Topic: Moving to melbourne east, need a new home course??

Eastern are relocating to near Heritage, havent heard yet what the time frame is on development.

Jonno – always up for a game, so it if you want a hit on a friday no probs, just drop me an email – mntgolf@gmail.com

Cheers

Topic: Moving to melbourne east, need a new home course??

Bio might be able to explain more about what is happening at Eastern, although I have heard that they will be relocating and building a new 27 hole course next door to the Heritage.

Topic: Moving to melbourne east, need a new home course??

Cibuma, drop me a line when you get to Melb, happy to take you for a game at Heritage. Heritage is 35 mins from CBD so anywhere east of the city should suit you. My email mntgolf@gmail.com.

Topic: Moving to melbourne east, need a new home course??

Thanks Bio

Woodlands has just popped up again on the radar with me receiving a reply today on my membership enquiry (3 months it took though).
Offering the possibility of a 6 day membership. They will even try work around the situation of not having proposers.
So I will check both of them out (Heritage & Woodlands) and make a decision from it all first hand.

Topic: Moving to melbourne east, need a new home course??

Cibuma, I look around for you, heritage is good, go sus each club out and get a feel which one you like, pick the one which practice facilities suit you

Topic: Moving to melbourne east, need a new home course??

Hey Jonno38

Be great if you could keep us posted on your decisions.
I will be going through the same process in January.

Hope to become a member somewhere immediately though to take advantage of my free time whilst I consider finding employment.
Heritage I feel is the top of my list given my situation.

Woodlands was tops, but with membership intake only twice a year and the whole process taking 3 months according to their website, I feel I must rule it out,

Slightly off topic and a bit of a hijack, but can anyone recommend a nice set of suburbs to live in which would allow easy access to say Heritage and not too far from Central Melbourne (20 -30 mins drive from CBD).
Am flying into this city to live pretty much blindly having just spent 1 day in it. Given I have no job, I might as well base my living decision on where I will play golf.

Topic: Moving to melbourne east, need a new home course??

Join Eastern golf club, there’s some big things happen in the future there, In a few years will be the best thing you ever did

Topic: Moving to melbourne east, need a new home course??

Woodlands look pretty damn good thanks for that, do you know what the membership is like from experience? Is it an old membership? they can be very snooty.

A great spread of age groups at Woodlands, heaps of new younger people joining. A waiting list is once again in place. No real water problems because of a very good bore. The new clubhouse will make the club more enticing to be apart of in the future.
Jon…

Topic: Moving to melbourne east, need a new home course??

tks for the offer Marnic. I’m about 4 hrs nth of sydney so its a little far for a day trip, but i’ll keep you in mind when i get down there next. I have played the St.John course and really enjoyed it apart from the 400km/h northerly which i believe is normal for melbourne.

The other course wasn’t open when i stayed there unfortunately so i still need to tick that one off my list

Topic: Moving to melbourne east, need a new home course??

From most reports Woodlands is a reasonably friendly Club.

I am led to believe though that only 6 day membership is availabel at the moment and that a building levy will be introduced shortly to cover the construction of the new Clubhouse facility.

Topic: Moving to melbourne east, need a new home course??

Have Clubs / Jonno , No additional charge at Heritage on top of the monthly fee, if you are interested in a game drop me a note at mntgolf@gmail.com and we can hook up a game, I usually play Sat and every second sunday

Topic: Moving to melbourne east, need a new home course??

Monthly cost of $260

Thats good value if you play 2 or 3 times a week. Do they charge you daily fees on top??

Topic: Moving to melbourne east, need a new home course??

i enquired about Yerring Meadows ( the new croydon) and that costs $2000 joining fee plus around $1400 per year subs for 7 days iirc

Topic: Moving to melbourne east, need a new home course??

Monthly cost of $260

Topic: Moving to melbourne east, need a new home course??

So how much does it cost to lease a membership?

Topic: Moving to melbourne east, need a new home course??

You can get into Heritage now without buying the transferrable membership, you can now lease a membership which is effectively just paying subs. There are 2 courses to play

Topic: Moving to melbourne east, need a new home course??

It depends on how much you can spend, where you will live and how much you are willing to travel. I think you should be able to get into the following

Woodlands (might be a wait for 7 day), Spring Valley, Kingswood, Southern Croydon, Waverley, Eastern and Box Hill.

Some clubs like Heritage, Sandhurst and Yarra Yarra have share/transferrable memberships so thats an option too, all be it a pretty expensive one.

If really can play and would make the pennant team then you might have a show of vaulting the waiting list at some of the clubs that think they are better.

Topic: Moving to melbourne east, need a new home course??

you have all probably been asked amillions time and I understand we all like different things. BUT any ideas on courses out the east side of Melbourne taking on members? Looking for quality, friendly and challenging. Played commenwealth once and loved it!

10 year wait, unless you get tapped on the shoulder & $10 k atm.
Jon…

Topic: Australia's Best / Toughest Closing Hole

the hardest closing hole without a doubt in oz is hidden valley 180m par 3 to an island green. cant imagine how long stroke rounds take there for the members. thats it end of story!!

Topic: Australia's Best / Toughest Closing Hole

the 18th at sanctuary lakes is a very challenging long par 4 that often plays back into the wind

Topic: Fantasy fourball

Interesting choices everyone, mine would be:

Golfers: Greg Norman, Tiger Woods, Adam Scott

Other sports: Ricky Ponting, Nathan Buckley, Lleyton Hewit

Celebrity: Ed Kawalcek (lead singer of Live), Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Robert Plant (Led Zep)

As for the girls: Carlie Butler, Megan Gale, My wife (we can dream can’t we?)

I have put way too much thought in to this, happy golfing.

Why would anyone want to do anything with Lleyton Hewit?

Topic: Fantasy fourball

Interesting choices everyone, mine would be:

Golfers: Greg Norman, Tiger Woods, Adam Scott

Other sports: Ricky Ponting, Nathan Buckley, Lleyton Hewit

Celebrity: Ed Kawalcek (lead singer of Live), Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Robert Plant (Led Zep)

As for the girls: Carlie Butler, Megan Gale, My wife (we can dream can’t we?)

I have put way too much thought in to this, happy golfing.

Topic: Fantasy fourball

In playing with Jesus, the Dalai and Mohammed, what would the golf course location be? It would have to be neutral? One may need a Pope Mobile buggy on the course.

Topic: Fantasy fourball

The Dalai Lama
Jesus
Muhammad

If these three couldn’t keep you out of trouble…

Topic: Australia's Best / Toughest Closing Hole

18th at Portsea has many options and a good round can be spoilt by taking the wrong options. Not difficult but a great finishing hole.