Trentham Golf Club
Trentham Golf Club

With its broad, leafy lanes and unhurried ambience, Trentham exudes tranquility and elegant charm ?
beauty rich and rare indeed. It has more than once been a film set and, if ever Inspector Barnaby
pursues his investigations Down Under, it must be in Mid-Somer Trentham. And the golf course matches
and perfectly complements this idyll. In the sunburnt country and far horizons of north central Victoria,
it is a green oasis in the wide brown land.
Here golf is pleasurable and enjoyable, teasing more than intimidating, a course designed (and maintained)
to inspire you to your best form. The course is not overly long; of the Par 4?s the longest is 379 metres,
long enough to be challenging, but not impossible, and the ACR of 71 against the par 70 is a fair
reflection of the degree of difficulty. But it?s no pushover either; if you play to your handicap, 2
under par, you will have done well. The test at Trentham is not to be over-powered ? it requires subtlety
and finesse.
The round begins with some fairly conventional, parkland holes; the first green slightly offset to the
fairway, best approached after a drive right of centre flirting with the tree line. The second, an
unremarkable par 3, is followed by a good, deceptive par 4 bending left all the way to the green, where
your drive must hug the outside of the bend to give a shot at the green.
The 4th, a birdie chance from a Kevin Rudd drive (left of centre) and the 5th, a par 3 where it always
seems necessary to take one more club than you think. These holes, good enough on many courses, are at
Trentham merely the prelude, the overture. From the 6th, a blind drive then the fairway threading between
trees to an unbunkered but deceitful green, the course is a succession of variety and interest.
The 7th, a lovely golf hole, short at only 256 metres, but all uphill, copses on both sides, dogleg right
almost 90 degrees, to a small green perched on a hillock. Again there are no bunkers and none are
necessary; misjudge your approach and there are short run offs in every direction. It?s a classic easy
short par 4, which can just as easily cost you a 6.
The 9th is a pleasing par 5, rated 6 on the card so a possible birdie. It starts with a slight dogleg
right with trees left and out of bounds right - ensuring that if you miss the cut stuff, you could be
looking at a certain bogey. The 11th is another gem; drive, blind, between woodland and then see the
green perched on a knob of land with the dam behind. Around the green the run-off is steep, but it is
the (illusory) proximity of the dam to the green which is the real snare
54 Falls Rd,
TRENTHAM, VIC 3458
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