Golf in the Mid-Western Regional Council area

Mudgee wine country and the hills around it hold three public courses, each with plenty of country character. Mudgee Golf Club goes back to 1906 and plays a layout redesigned by Arthur East in 1955, a welcoming, well-kept course with kikuyu fairways and fast greens where bump-and-run shots and pitching become an art, and picturesque, testing holes that suit all levels. Henbury at Kandos opened in 1931 and runs an 18-hole, par-70 course with grass greens and tennis courts alongside; a small, volunteer-run club, it backs onto the Capertee Valley and Wollemi National Park, with native animals and birds sharing the parkland. Gulgong Golf Club offers a par-68 country round run with evident care by local volunteers, where the greens stay in good order, frost and drought permitting.