Club information | |
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Location | Devonport, Tasmania, Australia |
Established | 1921 |
Type | Public |
Total holes | 18 |
Events hosted | Tasmanian Open |
Designed by | Vern Morcom (1956) |
Par | 70 |
Length | 5,880 metres |
Devonport Golf Club is an 18 hole championship golf course located at the Woodrising Golf Course, Woodrising Avenue, Spreyton, Tasmania. It is 5 minutes drive from the city of Devonport.
Woodrising’ offers the golfer with a challenging, tree-lined, well bunkered course that has excellent greens. The course sits on a peninsula of land leading into the Mersey River and has a fairly flat appearance with gently rolling fairways.
It is in the top ten golf courses in Tasmania. [1]
Mike Harwood claimed his fourth Tasmanian Senior Open Title in February, 2015, [2] other titles were won in 2009, 2010 and 2012.
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