Cranbourne Golf Course

Key Facts

Founded -1954
Architect - Sam Berriman
Location - Off the South Eastern Arterial, approx. 30 minutes from C.B.D.
Course - Par 72, 6,168m Championship Course.  Santa Anna couch fairways with bent greens.
Course Record - James McLean 64, Gary Simpson 64
Major Tournaments - Hosted the 2000 & 2001 Victorian Opens and 1960 Victorian PGA.

Designed and laid out in 1954, the course has matured into an attractive and challenging golf course.  The architect of the course was Sam Berriman who after his respected work at Huntingdale applied his art to the creation and development of Cranbourne.  Five times British Open Champion Peter Thomson described Berriman as “An architect of rare talent and his Cranbourne design as a classic with this great course being worthy of any major tournament”.

The course took over two years to construct and was officially opened by Syd Kaufman on April 9, 1954.  Sam Berriman’s layout measured 6,304 metres and provided for 87 bunkers.  The course was never completed precisely to Berriman’s design and at the commencement of play measured 6,330 metres with 71 bunkers constructed. The Club has recently embarked on an ambitious bunker program that will see the refurbishment of many existing bunkers and the construction of a number of new bunkers according to Berriman's original plans.