Brookwater Golf & Country Club
Brisbane, Queensland
Brookwater Golf & Country Club has again confirmed its position as Queensland’s premier golf course, ranking number one in the state following the release of Golf Australia magazine’s best 50 courses. For the sixth time running, the Greg Norman-designed course has ranked Queensland’s best in the biannual rankings, securing a place in the top 30 courses in Australia. The centerpiece of the community, Brookwater is the first championship calibre golf course to be built in the Brisbane environs in nearly 30 years. Nestled in one of the most beautiful pockets of natural bushland in Queensland, Brookwater is a community in harmony with the environment. Imagine waking every morning to nothing more intrusive than the gentle sounds of nature. The warbling of native birds, the whisper of the breeze through trees that perfectly frame your view to a dew-covered emerald fairway sparkling in the sunlight.
Glades Golf Club
Brisbane, Queensland
The Glades Golf Club boasts the reputation as one of Australia’s most prestigious resort golf courses and is located right here on the Gold Coast. Designed by champion Australian golfing icon, Greg Norman, the course is typical of his trademark aggressive layouts offering golfers a challenging round of golf within visually stunning surrounds.
Lakelands Golf Club
Brisbane, Queensland
Located ten minutes west from the heart of Surfers Paradise, between the white sandy beaches of the Gold Coast and the Hinterland’s sub-tropical rainforests, is Australia’s first Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course — Lakelands Golf Club. Ranked as a top 50 Australian courses by the Australian Golf Digest, Lakelands offers many great golf experiences for golfers travelling to the Gold Coast. It took twenty five years for Jack Nicklaus to find the perfect location for his first signature golf course in Australia and the vision is now a reality.
Links Hope Golf Club
Brisbane, Queensland
The golf course at Hope Island Resort is an 18-hole traditional "links" style championship course designed by five times British Open champion Peter Thomson and the team at Thomson, Wolveridge and Perrett. 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.
Palmer Coast Golf Club
Brisbane, Queensland
Palmer Coast 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, Palmer Coast 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, Palmer Coast is a Par 71 championship golf course. 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.
Sanctuary Cove — The Palms
Brisbane, Queensland
Sanctuary Cove, The Palms offers undulating fairways, challenging bunkers, water hazards and century-old Cabbage Palms, The Palms is a must for any avid golfer, including Sanctuary Coves touring professional, Adam Scott. The 18-hole championship golf course is considered one of the best resort courses in Queensland, and includes an all-weather day/night driving range, Golf Centre, practice greens and Golf Academy.
Noosa Springs Golf Course
Brisbane, Queensland
When you visit Noosa Springs we want you to enjoy the experience in every way from the championship golf, award winning spa, first class dining & luxury accommodation. Their one and two-bedroom apartments are designed with comfort and convenience in mind. Spacious and self-contained, the apartments are set within a private bushland environment, just a short stroll from the clubhouse and golf course. Each apartment includes: fully equipped kitchens, king size beds, ensuite in each bedroom, two private balconies, air conditioned, LCD televsion with DVD/CD player, WiFi, washing machine and clothes dryer, undercover car park.
Pacific Harbour Golf & CC
Brisbane, Queensland
Pacific Harbour is an island paradise centred around a unique 18-hole championship course and a superb subtropical style golf and country club. Course architect, Ross Watson, much admired for his work on Palm Meadows, Robina Woods and Royal Sydney, has conceived Pacific Harbour as a temptation for casual golfers and professionals alike. All the key characteristics of a world-class course are present: a great layout that tracks the terrain naturally, challenging design and memorable holes, framed by beautiful landscaping. The course also meets strict environmental guidelines for low impact. Distinctive features include interconnecting bodies of water and beach bunkering, seaside style shaping, mirrored lakes, wetlands, wildlife corridors and a well thought out landscape of native flora.
Pelican Waters Golf Club
Brisbane, Queensland
Pelican Waters GC, exclusively designed by Greg Norman, this 18-hole championship course is arguably one of the finest, most challenging and rewarding courses in Australia. Boasting impeccably manicured bunkers, greens and fairways, and a world class driving range and short game practice facility, it guarantees golfers of all levels a truly exhilarating and memorable experience.
Twin Waters Golf Club
Brisbane, Queensland
Twin Waters Resort, was designed by five times British Open champion Peter Thomson and partner Mike Wolveridge. The 18 hole, par 72 championship course is internationally recognised as one of the top ten resort courses in Australia. The stunning setting and challenging layout nestled amidst the tranquil bushlands of the Sunshine Coast.
Cairns Golf Club
Brisbane, Queensland
Established in 1930, Cairns Golf Club’s 18 hole layout was redesigned by Ross Watson in 1992. Set amid spectacular mountain scenery, the course features generous fairways and large greens making it player-friendly for members & social players. One of the standout holes is the par three 11th. This hole presents golfers to carry over a large lake to a green back dropped by the course’s signature pandanus palms.
Half Moon Bay Golf Club
Brisbane, Queensland
A tight par 70 all-weather-course overlooking the Coral Sea, Half Moon Bay Golf Club features sweeping views looking west to the rainforest clad mountain ranges behind Cairns. Supporting a myriad of birdlife, the course features undulating fairways and beautiful greens that will test any level of golfer.
Hamilton Island Golf Club
Brisbane, Queensland
Perfectly located at the edge of the Great Barrier Reef, the Hamilton Island Golf Club has some of the most spectacular views and settings of any golf course in the world. Designed by champion golfer, Peter Thomson of Thomson Perrett, the Hamilton Island Golf Club on neighbouring Dent Island is the only championship island golf course in Australia.
Mirage Country Club
Brisbane, Queensland
Mirage Country Club Port Douglas is rated as one of the region’s best courses. The golf course was designed by renowned golf architect Peter Thomson, and contains the usual combination of 6 par 3, 6 par 4 and 6 par 5 holes all within two quite different 9’s with the bordering Coral Sea and the panoramic mountain backdrop providing the only distractions to a memorable round.
Palmer Sea Reef Golf Club
Brisbane, Queensland
Located in beautiful Port Douglas in Tropical North Queensland, Sea Temple Golf & Country Club offers a links-style course with water hazards and undulating greens and fairways, not to mention the wonderful contrast of the Great Barrier Reef and the World Heritage-listed Daintree Rainforest.
Paradise Palms Resort & CC
Brisbane, Queensland
Paradise Palms Resort and Country Club is one of the true jewels of Tropical North Queensland. The holes are varied and interesting. There are no shared fairways and each hole has its own individual setting or backdrop, be it water, forest, rolling fairway or clubhouse. From every tee, the golfer is presented with a new challenge.