Heidelberg Golf Club

Private parkland golf and lawn bowls, 30 minutes from Melbourne's CBD

Heidelberg Golf Club is a private 18-hole parkland course in Lower Plenty, Victoria, playing to a par of 72 over 5,921 metres, roughly 30 minutes from Melbourne's CBD. The layout features 39 mapped bunkers, opening with a downhill par-four leading away from the clubhouse with a water hazard left, followed by a short par-three with a wide, shallow green guarded front and back, a flat, straight third hole with an overhanging gum tree, and an uphill fourth with out-of-bounds left and a two-tier green. Facilities include a driving range, putting green, pro shop, restaurant and dining, cart and club hire, coaching and parking.

Heidelberg Golf Club enjoys a strong reputation as more than just a golf course, with its parkland setting and overhanging gums giving rounds a leafy, established feel. The strategic mix of water, bunkering and tiered greens rewards thoughtful club selection rather than length alone. Beyond the fairways, the club is widely praised for its function spaces and hospitality, with visitors consistently highlighting attentive staff, fresh and tasty catering, and warm, spacious rooms for celebrations and events. As with any busy venue, the occasional experience falls short, but the overall impression is of a polished, welcoming club where visitors are treated as members for the day. The added lawn bowls green broadens its appeal as a social destination.