A private members' club · est. 1924
The ground remembers every round.
Twenty-seven holes under the pines, a clubhouse that keeps its silver bright, and a waiting list that moves. Kestrel Hollow is played, kept and passed on.
The First · at first light
PAR 4 · 401 YDS · INDEX 7
EST. 1924
Founded, and never closed
27
Holes across three named nines
310
Acres of pine, fescue and turf
94
Names on the honours boards
The Origin
How this ground became a club
In 1924 a syndicate of eleven bought the hollow, the west ridge and the creek paddocks, and asked Harold Brae to find the golf already lying in the ground. He moved less earth than any course of its day and left eighteen holes that still play off his drawings.
Ellis Marchant added the Creekside nine in 1968, under one instruction from the committee: nothing that Brae would not recognise. A century on, the club keeps that bargain with its architects, its members and the ground itself.
Laid out by Harold Brae, 1924 · Extended by Ellis Marchant, 1968
The Course
Three nines, three tempers
Every member has a favourite loop and a story about why. The card tells you the numbers; the ground teaches you the rest.
The Hollow Nine
Harold Brae, 1924
Short on the card, mean in the wind: blind saddles, pot bunkers and one par three you will talk about at dinner.
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The Westwall Nine
Harold Brae, 1924
The long way home. Everything turns against the evening wind, and the fifth has been the club's hardest hole since 1924.
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The Creekside Nine
Ellis Marchant, 1968
Marchant's water music: the creek crosses five times, and the stone bridge on the fourth is the most photographed yard of the club.
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Signature · Hollow Nine, 3rd
The Hollow plays shorter than the card and meaner than the view.
PAR 3 · 156 YDS · INDEX 17
The Clubhouse
A room that keeps the score
Trophy silver behind glass, honours boards in gold leaf, leather chairs that have heard a thousand card recounts. The clubhouse is where the round is settled and the club is felt.
Step inside the clubThe Introduction
The best introduction is a round.
Prospective members play Kestrel Hollow as a member's guest before anything is signed or said. Write to the club and we will arrange the pairing, the tee and the table afterwards.
The Honours Board
A century, kept in gold leaf
The list moves each season.
Categories open as members retire to the veranda. An enquiry costs nothing and commits you to nothing; it simply puts your name where the committee can see it.