Hello.

[mrdb]

Hello,

I thought I'd better post here as recommended. New to the forum, long time lurker. Looks like a great place to chat to like minded folks. I am a low marker from Sydney, Australia - looking forward to joining in the conversation.

Nick

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Originally Posted by mrdb

I thought I'd better post here as recommended. New to the forum, long time lurker. Looks like a great place to chat to like minded folks. I am a low marker from Sydney, Australia - looking forward to joining in the conversation.

Good to have you. I think if I had to move anywhere in the world (including the U.S.) and could move for free, I'd choose Australia. How's the golf where you live?

[mrdb]

Thanks for the warm welcome.

I'm in Sydney and the golf is pretty amazing. We're lucky in Australia as golf is quite accessible compared to other parts of the world. I grew up playing a course in Orange about 3 hours west of Sydney that is a beautifully conditioned park lands course with bent grass greens and couch fairways, par 70. I think as a junior we payed $30 a year for membership and got unlimited free social golf. In fact Orange has population of 50 000 and has 3 18 hole golf courses - nearly 1 golf hole for every 1000 residents.

I play at one of the Grade 1 champ courses in Sydney and play some rep golf with them so have been lucky enough to play most of the best golf courses around the area off the pegs and in tournament condition. These include Royal Sydney, The Lakes, NSW GC, Concord, Avondale, Oatlands, St Michaels, Bonnie Doon, The Australian, Elanora. The weather is amazing and we play golf year round. My home course, Moore Park is a (public) par 70 grade 1 course smack in the middle of the city. It's pretty amazing that we have that kind of land available for golf in an area where a 2 bedroom apartment costs upwards of $700 000.

So yeah, Australia is a pretty good place for a golfer to live. If you're ever in Sydney let me know and I'll have you out for round!