It is more than just a little ironic that the oldest golf club on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, Flinders Golf Club, might also be the region’s most underrated.
The rich cluster of world class courses on the Mornington all lie to the west of Flinders, which sits above the ocean near West Head at the entrance to Western Port Bay. It is a dreamy location with views to the east to Phillip Island and south over the chilly looking waters of Bass Strait.
It is – geographically speaking – at the end of the line, which has helped the Flinders club maintain a lower profile than some of its neighbouring courses, the closest of which is the RACV Cape Schanck Resort nearly 20 minutes’ drive away.
But for those golfers willing to travel
