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<\/p>\nUnder the draft plans, the park will include a community sports field, multipurpose sports courts, a playground, walking, running and cycling paths and trails with lights to improve safety on the main routes, toilets, picnic spots, outdoor furniture, tree planting and landscaped areas, and parking.<\/p>\n
Public feedback will inform other potential features such as an off-leash dog area, outdoor fitness stations, a perimeter loop track, passive recreation areas, and a pump track for bike riders.<\/p>\n
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The golf club\u2019s lease expires in June 2026, after which plans propose expanding the driving range from 60 to 90 bays.Credit: Dion Georgopoulos<\/p>\n
Work on the project would begin after the existing lease for Moore Park Golf Course expires in June.<\/p>\n
Under the plan, the park will open in stages from late 2026, with work expected to be completed at the end of 2028.<\/p>\n
The government set aside $50 million in this year\u2019s state budget to transform the site, months after it allocated $2.6 million for preliminary design and planning works in the 2024-25 financial year.<\/p>\n
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The draft plans said the changes to golfing facilities would include an 18-hole mini golf course, and \u201camendments to the current course and adjustments to provide adequate buffers to the parkland\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cHole length has been designed to benefit the pace of play, avoiding the bottleneck of the existing golf course. Additional holes have been retained for operational and maintenance requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n
Minns\u2019 move to carve up the golf course sparked a furious campaign from an alliance of industry bodies \u2013 Moore Park Golf Club, Golf NSW, Golf Australia and PGA of Australia \u2013 who branded themselves as the Moore Park Golf Collective.<\/p>\n
The group lobbied against the plan and fought back with a counterproposal<\/a> to retain the 18-hole golf course and create a \u201cworld-class\u201d sport and recreation precinct.<\/p>\n Moore Park Golf Club president John Janik has also dug in to save the course from what he has described as \u201cthe ill-informed who continually believe the land and resources could be better used\u201d.<\/p>\n The plans include a sports field and exercise tracks with lighting on the main routes to boost safety.Credit: NSW government<\/p>\n Hollywood actor Mark Wahlberg, an avid golfer, thrust the issue further into the spotlight when he weighed in<\/a> during a trip to Sydney, urging the Australian public to \u201csave Moore Park Golf Club\u201d.<\/p>\n Scully said the draft plans, on exhibition until November 24, to transform Moore Park South were designed to boost the community\u2019s physical and mental health by improving access to green space.<\/p>\n \u201cWe must continue to pair homes with investments in our public spaces,\u201d Scully said.<\/p>\n Loading<\/p>\n \u201cThe new park will be a place to meet friends, spend time in nature, play and enjoy community sports in the heart of inner Sydney.\u201d<\/p>\n Moore, as lord mayor, has long pushed to halve the size of the course to free up more parkland for the public.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/6f31ef4f29e92ced3f5c259c099ddf444171c2fd.jpeg\")
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