Two rebuilt courses where the sandbelt meets the peninsula.
Peninsula Kingswood is the sandbelt club you can sleep at. It sits in Frankston, on the edge of the Mornington Peninsula, and has two 18-hole courses, the North and the South, both rebuilt from 2015 by the Ogilvy Clayton Cocking Mead design firm. The club is private, but its Visitors page invites international and interstate golfers to enquire about tee times, and its clubhouse rooms look over the South Course. That makes it a useful midway base for a trip covering the sandbelt to the north and the peninsula’s coastal courses to the south.
Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club green fees and tee times.
Fill in the Visitor Golf Enquiries form on the club website. It asks for your state or country, your Golf ID number if you have one, a letter of introduction from your home club if applicable, your preferred date of play and the number of players. The club replies by email. You can also call the golf bookings team on +61 3 9789 2244 or write to golfbookings@peninsulakingswood.com.au. Green fees are not published online, so the price comes with the reply. Read the dress regulations before you travel, because the club says they are strictly enforced.
The courses at Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club.
North Course
Built on sandier, more broken ground, the North is the purer sandbelt experience: firm and fast, with tilted greens, sprawling bunkers, wide fairways and roughs of sand, native grass and heath. Cocking describes its heathland vegetation as perhaps the best of any course in Melbourne, and six of its holes opened for preview play in early 2018.
South Course
Longer, flatter and more open than the North, the South is defined by creek lines and dry stone walls. OCCM opened up the old creeks so they come into play on at least six holes, and enlarged the greens and bunkers. Cocking calls it the longer, more difficult test, once wrongly labelled a parkland; clubhouse rooms overlook its 18th and 10th holes.
The round, in perspective.
The club formed in September 2013 when Peninsula Country Golf Club, founded in 1925, merged with Kingswood Golf Club, which began in 1904 as the Dandenong Golf Club. The merged club settled on Peninsula’s 36-hole site in Frankston. OCCM, with Mike Cocking as lead designer, rebuilt every green, bunker and tee on both courses, following the 1960s corridors. Work began on both courses in March 2015, the South was finished first, and the club held its official opening in late May 2019, when the new clubhouse was also unveiled. Cocking has been a member for more than 20 years. The greens are Pure Distinction bentgrass, built to run firm and fast, and the new bunkers draw on the work of MacKenzie and the Morcoms at the older sandbelt clubs.
Know before you go.
Who can play
International and interstate visitors, by enquiry
Documents
Golf ID number; home-club letter if applicable
Booking line
+61 3 9789 2244
Dress
Strictly enforced; see club regulations
Make the trip work.
Ask for both courses in your enquiry: the North and South play very differently, and staying at the club makes a 36-hole day or two days easy to arrange. Lessons are booked through the golf shop rather than the visitor form. Send the enquiry well before your dates, especially for spring and summer, and ask your home club for a letter of introduction in advance so you can attach it to the form.
From Melbourne Airport (MEL), allow about an hour by car via the ring roads and EastLink or Peninsula Link to Skye Road, Frankston. Golf Course Architecture puts the club about 35 minutes south-east of the city centre. Frankston station, at the end of the Frankston line from Flinders Street, is a short taxi ride away.
The club has its own rooms: clubhouse rooms look over the 18th of the South Course, and a second set looks over the 10th South. Guests can use the pool, gym, tennis courts, bowls green and games room. Book through the accommodation form on the club website. Otherwise, Frankston has chain hotels near the foreshore, and Mornington, about 20 minutes south, has boutique options near its harbour.
Make a trip of it.
Kingston Heath and Royal Melbourne are about 30 to 40 minutes north, so you can play the sandbelt from here without staying in the city. Heading south, Moonah Links, St Andrews Beach and RACV Cape Schanck are around 45 minutes away and take public bookings. Off course, the coastal walk from Frankston round Olivers Hill gives views across Port Phillip, and the Red Hill wineries are within half an hour.
Find your season.
October to April is the main season, when the greens are at their fastest and evenings are long. Summer days can be hot, so take an early tee time. Winter rounds are possible on the sandy North Course, but the South, with its creeks, can play softer after rain.
Yes, if you are visiting from interstate or overseas. Peninsula Kingswood is a private members’ club, but its Visitors page welcomes enquiries from international and interstate golfers, and you can attach a letter of introduction to the online form.
Which is better, the North or South Course at Peninsula Kingswood?
It depends on what you want. The club calls the North, on sandier and more rolling ground, a pure sandbelt experience. The South is longer and flatter, with creeks and dry stone walls, and its designer regards it as the harder test. With two days, play both.
Can you stay at Peninsula Kingswood?
Yes. The club has rooms in the clubhouse overlooking the 18th of the South Course, plus further rooms overlooking the 10th South. Guests can use the club’s pool, gym, tennis courts and bowls green, and bookings are made by enquiry form.
How far is Peninsula Kingswood from Melbourne?
It is in Frankston, about 35 minutes south-east of the city centre according to Golf Course Architecture, and roughly an hour from Melbourne Airport by car. Frankston railway station is the nearest stop on the suburban network.
Last checked 11 November 2026. This is an independent planning guide, not a first-hand review or a booking service. Check live availability, access, fees and travel details with the operator before booking. Airport suggestions are starting points for route planning.
