About
The Cut is one of Australia’s leading public access golf courses and visitors are encouraged to make a booking and come and enjoy what we trust will be a great golfing experience.
We can offer a championship layout of the highest order, a friendly and genuinely warm welcome and some outstanding facilities both on and off the course.
We welcome our visitors with the same warmth as we do our members. Why? Because there’s a good chance these new faces will be our members of the future, they just don’t quite realise it when they walk through our door for the first time!
The Cut has a wonderful course that is widely regarded as one of the best layouts in Australia. There is no other course in WA so close to our beautiful coastline. Visitors should contact the club in advance to secure a booking and avoid disappointment.
Course Profile
- Opened: to the public on January 3, 2005, the official ribbon cutting ceremony was held on June 25, 2005 by Lt Gen John Sanderson Governor of WA
- Designed by: James Wilcher, Golf by Design
James Wilcher has designed some of the world’s greatest golf courses, but on this occasion, he couldn’t take all the credit. The forces of nature started work on the Cut 300 million years-ago. They left the course with a wild undulating landscape and the most inspiring backdrop imaginable.The Course is constructed on 86.50 hectares of land and incorporates more than 30 species of native plants including groundcovers, climbers and shrubs.
- Course length: 6395m from the tournament tees
- Style: 18-hole links championship style course with five tees on each hole and 14 holes with oceanfront views.
- Grass:
- Tees Santa Ana
- Fairways Winter Green Couch
- Short rough Winter Green Couch
- Greens L93 Bent Grass
- Challenges: You do not need to be long off the tee to tame this course. A well-placed iron, in many instances, will run past a towering drive. The ever-changing elements ensure that this course constantly provides a new challenge and an unforgettable experience. (see fact sheet more stats)
- Open to: Members and Public Access
- Accolades:
- Voted Western Australia’s number one golf course in 2008/09
- Named in the Rolex Top 1000 Golf Courses in the World
- Regularly ranked in the country’s top 20 public access course
- Ranked in the top 25 overall courses in Australia
- Facilities: Clubhouse, restaurants, bar, locker rooms, Pro Shop
History of Unique Location
Scientific evidence in the late 1980’s confirmed that the Peel Inlet and the Harvey Estuary were developing severe algal blooms, so the State Government decided to cut a channel to the Indian Ocean, allowing regular flushing of both waterways.
The result for the wider community was the creation of an outdoor and water sports mecca offering both open ocean and calm inland waterways, while golfers gained one of Australia’s most extraordinary locations at The Cut.