Gold Coast Golfing Excursions 2010

 The Australian Gold Coast is located in southern Queensland and is recognized for its various Gold Coast Golf Holidays and options as well as being near to seaside playgrounds, internationally famed theme parks.This specific section of the Gold Coast provides large stretches of manicured beaches, World Heritage listed rainforest's, theme parks, shopping centres, international casinos and spectacular nightlife. The Queensland Gold Coast offers it all and is a world class golf holiday destination. Given its location and sub-tropical environment it is of little wonder that the Gold Coast serves up year round sunshine and outdoor opportunities to captivate all keen golfers. Australian seasons are the complete opposite of those in the Northern Hemisphere - the mean summer temperature is 25 degrees Celsius and during winter, it is around fifteen degrees Celsius.

With golf players invariably wishing for pleasant sunny weather conditions the Gold Coast is the perfect selection with over three hundred days of sunlight on a yearly basis. It is certainly no wonder that the Gold Coast has emerged as an amazingly idylic golfing destination because there is such a large number of golf courses to choose from. The Royal Pines is currently owned and worked by the RACV and is a renowned location for the yearly Ladies ANZ Masters.The Golf Academy provides a large selection of programs for both newcomers to the sport and skilled players, including one-day courses to full-time instruction.Another well known Gold Coast Gold Coarse is Lakelands that presents a layout of eighteen holes developed by champion golfer Jack Nicklaus. Lakelands on the Gold Coast is well equiped and offers a variety of added facilities like a pro-shop, driving range and pitch and putt green. Just one of the exceptional links style golf courses is found on Hope Island at the north end of the Queensland Gold Coast. Hope Island golf course is governed by the internationally recognised Troon Golf but has its origins as a community resort course. The course now runs under the name of "Links Hope Island'. Similar to several of the regions showcase courses 'Links Hope Island' has been fashioned by accomplished golfers, in this instance British Open Champion Peter Thompson and Mike Wolverridge. The course spans 360 hectares. The course itself covers 6,500 metres from the Championship tees which are dotted with 128 pot style obstacles, making it a quite tricky challenge for the regular golfer. With out a question one of the best golf courses on the Gold Coast is Palm Meadows. Hardly any other Gold Coast golf courses have experienced so many celebrated golfers walk the fairways as Palm Meadows, Norman, Langer, Jumbo Ozaki, Strange, Raffety, the checklist goes on. One time home to the richest golfing event found in the southern hemisphere it is currently experienced by all levels of golfing fans from all around the earth.Now with a demanding series of water obstacles, sandy bunkers and formidable fairways, the eighteen hole Palm Meadows was designed and constructed 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. In particular the 18th hole at Palm Meadows is ranked in the main five hundred holes in the world by the American Golf Digest.The attraction of the eighteenth is in the water that lays besides the tee and runs the full 523 metres of the hole. If you play it effectively you can certainly reward yourself with a good finish to your round, at the same time if one stroke is miss hit, you can quite readily hit double figures. If you want to discover the best that Gold Coast golfing has to give be sure to book in a round at Palm Meadows. Of course with the region becoming so well known for its golf courses it is certainly best to book ahead and to investigate your desired golf course as a number are members only or invitation only. A detailed list of Gold Coast golf courses can certainly be found on the net.