About the course
Cliff-top bay views and unbeatable value on the Mornington Peninsula
Bay Views Golf Course is an 18-hole public parkland course on Elizabeth Drive in Rosebud, Victoria, set within the Rosebud Park & Recreation Reserve. It plays to a par of 69 over 5,056 metres, with 49 mapped bunkers and panoramic outlooks over Port Phillip Bay and the Mornington Peninsula. Fairways are Santa Anna couch and the course is open seven days a week to public players, pass holders and social groups. Facilities include a driving range, pro shop, restaurant/dining, cart and club hire, and parking.
Players consistently rate Bay Views as one of the best-value rounds on the Mornington Peninsula, frequently singling out its specials and friendly, accommodating staff. The hillside setting is regularly praised for some of the finest bay and peninsula views of any course in the region, though reviewers note the climb makes for a decent leg workout. Conditioning earns steady compliments, with the couch fairways and quick greens often described as in good nick year-round. Many find it a fair, playable and interesting track that appeals to low and high handicappers alike, retaining the relaxed feel of a genuine local course. It comes across as somewhere golfers happily return to for both a casual hit and a competitive round.