1 · POSITION
The Beach Course at 13th Beach Golf Links opened in December 2001 near Barwon Heads, Victoria. Designed by Tony Cashmore, it established golf on land previously used for asparagus farming. A second eighteen-hole course followed, giving the destination two contrasting rounds within the same coastal property. [1, 2]
2 · THE BEACH COURSE
The first four holes pass through the residential precinct before the fifth tee introduces the more open links terrain. That progression matters: the course is not an uninterrupted expanse of untouched dunes. Its route moves between developed ground and the coastal features that give the later holes their character. Cashmore’s design ties those different settings into one round. [1]
3 · THE CREEK COURSE
Opened in 2004, the Creek Course was a collaboration between Cashmore and Sir Nick Faldo. The club describes a different vocabulary here: gently undulating fairways, closely cut hollows around greens and pronounced bunkering influenced by Melbourne’s Sandbelt. The distinction offers returning players a change in the questions posed by the ground, rather than merely another eighteen holes. [3]
4 · MORE WAYS TO PARTICIPATE
A nine-hole short course, also credited to Cashmore, adds a smaller format, while on-site lodges allow play to become part of an overnight visit. Together, these facilities broaden the ways the property can be used. A full round, shorter game and stay need not occupy the same amount of time or demand the same commitment from a visitor. [2]
5 · ⚑ CANDOUR
Cashmore’s contribution extends across the destination, but the Creek Course should retain Faldo’s joint credit. The club’s descriptions of links and Sandbelt character concern design influences; they do not establish that every part of the property is a natural links landscape. Course identity, residential development and lodging are connected components with distinct histories. [1–3]
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Sources & Further Reading
Sources checked 24 September 2026.