Exploring Queensland Golf
THE Gold Coast has its sun, surf . . . and plenty of golf. The Coast is home to more than 30 golf courses from challenging links-style courses, resort golf courses to those where kangaroos are par for the course. Day or night, the Gold Coast has golf actionThe Glades
Riverwalk Way, Robina.07 5569 2222
Greg Norman designed course at Robina and tipped to be the venue of major golf tournaments in the future. The layout includes nine hectares of wetlands and 98 bunkers.
Hope Island
Oxenford-Southport Road, Hope Island07 5530 9000
The course has a genuine links feel and is littered with pot bunkers and wiry grass tussocks. Designed by Peter Thomson and venue of the 1997 Johnnie Walker Classic
Kooralbyn
Routley Road, Kooralbyn Valley07 5544 6222
Scottish designer, Desmond Muirhead, said the landmass was one of the finest of the 80 odd he had done around the world. It is a masterpiece in design he gently placed 18 superb golf holes into breath-taking terrain that was never at conflict with nature.
Paradise Springs
1 Paradise Springs Avenue, Robina5593 2777
Do you feel like flirting with water ... lots of water? This is a mean test off the back tees and it can be a monster in the wind. There is an abundance of lakes with water coming into play on most holes.