THE COUNTRY CLUB MINI GOLF COURSE, WITH CONSTRUCTION OF THE DRIVING RANGE CLUB HOUSE
“It is a very big market down here that’s not quite tapped fully yet. I think a seven to 10-day trip can be easily done [once all the courses are operational], you tag in a couple of days for actually doing touristy stuff and to keep your partners happy, but a seven to 10-day golf trip will definitely be on the cards 100 per cent.” While the Seven Mile Beach and Country Club 18- hole courses will leave hardcore golfing enthusiasts salivating, there is another side to the golfing popularity boom which is already capturing another section of the market. Alongside the course redevelopment at the Country Club is the creation of the state’s first two- story “Top Golf” driving range facility with 28 bays split across dual levels. This includes a new clubhouse style building which will contain a bar, restaurant and cafe, as well as meeting rooms, a party room and a lounge area. One side of the building will face onto the driving range, while the other will overlook a brand new 18- hole mini golf course. Both these new facilities are expected to be open to the public mid-year, creating an entertainment precinct aiming to capture golfers of all ages and abilities. “That’s definitely the market that we’re after. We don’t want to hone-in on just the golfer. We want families to be at the Country Club. We want couples and date
nights to be held here, you can go and play mini golf and then jump in and have a feed,” says Country Club’s Venue Operations Manager Dan Mahar. “We’re talking all walks of life, grandma and grandpa to bring the grandkids, school groups, corporate groups, you name it. We will have a facility that caters for all demographics. “We don’t want to hone-in on just the golfer. We want families to be at the Country Club. We want couples and date nights to be here.” - Dan Mahar “There’s a couple of different types of ranges. Obviously, you’ve got the indoor ranges like X Golf and WillFit Golf in Launceston and what differentiates us from them, is the fact that you can see the ball flight, you can actually see how far the ball’s gone. If I want to work on being able to draw the ball or just hit it straight, they’re the sorts of things you can actually see, whereas the simulators that are set up and that are part of the market now, that’s the bit that you miss. Importantly, it’s not just the tourists that are going to benefit from this either, it’s the locals as well.
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Tasmanian Hospitality Review Oct/Nov Edition
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