The course & your visit
Follow the contours at The Dunes
At The Dunes, the shape of the land is part of the game. Tony Cashmore’s main course winds through the rolling sand dunes of the Mornington Peninsula’s Cups region. Add a separate nine-hole layout, a substantial practice area and a clubhouse overlooking the golf, and there is more than one way to spend a day here.
Sources: Main course tour · Golf & practice facilities · Clubhouse restaurant
The line you choose matters
The club’s hole guide gives a good sense of how the main course uses its terrain. At the third, a par-three across a ridge, wind can push the tee shot towards the valley on the right; the bank on the left offers another way into the green. At the downhill sixth, the guide explicitly suggests using the contours to run the ball towards the hole.
That creates choices beyond picking a club for the distance. A slope can be part of the approach, while a safer tee-shot line may leave a harder angle into the green. Read the tour before your first round: its advice is useful preparation for a layout where the ground between you and the flag deserves a look.
Sources: Published hole-by-hole guide
Couch underfoot, bentgrass on the greens
The club identifies couch fairways and bentgrass greens. The more revealing detail for a visiting golfer is how those surfaces meet the land: the hole guide repeatedly describes banks, ridges and changes in level. Plan to look at the route a ball can take along the ground as well as the shot through the air.
Sources: Club turf description · Course contours & shot guidance
The Cups is a different option
The Cups is the separate nine-hole course. The club describes shorter holes, shallower bunkers and reduced rough, giving beginners, families and casual golfers a way to try the links setting with less of the main course’s demands. Its own tour still has plenty to explore, including a downhill par-three played into a punchbowl green. Choose the course deliberately when booking; the two experiences are not interchangeable.
Sources: The Cups course overview
Leave time either side of the round
The practice facilities include a driving range with turf and synthetic hitting areas, target greens, a chipping and bunker area, and an adventure putting green. There is scope to make the visit a practice session in its own right, or to warm up more thoroughly before tackling the course.
Afterwards, the clubhouse restaurant looks across the ninth green, with seating indoors and on a north-facing terrace. The venue welcomes golfers and other visitors for food and drinks. Check the current menu and service times when arranging your round, especially if the meal is part of the day’s plan.
Sources: Driving range & short-game practice · Restaurant & terrace
Researched from venue-published material on 17 October 2026. Source links accompany each section.