SYDNEY: The Home of Five Rings and 216 Great Holes.

	Sydney - home to the 2000 Olympics - is Australia's largest city and boasts more than 115 golf courses. BRENDAN JAMES found 11 of the best courses on offer to thrill you and occupy your time between events. The International Olympic Committee expects more than two million people will travel to Sydney in September for the Games
of the XXVII Olympiad. If you are one of those lucky enough to have a ticket to the Games and golf is more than a passing interest - check your clubs in with your suitcase.

Afterall, you would kick yourself if you didn't have your clubs and you travelled halfway around the world to learn some of Australia's best courses are within a short drive of the Olympic Stadium and the famous shores of Sydney Harbour.

Not to mention, come September – Sydney's driest month – the temperature will hover in the comfortable low to mid 20s (celcius) and, with daylight saving times in operation, it will be daylight to well after 7pm each day. Great golfing days indeed.

There is plenty of golf on offer in Sydney during the Games. So when the medal chase gets too much, do some of your own chasing…of a little white ball around the fairways of Sydney.

As you can see there is plenty of golf on offer in Sydney during the Games. So when the medal chase gets too much, do some of your own chasing…of a little white ball around the fairways of Sydney.