Forster Tuncurry Golf Club (Forster Course)

Overview: The Forster Course is the shorter 18-hole layout at Forster Tuncurry Golf Club, close to One Mile Beach in the Forster-Tuncurry coastal district. It measures 4,868 metres and plays to par 66 from the men’s tees, making it a different proposition from the club’s longer Tuncurry course. The routing uses coastal bushland, sandy ground and generous playing corridors, with the lower par reflecting a set of shorter holes rather than a lack of variety. For visitors staying around Forster, it is an easy-going but still thoughtful round in a distinctly seaside setting.

History: Forster Tuncurry Golf Club developed as a two-course destination for the growing holiday region. The Forster layout has retained its own identity alongside Tuncurry, allowing the club to offer two contrasting 18-hole experiences within the same coastal area. The current club presents the Forster course as a complete visitor round, not merely a practice course or an abbreviated version of Tuncurry.

Did You Know? The Forster course’s par is 66 for men and 68 for women according to the club’s current course information. That difference is useful context when comparing the two club courses: the Forster routing is deliberately compact, while Tuncurry carries the more conventional par-72 profile.