Golf was briefly banned in NSW during the height of the coronavirus outbreak in late March, but quickly returned, while Victorian courses remained closed for more than six weeks and only reopened on May 13.

"Golf has actually been going gangbusters," a delighted Golf NSW general manager of golf Graeme Phillipson said.

"A lot of clubs are getting new members and a significant number of new members as well.

"I think people haven't had their usual winter sports and it's everyone's second sport I think, everyone's got a set of golf clubs in the garage."

Commercial Albury Golf Club normally has between 110 to 130 players for its main competition on Saturday during May and June. It's averaged 160-plus in the past month.

Corowa Golf Club has signed up more than 30 members in the same time.

"It's definitely not the norm, especially at this time of the year, so it's been a real bonus," head professional Rob Rowe said.

Unlike so many other sports, golf is perfectly designed for social distancing rules, given the expanse of a course.

Across the Murray River, Yarrawonga's Black Bull Golf Club set a record for its long weekend patronage.

Now ranked No.68 in Australia's top courses, the club originally opened with nine holes on March 29, 2010, and followed with 18 in late 2015.

Like all Victorian courses, Black Bull felt the brunt of the coronavirus ban.

"It was a massive hit, you're talking, loosely, about losing between 6000-8000 rounds of golf," director of golf James McCully said.

"One of the things that we were restricted with was the ability for people to travel, we do draw a lot from Albury-Wodonga, Wangaratta, Shepparton, Cobram, Corowa," McCully said.

"For the first couple of weeks since being open it was more of a limp rather than a run but, since accommodation opened up on June 1, we've seen an upwards swing."

Travel for golf, of course, didn't fall within the four essential reasons to leave the house.

Black Bull is unique around the Border and North East, given its 100-plus members must own land on the Silverwoods Estate, with 90 per cent public players.

And it seems plenty who missed a golf fix over March-April will be back.

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"The best part is 60 per cent have booked for next year," McCully said.

"We haven't lost anything at the back end of the year either."