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The Dunes Golf Links
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© L.C. Lambrecht
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By
Tom Doak
A big, wild layout across a hilly, sandy site, the Dunes was
the fountainhead for the golf development of the Mornington Peninsula, and it’s still a bargain to
play. From tee to green it is rugged and dramatic, with nasty clusters of
bunkers daring you to carry them to gain an advantage, and several possible
blind shots. But the greens are artificially shaped platforms that don’t have
the same spirit to them, and a few bunkers are so severe that your best option
would be a stroke-and-distance penalty. It’s real golf, maybe even a throwback
to the ruggedness of a hundred years ago, but the individual holes fall short of
the mark. Rating: 5 (February 1999)
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