Mathew Goggin, 7 Mile Beach (Part One)

Remarkable Regional Business – Episode 48 (Part One)

Guest: Mathew Goggin

Business Name: 7 Mile Beach

Website: https://www.7milegolf.com.au/

He grew up near the property. Watched it sit there for decades screaming out for a golf course. And eventually decided if nobody else was going to do it, he would.

In Part One of this conversation on Remarkable Regional Business, Caleb Maxwell sits down with Mathew Goggin, founder of 7 Mile Beach in Tasmania. A former professional golfer with no background in development, no experience building anything at this scale, and a piece of land he had known since childhood that he believed was one of the best sites for a golf course in the world.

Already rated in the top 10 in Australia after opening for public play in December 2025, 7 Mile Beach is being talked about as a future top ten course in the world. And this is the story of how it came to be.

Topics Covered

/ The three ingredients of a world class golf course Interesting topography, great views by the water, and sand. Why this property had all three and why that matters more than most people realise.

/ What makes the course visually unique How a blown over pine plantation seeded the dunes and created an unusually choppy and irregular landscape that gives 7 Mile Beach its distinctive eye candy.

/ Why Tasmania is one of the best places in the world to build a links course The cool climate, fescue grass and sandy coastal conditions that put Tasmania in the same band as Scotland, Ireland and the UK.

/ The designers behind the course How Mat brought in Clayton, DeVries and Pont, whose principals between them co-designed Barnbougle and Cape Wickham, and why having the main guy on site for eighteen months was something most projects never get.