Ellerston

Ellerston is the course that Greg Norman built for the flamboyant Australian media magnate Kerry Packer, the country's richest man, who sadly died in December 2005 at the age of 68. The course is undoubtedly impressive and one of the best courses in Australia. It even crashed onto our World Top 100 in 2016. But how would regular golfers know how good this course actually is? Only the lucky few have enjoyed the honour at Ellerston and the course remains largely the private preserve of the Packer family.

This is what Greg Norman had to say about his creation, which opened in 2001: “For me Ellerston was a very special project. It had taken me more than ten years to convince my good friend and passionate golfer, Kerry Packer, that he should build his own golf course and when the decision was finally made, he ensured the brief was unique. Create the best golf course possible with as few tees as possible, in other words, build a golf course that penalises poor shots, makes the golfer think and play hard. He got all that plus more.”