Located in a magnificent bush land setting, Rockingham offers a golf course as natural as can be achieved in the metropolitan area, with open bush lands, generous fairways lined by Grass Trees, towering old Tuart Trees and prolific wildlife (you might have to wait for your next shot while the Kangaroos cross), the course can be challenging. A true benefit of the course is that other players are often out of view, enhancing the sensation that you are alone in the wilderness. Just forty five minutes south of Perth, near the coastal town of Rockingham.

Rockingham, 28th July 1947 at the Trocaster Tearoom, now the Boardwalk, 24 interested persons gathered together to discuss the organisation to build a golf course. The first 9 holes were roughly bulldozed out of the sand dunes and the Rockingham Hotel was the golfers’ clubhouse.

A lease for 200 acres was granted and the Rockingham Districts Golf Club became incorporated. An 18 hole golf course was designed by Tom Howard and work was started by members and machinery on loan. Golf rules were adopted – Pennant teams were formed. The clubhouse was opened by Governor Sir Charles Gairdner in 1958. The Rockingham Golf Club Incorporated had the reputation for friendliness, hospitality and well run competitions.

On the 9th March 1985, Rockingham Golf Club Inc. moved from the corner of Patterson Road and Read Street to it’s current location at Elanora Drive. The course was designed by Murray Dawson, a leading golf course architect. The course was carved out of virgin bush and on Opening Day, at least 400 golf balls were lost! This has in time been rectified, and we now enjoy a fairly flat golf course of which hole 1 to 9 can be classed as golf link and 10 to 18 with more trees and better soil. As a golf course, our greens are second to none, and have been made more interesting by design. We have all kinds of bunkers, and the wildlife birds and kangaroos. The kangaroos are not tame, although if you walk round with your golf clubs, they will more likely become your audience rather than run away.