The Links Kennedy Bay

Overview: The Links Kennedy Bay is an 18-hole, par-72 links-style course at Port Kennedy in Western Australia, laid across undulating coastal dunes and native bushland. The operator describes a setting shaped by roughly 10,000 years of sand movement, with northerly views across Warnbro Sound toward the Indian Ocean. The scale of the land gives the course its first impression, but wind, uneven lies and the strategic use of sandy ground determine how the round unfolds. Graham Marsh’s current routing keeps the character exposed and natural while adding a clearer range of choices from tee to green.

History: Kennedy Bay entered a new phase when a multi-million-dollar transformation was completed in late 2025. The work was designed by Graham Marsh and focused on improving playability and accessibility while retaining the site’s dune landscape and links-style identity. Current operator material presents this as a transformed course rather than a completely new site, so the profile keeps 2025 as the current routing year and does not invent an older opening date. The course is now part of a broader coastal community development at Port Kennedy.

Did You Know? Kennedy Bay’s official description calls out both the age of the dunes and the course’s exposed northerly outlook. That combination helps explain why the layout can look spacious in calm conditions yet become a very different strategic test when the Indian Ocean wind moves across the fairways and greens.