. You will be happy with what he presents to you. Good bloke and a bit of a character too !

yup, he plays off two, and his mate off a similarly low mark (4?).
they were out and about around the course today, dodging hacker shots all over the place but being very happy and jovial and interractive.
The course is struggling in this heat and they are still dealing with some of the odd things the last super did but they are really turning it around – it’s the small things that make the difference, and they are making a difference.

Ok so tried Quenbeyan and can’t say I would be back in a hurry.

They have a decent layout however a lot of blind tee shots which really makes this a members type course. Fairways were average at best (this may have to do with the kangaroos) and the greens were probably the most inconsistent I have played on. Some were well paced others were extremely slow. If you don’t know what the green is what it is very hard to putt. In saying that the greens were true with no bobbling around so whilst I putted a good line I was falling well short or hitting the cup with to much speed.

In all it is a reasonable country track but for those that say it is one of the best courses in the area are either very biased or there is not much on offer in the area.

Let’s face it I had a morning on the course so it was still fun

Ok so tried Quenbeyan and can’t say I would be back in a hurry.

They have a decent layout however a lot of blind tee shots which really makes this a members type course. Fairways were average at best (this may have to do with the kangaroos) and the greens were probably the most inconsistent I have played on. Some were well paced others were extremely slow. If you don’t know what the green is what it is very hard to putt. In saying that the greens were true with no bobbling around so whilst I putted a good line I was falling well short or hitting the cup with to much speed.

In all it is a reasonable country track but for those that say it is one of the best courses in the area are either very biased or there is not much on offer in the area.

Let’s face it I had a morning on the course so it was still fun

Just a plain Old Battler

Agree with your sentiments there Strugglin, not a course I’d rush back to. The members there seem to love it. (but then again, we all think our own babies are the cutest)

I played there with Trickshot about 2 years ago.
I had 40 points so of course I loved the place. Good members, good staff and the course was in good nick. Fast greens if I remember correctly, my putt on the first finishing about 3 meters past the hole.
I’ve played on a lot worse that have been ‘talked up’ twice as much.

I played there with Trickshot about 2 years ago.
I had 40 points so of course I loved the place. Good members, good staff and the course was in good nick. Fast greens if I remember correctly, my putt on the first finishing about 3 meters past the hole.
I’ve played on a lot worse that have been ‘talked up’ twice as much.

It’s only the Internet guys. This is NOT real life….

Well said.

Thanks Tricky, how have you been? I have not been back to Canberra since then but rest assured when I do get back there I will be hitting you up for another game.

You seem to be getting around a bit these days…..