Darius Oliver

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Darius Oliver is an Australian golf course designer best known as the Author and Publisher of the Planet Golf series of books, and as the co-designer of the Cape Wickham Links on King Island in Tasmania.

Prior to designing Cape Wickham, Oliver spent many years travelling the globe and studying the world's leading 2,000 golf courses. He moved from publishing into design during that Cape Wickham project, and was responsible for most of the icon holes built on King Island.

Cape Wickham is the highest ranked golf course to have been primarily designed by an Australian.

After the completion of Cape Wickham, Oliver designed the new par three course at The Hills Golf Club in New Zealand. He is currently working on The Cliffs golf course on Kangaroo Island, among other projects. The Cliffs, Kangaroo Island is due to open in late 2026. 

Beyond his design expertise, Oliver also provides independent consultancy services to golf clubs and development clients to help them establish overall design and project goals and, if necessary, an appropriate short-list of candidate golf architects.

For more information visit www.olivergolfdesign.com

Contact Darius Oliver through Planet Golf.

Courses

Cape Wickham

The Cliffs, Kangaroo island

The Hills - Farm

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