163 public courses currently have a verified rate under $30 (19 in WA, 56 in NSW, 5 in TAS, 36 in QLD, 31 in VIC, 10 in SA, 4 in NT, 2 in ACT). Proof that golf does not have to be an expensive habit.
Ask someone why they do not play golf and price is usually the first answer. Fair enough if the only courses you have heard of charge $80 a round. But across the 384 public courses we track, 163 of them will get you on the grass for under $30, starting at $5.00. Nine-holers, par-3 tracks, country clubs with honesty boxes, and solid suburban 18s with a sharp twilight rate. The cheap end of Australian golf is bigger than most golfers realise.
Ranked by each course's cheapest verified public rate, and we say what that rate buys. Recomputed every day.
| Course | From | State | Booking | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pickering Brook Golf Course · Perth | $5.00 18 holes, weekday | WA | Walk-Up |
| 2 | Werris Creek Golf Course Werris Creek · Central West NSW | $5.00 9 holes, weekend | NSW | Walk-Up |
| 3 | Bagdad Public Golf Course Bagdad · Hobart | $8.00 9 holes, weekend | TAS | Walk-Up |
| 4 | Bulimba Golf Club Bulimba · Brisbane | $10.00 18 holes, weekday | QLD | Bookable |
| 5 | Karumba Golf Club Karumba · Cairns & Far North | $10.00 9 holes, weekend | QLD | Walk-Up |
| 6 | Ravenshoe Golf Club Ravenshoe · Cairns & Far North | $10.00 9 holes, weekday | QLD | Walk-Up |
| 7 | Altone Park Golf Course Beechboro · Perth | $10.00 9 holes, twilight | WA | Walk-Up |
| 8 | Darlington Beach Holiday Park Golf Course Arrawarra · Mid North Coast | $10.00 9 holes, weekday | NSW | Walk-Up |
| 9 | Dandenong Workers Social Club Golf Course Dandenong · Melbourne | $10.00 9 holes, weekend | VIC | Walk-Up |
| 10 | Isle of Coochie Golf Club Coochiemudlo Island · Gold Coast | $10.00 9 holes, weekday | QLD | Walk-Up |
| 11 | Melville Golf Centre Leeming · Perth | $10.00 9 holes, weekday | WA | Walk-Up |
| 12 | Mundaring Golf Course Mundaring · Perth | $10.00 18 holes, weekday | WA | Walk-Up |
| 13 | Wallacia Panthers Golf Course Wallacia · Sydney | $10.00 18 holes, twilight | NSW | Walk-Up |
| 14 | Yanchep National Park Golf Course Yanchep · Perth | $11.00 9 holes, weekday | WA | Walk-Up |
| 15 | Glanville Hall Golf Course Semaphore South · Adelaide | $11.50 9 holes, twilight | SA | Bookable |
| 16 | Studley Park Golf Course Kew · Melbourne | $12.60 9 holes, weekend | VIC | Walk-Up |
| 17 | Waverly Pitch & Putt Mulgrave · Melbourne | $13.00 9 holes, weekday | VIC | Walk-Up |
| 18 | Little Para Golf Course Paralowie · Adelaide | $13.50 18 holes, twilight | SA | Bookable |
| 19 | Botany Golf Club Botany · Eastern Suburbs | $14.00 9 holes, twilight | NSW | Walk-Up |
| 20 | Sylvania Par 3 Golf and Soccer Sylvania Waters · St George & Sutherland | $14.00 9 holes, weekday | NSW | Walk-Up |
That is the top twenty. The rest live in the full cheapest-first table, filterable by market and holes.
Mostly nine holes, twilight windows, or the full round at short and country courses. Which, if you are honest about why you play, is most of the golf you actually want: a couple of hours outside with your mates and a story about the one good shot. Pick one off the list, throw it in the group chat, and stop letting the price myth keep the crew off the course.
The cheapest verified rate we track right now is $5.00 at Pickering Brook Golf Course. 163 courses total sit under $30.
They are mostly community nine-holers, par-3 courses and honest suburban or country tracks. Perfectly maintained championship turf? No. A proper round of golf with your mates for the price of lunch? Absolutely.
Yes. It rebuilds every day from prices verified at each course's own website or booking system, each with a check date. Nothing is estimated.
Divot lives in your group chat, watches the tee sheets, and gets the round booked. No app.