High hopes Hobart’s new 7 Mile golf course could become ‘a top 10 course in the world’

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Tasmania is home to a new golfing hub – which is expected to attract players from across the globe. Seven Mile Golf has been dubbed the Barnbougle of the states south and today welcomed paying players for the first time.

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00:00For years, Barn Boogle was the king of Tasmanian golf courses.

00:07Then Cape Wickham and Ocean Dunes emerged on King Island.

00:11Now a new player has arrived.

00:13Seven Mile Golf, the brainchild of Tasmanian pro Matt Goggin.

00:18This was his dream to have a golf course out at the end of Seven Mile Beach

00:21and it's finally become a reality.

00:24Plans were initially knocked back ten years ago

00:27but now the course is almost complete.

00:30Today, a soft opening.

00:32I haven't found an unhappy golfer yet, so I think everybody here has had a great time.

00:37There's still no clubhouse and some holes remain under construction

00:41but it didn't deter a select few.

00:44Just outstanding, absolutely breathtaking.

00:46In fact, a couple of times we forgot we were playing golf because the views were so good.

00:50Some going above and beyond for the chance to play.

00:54It's actually my anniversary today, my 18 year anniversary of my wife

00:57and I asked her and she said yes like she did all those years ago.

01:00Plans also to lure the Australian Open to Tasmania.

01:05So Matt Goggin, the owner, his fantasy is that it does come down here

01:11and it's certainly a course that could hold those players.

01:13Golf tourists expected to flock from far and wide.

01:17We know that Seven Mile Beach is aiming high.

01:20It's aiming for the top ten courses in the world.

01:22So it's going to get global recognition when they get there and I'm sure they will.

01:27The Seven Mile Beach store is busy during summer but not so during winter.

01:32That's likely to change.

01:34We are expecting a lot more tourists here so it could be a positive impact for us.

01:40There's planning approval too for a second course to be built just next door.

01:44That's set to open in about three years time.

01:47But for now, golfers will have to make do with teeing off from right here.

01:52Today's sneak peek part of a three day preview.

01:56The course expected to open to the wider public in December.

02:00What the two days are going to be?

02:02What are you reading this week?

02:03The first two days are going to keep trying to keep creating a great mentality.

02:06It's not going to drop down here.

02:09This is a good thing.

02:11It's not going to be ake.

02:14The first two days are coming to the mid to the mid.

02:17The second five days there are going to be an alumnus line.

02:19It's not going to be ake.

02:21It's not going to be able to do with our kids.

02:23It's not going to be ake.

02:24The third time, we have to do ake.

02:27Notice how you are looking at the front of a motion.

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