Gold Coast Golf Courses 2011

 The Australian Gold Coast is positioned in south east Queensland and is recognized for its various Gold Coast Golf Holidays and opportunities in addition to being near to waterfront playgrounds, globally famed theme parks.The area showcases amazing stretches of manicured beaches, World Heritage listed rainforest's, theme parks, shopping centres, international casinos and brilliant nightlife. In addition to all the normal fun that visitors would expect from the Gold Coast it also offers international standard gold courses.

The Gold Coast is found in the sub-tropical region of the Southern Hemisphere and relishes warmth and sunshine the whole year round. It might be worth observing that granted its Southern Hemisphere position the seasons in the Gold Coast are the opposite of those throughout the Northern Hemisphere. With golf players generally looking for favorable sunny conditions the Gold Coast is an excellent choice with over three hundred days of direct sunlight yearly. It is simply no wonder that the Gold Coast has evolved as such a idylic golf location because there is such a large number of golf courses to select from. The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) is the current operator of Royal Pines and stages a variety of functions like the yearly Ladies Masters tournament.Presently there is an onsite Golfing School which has a good selection or programs to accommodate golfers at all levels. These opportunities range from one day programs through to full time certified training.An alternate well known Gold Coast Gold Coarse is Lakelands that offers a design of 18 holes designed by champion golf player Jack Nicklaus. It keeps a particular originality to its design and amenities contain a floodlit driving range, pitch and putt green and a pro-shop. Hope Island is nestled at the north part of the Gold Coast and is the single links style golf course of its kind at the Gold Coast. Once a public resort course, it is these days under the control of golf course management business, Troon Golf. With the new administration has come a fresh operating name, now known as, "Links Hope Island". Hope Island golf course is specially designed by five times British Open Champion Peter Thompson in collaboration with Mike Wolverridge, the sweeping design is set amidst a 360 hectare residential resort area. The course itself measures 6,500 metres from the Championship tees which are coupled with 128 pot style obstacles, making it a very tough challenge for the common golf player. Without a question one of the greatest golf courses on the Gold Coast is Palm Meadows. It has welcomed many famous name players which includes the likes of Langer, Raffety, Ozaki plus the famous Australian Greg Norman. These days Palm Meadows is a chosen course for a number of Australian and overseas players yet in its earlier days it has been home to one of the worlds richest tournaments.Now with a challenging series of water obstructions, sandy bunkers and outstanding fairways, the eighteen hole Palm Meadows was configured by famous Australian golfer Graham Marsh.Palm Meadows is well recognised throughout the golfing world as an excellent course and ranks amongst the worlds top 500 golf holes. The celebrated eighteenth hole has established its place in history as appearing in the greatest 500 golf holes on the earth, identified by the American Golf Digest.The attraction of the eighteenth is in the lake that lays alongside the tee and stretches the full 523 metres of the hole. If you play the hole effectively you can certainly reward yourself with a good finish to your round, but unfortunately if one shot is poorly hit, you can quite simply hit double figures. Palm Meadows is the best course to experience on your holiday to enjoy Gold Coast Golf. Playing at some Gold Coast golf courses does have to have a booking well ahead of the intended play day and at other courses it is totally members only and invite only so to be sure to plan in advance. A complete list of Gold Coast golf courses can certainly be found online.