{"id":819502,"date":"2026-07-23T21:43:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T21:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/819502\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T21:43:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T21:43:20","slug":"country-club-tasmania-launches-bookings-for-rare-sand-capped-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/819502\/","title":{"rendered":"Country Club Tasmania launches bookings for rare sand-capped course"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tee times are now available for the first rounds on Country Club Tasmania\u2019s new championship golf course ahead of its official opening in December.<\/p>\n

Bookings opened on Wednesday, with members of the resort\u2019s free Champions Club receiving priority access to secure the first tee times on the redeveloped 18-hole course at Prospect Vale.<\/p>\n

The course is one of only 13 sand-capped golf courses in Australia and forms the centrepiece of a $20 million golf precinct redevelopment at the resort, about 10 minutes from Launceston\u2019s CBD.<\/p>\n

Tasmania continues to build its reputation as a golf tourism destination, with internationally recognised courses including Cape Wickham, Barnbougle Dunes and Lost Farm already attracting visitors from around Australia and overseas.<\/p>\n

\"\"Tasmania\u2019s courses draw thousands of tourists each year to the state. Image \/ Lusy Productions<\/p>\n

Seven Mile Beach recently joined the state\u2019s growing list of acclaimed layouts.<\/p>\n

Seven Tasmanian courses were included in the latest Australian Golf Digest Top 100 rankings.<\/p>\n

\"\"Ricky Ponting was the first person to tee off on the new course<\/p>\n

Designed by golf course architect Robin Gibson, Country Club Tasmania draws inspiration from renowned parkland layouts in North America and the United Kingdom while incorporating Tasmania\u2019s natural landscape.<\/p>\n

Champions Club members can book through a newly released First to Play Package, which priority access to tee times before the course opens to the broader public.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to offer Champions Club members the opportunity to be the very first to play the Championship Golf Course,\u201d Country Club Tasmania general manager Ross Hannah said.<\/p>\n

The Champions Club is a free membership program that provides golfers with course updates, behind-the-scenes content and insights into the redevelopment, as well as material from course ambassador Ricky Ponting.<\/p>\n

\"\"The resort is located about 10 minutes from Launceston\u2019s CBD<\/p>\n

Ponting, the former Australian cricket captain and avid golfer, became the first person to tee off on the course earlier this year during a preview of the opening nine holes.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlaying the first nine holes for the very first time was just extraordinary,\u201d Ponting said at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s beautifully shaped, challenging in all the right ways and built to a championship standard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Head of golf Bryce Gorham said the preview confirmed the course was living up to expectations.<\/p>\n

\"\"Premier Jeremy Rockliff officially launched The Range at Country Club in Launceston last October<\/p>\n

\u201cRobin and the team have created a design that rewards strategy and precision,\u201d Gorham said.<\/p>\n

The redevelopment follows the opening of The Range in August 2025, with the driving range featuring TopTracer technology and a mini golf course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tee times are now available for the first rounds on Country Club Tasmania\u2019s new championship golf course ahead…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-819502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}