The picturesque course is mown every day at daybreak but the key to its immaculate appearance lies more in what the golfing eye doesn’t see.

Mr Warnaar has served as the course’s superintendent for the past three years and has adopted a range of environmentally-friendly techniques to ensure the turf is top notch.

Organic and fungus-based material has been applied to the greens, supplanting some of the chemical-based sprays previously used.

“I’d have to say it’s about 60 per cent organic compared to about 40 per cent using the usual materials,” Mr Warnaar said. 

“Most golf courses would use chemicals 100 per cent of the time. I took part in a sustainable farming course and it really opened my eyes up to the other solutions out there. 

“In some respects, they’re more effective than chemicals because you don’t have the side-effects.

Mr Warnaar has worked at a number of golf courses, including long stints at Wangaratta and Albury-Wodonga, but said Warrnambool was one of the state’s best.

“There are a lot of complaints about the weather but we’ve actually got a pretty good deal when it comes to the seasons here — apart from the wind,” he said.

“Summers are more mild, whereas in Albury and Wangaratta it’s a continual battle against the grass drying off, and winters are less severe too.”