{"id":48780,"date":"2026-08-11T05:38:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T05:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/48780\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T05:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T05:38:34","slug":"top-6-golf-courses-in-tasmania-australian-golf-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/48780\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 6 golf courses in Tasmania \u2013 Australian Golf Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>              August 11th, 2026                <\/p>\n<p>\n                By Australian Golf Digest              <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tasmania has become one of Australia\u2019s premier golfing destinations, punching well above its weight with world-class links layouts scattered across the state. Here\u2019s the definitive ranking of Tasmania\u2019s top golf courses, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.australiangolfdigest.com.au\/top-100-courses-2026-the-bits-the-scores-and-final-ranking-dont-reveal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australian Golf Digest\u2019s Top 100 Courses panel.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 Cape Wickham Links \u2014 No.3 overall<br \/>Location: Golf Links Road, King Island<br \/>Renowned for its Aesthetics, Cape Wickham returns to the position it\u2019s held four times before, edged out of second spot by a mere 0.03 points. This King Island layout remains a premium example of destination golf being worth the journey.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3-cape-wickham-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150863\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 Barnbougle Dunes \u2014 No.6 overall<br \/>Location: Waterhouse Road, Bridport<br \/>Renowned for its Shot Options, the original Barnbougle course reaffirms its reputation for potency and popularity, ranking fourth overall for Aesthetics, one of just four courses nationally to draw average scores of 9 and above in that criterion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3 Barnbougle Lost Farm \u2014 No.8 overall<br \/>Location: Waterhouse Road, Bridport<br \/>Renowned for its Shot Options, Lost Farm has nearly completed the set, occupying every position from sixth to ninth on the national ranking. Its Conditioning score improved further under new course superintendent Rod Hinwood.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8-barnbougle-lost-farm-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150865\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4 7 Mile Beach \u2014 No.11 overall<br \/>Location: Surf Road, Seven Mile Beach, Hobart<br \/>Renowned for its Shot Options, the lone entirely new course on this year\u2019s list, Mike Clayton and Mike DeVries\u2019 waterside linksland layout near Hobart fell just short of cracking the top 10 nationally despite being open for only three months of the ranking cycle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/11-7-mile-beach-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150866\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5 Ocean Dunes \u2014 No.17 overall<br \/>Location: Golf Links Road, King Island<br \/>Renowned for its Aesthetics, the newest of the King Island courses turns 10 this year and remains firmly in the \u201cteens\u201d of the national ranking. Ocean Dunes\u2019 genius green complexes and exceptional Bass Strait setting give it instant gravitas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6 Tasmania Golf Club \u2014 No.100 overall<br \/>Location: Acton Road, Barilla Bay, Hobart<br \/>Back inside the Top 100 for the first time in a decade, Tasmania Golf Club is enjoying renewed attention thanks to its proximity to the new 7 Mile Beach course, while standing on its own merits beside spectacular Barilla Bay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want to see how the rest of the country stacks up? Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.australiangolfdigest.com.au\/australias-top-100-golf-courses-2026-27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">full Top 100 Courses ranking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"August 11th, 2026 By Australian Golf Digest Tasmania has become one of Australia\u2019s premier golfing destinations, punching well&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[19044,19045,44,2939,19046,13736],"class_list":["post-48780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-barnbougle-dunes","tag-cape-wickham","tag-golf","tag-golf-courses","tag-tasmania","tag-top-100-courses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}