SUNSHINE
COAST GOLF COURSES
Club Pelican Golf
Club Pelican Golf at Pelican Waters, Caloundra, is set admidst
National Parks on the beautiful Sunshine Coast. It is the
coasts great resort golf courses and the first ever Greg Norman
designed course in Queensland. Club Pelican Golf Course is
rated in the top 10 resort golf courses in Australia.
Twin Waters Golf Course
Twin Waters Golf Course at Mudjimba is an 18 hole championship
course and internationally recognised as one of the top 10
resort golf courses in Australia. The golf course was designed
by 5 times British Open Champion, Peter Thompson and his partner
Mike Wolveridge. The stunning setting and challenging layout
combine to produce an enjoyable game of golf for all players.
Hyatt Regency Coolum Golf Course
Hyatt Regency Coolum Golf Course hosts the Australian PGA
each year which is one of the 3 major golf tounaments in Australia
each year. The course was designed by Robert Trent James Junior
and is constructed for the enjoyment of the natural beauty
that is so unique to the Sunshine Coast. Rolling linksland
type holes run beside the Pacific Ocean and woodland holes
are set amongst the native parklands and rainforest.
Noosa Springs Country Club
Noosa Springs Country Club is carved out of Noosa's stunning
landscape. This 18 hole championship layout promises to enthral
players of all levels with its natural aesthetic beauty and
its remarkable design. Noosa Springs was designed by Graham
Papworth who is world renowned as one of the finest exponents
of his craft.
Tewantin Noosa Golf Club
Tewantin Noosa is a long established championship golf course
and is the best public course on the Sunshine Coast –
Natural Beauty, kangaroos and birdlife combined with the truly
challenging holes make for a great game of golf.
Mount Coolum Golf Club
This fabulous Sunshine Coast golf course is set at the base
of spectacular Mt Coolum and is carved out of natural bush
land. The clubhouse is overlooked by the craggy rock face
of Mt Coolum - a landmark visible on the Sunshine Coast. Straight
hitters come to the fore here.
Horton Park Golf Club
Located in the centre of Maroochydore, this beautifully manicured
course includes a night driving range. The course has been
transformed over the past 3 years - some holes were lengthened
and a new lake has bought water into play on a number of holes.
Headland Golf Club
Headland Golf Club is located in Buderim Sunshine Coast, with
fabulous views of Mooloolaba and the Sunshine Coast beaches.
This Par 72 (men) Par 73 (ladies) Championship golf course
provides a true test of golf for players at all levels.
GOLD COAST GOLF COURSES
The Glades
Nestled in a creek side valley beside the Robina Town Centre
on Australia's Gold Coast, the Glades was recently voted Queensland's
No. 1 Golf Course by Golf Australia's 2002 - "Australia's
25 Best Courses".
This picturesque 6,420-metre Greg Norman-designed championship
course is more then just a haven for golfers - it is Australia's
most contemporary residential golf resort and spa.
Lakelands
Situated in the heart of Queensland's Gold Coast, The Lakelands
Golf Club was Jack Nickalus' first signature designed course
in Australia.
The highly regarded publication, the Australian Golf Course
Guide, and its judging panel have voted the course as the
best conditioned Australian public access course in four of
the last five years.
Multiple tee positions makes this course user
friendly and yet challenging, whatever the standard of golf
you play. Nicklaus has used bunkering extensively in his strategic
design and water features on many of the course's 18 holes.
There is plenty of room for error however, especially
from the tee, and as is typical of Nicklaus' design work,
much of the intrigue and strategy comes in the approach to
each green.
Hope Island
The golf course at Hope Island Resort is an 18 holes traditional
"links" style championship course designed by five
times British Open champion Peter Thomson and the team at
Thomson, Wolveridge and Partners. The course has been given
a course rating of 74 by the AGU.
The layout and design of the course is reminiscent of the
great courses of Britain and Ireland in the "Links-style"
tradition. Primarily the course consists of two loops of nine
holes the front nine starts off to the southeast in an anticlockwise
direction. The back nine heads off in a southwesterly direction,
finishing with an interesting challenging two holes bounded
by the non-tidal lake. The front and back nines are separated
by an extensive practice facility, consisting of putting greens,
driving range and chipping green with bunkers.
Palm Meadows
Palm Meadows is a course of such an excellent standard as
to allow the staging of the Palm Meadows Cup - a tournament
recognised by many as being years ahead of its time, and until
recently the richest tournament held in Australia.
Designed by leading Australian golfer Graham Marsh, Palm Meadows
was one of the first championship courses on the Gold Coast.
Palm Meadows emerged from 350 hectares of marshland, just
a few kilometres west of Surfers Paradise. A par 72 measuring
6319 metres off the championship tees with water coming into
play on 14 of the holes, along with 82 sand bunkers.
Royal Pines
The stunning Royal Pines layout is the home of the annual
Australian Ladies Masters. With undulating terrain that promises
to challenge your every stroke, magnificent greens, tight
fairways and bukers that demand respect, Royal Pines is the
golf encounter you've been waiting for.
Discover new ways to play with the Gold Coast's only 27-hole
composite golf course now at Royal Pines Resort!
Golf facilities include three Championship Golf
Course Combinations, Putting Course and Chipping Facility,
Full Colour GPS Carts , Daytime Driving Range and much more.
Robina Woods
Robina Woods Golf Course opened in January of 1990. Designed
by Graham Marsh & Ross Watson, this course presents a
truly unique golfing experience as it has been carved out
of the original woodlands, making every hole a unique challenge
for any accomplished golfer.
Carved out of 65 hectares of native woodlands, with fairways
lined by towering gum trees, this unique layout is unlike
any resort course on the Gold Coast. Possessing maturity well
beyond its years, Robina Woods has rapidly developed a reputation
as one of Queensland?s best-loved resort courses.
Consistently ranked in the top 25 resort courses
in the country, Robina Woods is a 6078 meter, 18 hole, Par
71 championship golf course, designed by the Marsh / Watson
team.
The rolling fairways, manicured greens, and
towering eucalyptus are strikingly beautiful and blend harmoniously
with the surrounding residential development. A natural water-course
featuring lakes, ponds, creeks and native wildlife completes
a rare golf course environment.
The Colonial (Paradise Springs)
Only 10 minutes from Broadbeach, Paradise Springs is a haven
of tranquillity and home to a myriad of flora and fauna that
inhabit its waterways. The par 72 resort layout carves its
way through 39 hectares of towering gums, picturesque lakes
and meandering waterways. It has become renowned as a beautifully
groomed course with lush fairways and meticulously manicured
greens. In fact, the Paradise Springs playing surfaces are
widely regarded as being consistently well conditioned and
among the best on the Gold Coast.
The stunning Queenslander-style clubhouse provides extensive
views over its course, the breezy verandahs offering a perfect
spot for an after golf thirst-quencher. The clubhouse is open
for lunch every day of the year. Visitors are welcome. Motorised
carts are compulsory.
Tee off times from 6.30am, seven days.
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