Alice Springs Golf Club is desert golf, which means accuracy is a must. The golf course isn’t punishingly long, and not overly difficult. However, a good swirling desert wind could provide a much stiffer challenge than the benign winds that we experienced. The fairways had beautiful angles and offered fantastic great tight lies. The greens were understandably bumpy and somewhat slow due to recent maintenance. While mostly flat, they had some understated undulations and movements that made reading them for the first time difficult. They had trouble short and long, but miss the greens left or right, and you’ll still have chance to save par. Not all golfers like desert golf. However, there is no arguing that desert golf is beautiful golf! The rich vibrant green grass, the bright blue skies, and the deep dark reds of the bunkers and surrounding desert environment was an explosion of contrasting colors. The kaleidoscope shades of desert red coloring the MacDonnell Ranges seemed to change as the day progressed. The beautiful desert trees and fauna, and the large eucalyptus trees surprised us. And the greenside small pot bunkers looked like something that designer Mr. Peter Thomson plucked from the links courses in the UK that he so loved! With good value green fees, Alice Springs was a well-conditioned course, and a must-play while in Alice!

Goood place to take in a meal. Good food at reasonable prices. Typical Golf Club, would recommend.