Joondalup Resort golf course, Perth, fairways cut through bushland and limestone quarry walls
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The Best Golf Courses in Perth

The most isolated big city on earth might be its best value golf town. Perth stacks a four time Australian Open host in the bush, Robert Trent Jones Jr quarry holes, true links along the Indian Ocean and the busiest public complex in Australia, and outside one private gate everything books online for less than dinner. Here are the five courses that decide a Perth golf week, ranked.

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By the GolfForKings editorial desk · Editorial policy · Last reviewed June 2026

Photograph: Joondalup Resort, Perth, via Google

How we ranked them

We rank on the quality and character of the golf first, then on what each course adds to a traveling golfer's week: variety against the others on this list, the drama of the setting, the welcome, and what the fee buys. Perth golf splits cleanly into a private summit and a public market, and we rank across both, flagging access honestly. One course on this list requires connections; the other four you can book tonight. Every fee below is an indicative 2026 figure verified from official club rate pages this June; always confirm directly before booking. Our Perth green fees guide carries the full course by course table.

Two local truths shape any visit. The Fremantle Doctor, the sea breeze that arrives most summer afternoons, is the real course architect here, turning benign morning layouts into two extra clubs by mid afternoon. And booking online is not optional culture, it is the price list: most Perth courses cut real money off walk up rates for an online tee time.

The ranking

01

Lake Karrinyup Country Club

Established 1928 · four time Australian Open host · private, reciprocal access · bushland with resident kangaroos

Western Australia's premier club and one of the great bush settings in Australian golf. Lake Karrinyup has staged the Australian Open four times, and the golf sweeps through natural bushland around the lake that names the place, with kangaroos grazing the fairways and more than 75 bird species in the trees, fifteen minutes from the city. The course is the state's standing answer to the Melbourne Sandbelt: sandy ground, big bold green sites, perfect winter turf. Access is the asterisk: it is a private members' club, so visitors come through reciprocal arrangements or invitation. If your home club has standing, write ahead; this is the Perth round worth the letter.

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02

Joondalup Resort

Robert Trent Jones Jr · 27 holes, 25 minutes north of the city · indicative $178 to $208 with shared cart

The most dramatic public tee time in Western Australia. Joondalup is one of the few Australian projects Robert Trent Jones Jr ever took on, 27 holes through bushland and working scale limestone quarries, and the Quarry nine's stretch from the 3rd to the 5th, played along, into and over the rock walls, is the single Perth passage visiting golfers talk about at home. As WA's repeatedly awarded metro course of the year it claims the resort tier alone: indicative 2026 rates run $178 Monday to Tuesday up to $208 on weekends with a twin share cart included, while hotel guests pay $123 to $136 and twilight walkers play 9 from $80. One round here headlines the week.

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03

The Cut

James Wilcher · Dawesville, an hour south · oceanfront dunes · indicative $62 to $72 online

Perth's ocean statement. James Wilcher draped The Cut over rolling coastal dunes at Dawesville, where the Indian Ocean fills the view from half the holes and the turf runs firm and fast the way seaside golf should. It is the closest thing on this coast to destination links drama, an hour south of the city near Mandurah, and the pricing is barely believable for what you get: $62 weekday and $72 weekend for 18 walking booked online, ten dollars more at the window, with golf, cart and lunch bundles from $97. Play it on the same southern run as Kennedy Bay and you have the best value 36 in Australian coastal golf.

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04

Links Kennedy Bay

Michael Coate, Roger Mackay and Ian Baker-Finch · Port Kennedy, 45 minutes south · true links · indicative $69 to $79

The purist's pick. Kennedy Bay is true links golf, designed by Michael Coate with the late Roger Mackay and Ian Baker-Finch beside the Indian Ocean at Port Kennedy: running ground, pot bunkers, wind as the principal defense and greens that accept the bumped shot your home club frowns at. Among Australian links it is rated near the top of the public class, and the fee sheet reads like a typo: $69 Monday to Thursday, $79 on the weekend, a twilight all you can play from 3:30pm at $45, carts available but beside the point. When the Doctor blows in the afternoon, this is the most honest examination in the state.

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05

Wembley Golf Course

Wembley Downs, 15 minutes from the CBD · two public 18s, Old and Tuart · indicative $42 to $49 online

Australia's busiest public golf complex, and the arrival day answer. Wembley's two 18s, the Old and the Tuart, roll over sandy, tree lined ground fifteen minutes from the central city, kept in better condition than municipal golf has any right to be, with a Toptracer range for the jet lag evening. The pricing is civic: $42 weekday and $49 weekend online, $20 twilight, seniors from $34, carts $50, with fees resetting each July 1 with the financial year. No one flies to Perth for Wembley, and yet almost every good Perth golf week starts here, loose, cheap and ten minutes from the beach.

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Editorial ranking by the GolfForKings desk, June 2026. Fees are indicative 2026 rates verified from official club rate pages; always confirm directly before booking. Check tee time availability.

Building the trip

The efficient Perth week: land, loosen up at Wembley, take Joondalup early on a weekday when the rate dips and the quarry walls are in shadow, then run the southern coast with The Cut and Kennedy Bay on consecutive days, Margaret River's wineries two hours further if the group has any sense. Four booked rounds cost around 350 dollars total, less than one peak resort tee time on the east coast. The national context lives in the best courses in Australia ranking and the Australia destination guide, with the Sandbelt's giants like Kingston Heath and Royal Melbourne West a five hour flight east; our Australia green fees guide and Adelaide fee guide cover the stops between. Weighing a bigger swing? Australia vs New Zealand settles the hemisphere, and the Australia golf holidays page prices the whole adventure.

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Tell us your dates and group, and one concierge sequences Joondalup, the coastal links and the Margaret River detour, books the online rates before they move, and costs the trip to the head. No obligation.

Perth golf questions

What is the best golf course in Perth?

Lake Karrinyup Country Club, established in 1928 and a four time host of the Australian Open, is Western Australia's premier course, a bushland masterpiece where kangaroos graze the fairways. It is private, so most visitors play through reciprocal club arrangements or an invitation. The best course any visitor can simply book is Joondalup Resort, Robert Trent Jones Jr's 27 holes through limestone quarries.

How much does golf cost in Perth?

Perth is one of the cheapest big golf cities in the developed world. Indicative 2026 rates: Wembley's two public 18s from 42 to 49 Australian dollars online, Links Kennedy Bay 69 to 79, The Cut from 62 to 72 booked online, and Joondalup Resort 178 to 208 including a shared cart. All fees are indicative; always confirm directly before booking.

Can visitors play Lake Karrinyup?

Not on a walk up basis. Lake Karrinyup is a private members' club, and visitor access generally runs through reciprocal arrangements with overseas clubs or a member invitation. If your home club holds reciprocity, write ahead well before the trip. Everyone else builds the Perth week around the public tier, led by Joondalup, The Cut and Links Kennedy Bay, which is no hardship.

When is the best time to play golf in Perth?

October to April brings guaranteed sun, with one caveat: the Fremantle Doctor, the sea breeze that arrives most summer afternoons, makes morning tee times play two clubs calmer. Winter, May to September, is mild and green with the year's softest rates. Book online wherever possible; most Perth courses discount online tee times against walk up rates.

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Researched and written by the GolfForKings editorial desk. Course facts and fees verified June 2026 from official club rate pages and established course rankings; fees indicative, always confirm directly before booking. Last reviewed June 2026.