Gold Coast Golf Holidays - The Courses

World class golf - luxury Gold Coast accommodation

Royal Pines | Palm Meadows | Hope Island | Lakelands | Robina Woods | Paradise Springs
Sanctuary Cove | Gainsborough Greens | Parkwood | The Glades | Emerald Lakes  Kooralbyn | Ocean Shores | Brookwater | Coolangatta Tweed

East Course : An international standard golf course and home to the Australian Ladies' Masters. Fairways bounded by water and a backdrop of hinterland mountain ranges. Known for its manicured fairways and the greens. All the ingredients for one of the most enjoyable rounds of golf you'll ever play.

West Course : An international standard golf course which rewards the golfer prepared to take a risk or two, but will penalize any mistakes. Rated as one of the best 18-hole layouts in Queensland with its rolling fairways between avenues of trees. Water hazards, sand traps and large multi-tiered greens call for a controlled short game and make this course a real test of your golfing ability.

Complete clubhouse facilities, restaurant, golf shop and all equipment. Electric carts available

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This is a world championship resort golf course of an excellent standard. The careful design allows any calibre of golfer to experience the thrill of  emulating the top professionals while not becoming totally turned off their own personal golfing aspirations. This course will challenge your skills with the ultimate test on the 18th when you have to decide how much of the lake you wish to carry over!

Complete clubhouse facilities, restaurant, golf shop and all equipment. Electric carts available

Tee of: from 7.00am 7 days

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Part of the magnificent Hope Island Resort complex, this course offers a stunning clubhouse and golf in the great links tradition, the only one of its kind on the Gold Coast. The course offers some of the traditional features of the great courses of Britain and Ireland as well as the sandbelt courses of Victoria. Undulating fairways winding through wetlands, tussock-fringed rough and elevated greens are typical features of this course.

Complete clubhouse facilities, restaurant, golf shop and all equipment. Electric carts available

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A championship resort course and the first Jack Nicklaus signature golf course in Australia. It is described as a thinking player’s course with a unique Nicklaus design flavour. An enjoyable yet challenging experience for golfers of all abilities and a choice of 5 tee markers. Electric golf carts are mandatory so there are no long waiting periods on the fairway. The course offers on-course refreshment areas and service.

The most extensively stocked Golf Shop on the Gold Coast - open from 6.15am daily. Electric carts compulsory

Tee of: from 6.30am 7 days

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This is one of the most picturesque golf courses on the Gold Coast and was opened in 1989. The commanding fairways, placid lakes and manicured greens are all spectacularly carved through 65 hectares of native bushland. Landscaping involved the planting of over 60,000 native trees and shrubs.

Complete clubhouse facilities, restaurant, golf shop and all equipment. Electric carts available

Tee of: sunrise to sunset 7 days

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This international golf course at Robina is characterized by its Queensland colonial style clubhouse offering magnificent views of the course, hinterland and Surfers Paradise. It is surrounded by beautiful lakes and gently contoured fairways which combine to offer an interesting mix of par three, four and five holes, posing a challenge to golfers of all standards.

Colonial has proven to very popular with golfing enthusiasts and was selected to host three major Australian golf tournaments which is an indication of the outstanding quality and condition of the course..

Complete clubhouse facilities, restaurant, golf shop and all equipment. Electric carts available

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The Palms is a resort course to inspire and thrill golfers of all levels. The ancient cabbage palms, extensive lakes and landscaping allow The Palms to offer some of the best feature holes in Australia. To play this course is to follow in the footsteps of some of the world's best. Recent renovations have led to improved and enlarged greens and remodelled bunkers.

Complete clubhouse facilities, restaurant, golf shop and all equipment. Electric carts compulsory

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Of world class and uniquely Australian, this outstanding course  provides the challenge, comfort and convenience equal to the world's best golfing venues. Set among 230 hectares of unspoiled natural beauty, it even encompasses a fauna and flora sanctuary. Don't be put off your stroke if you notice members of the gallery "wearing" a tail, pouch, webbed feet or feathers - that's par for the course around here.

Complete clubhouse facilities, restaurant, golf shop and all equipment. Electric carts available

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A unique setting of natural contoured Australian bushland. The championship course is challenging for all levels of golfers with four par 3's, ten par 4's and four par 5's. Scattered throughout the course are numerous water hazards and bunkers which make for a very enjoyable game of golf.

Complete clubhouse facilities, restaurant, golf shop and all equipment. Electric carts available

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Nestled in a creekside valley between Robina and historic Mudgeeraba, this championship resort course lies on 65 hectares of land, of which nine hectares are wetlands complete with a great variety of bird life. This course, noted for its stunning water feature and clubhouse, is described as one of Greg Norman's 'best ever' designs. Ian Baker-Finch has teamed up with Troon Golf to guarantee a premier golfing experience, with superior playing surfaces and offering impeccable customer service.

The Glades was the highest ranked golf course on debut and rated No.8 resort course in Australia in Golf Australia's 2001 rankings. Electric carts available

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Emerald Lakes is less than 10 minutes from Broadbeach and Surfers Paradise, offering an attractive and challenging 18-holes at affordable rates. The comprehensive facilities include a pro shop with hire clubs, buggies and motorised golf carts. The federation- styled clubhouse offers a fully licensed bar and bistro with an excellent menu for indoor or outdoor dining.

The driving range is open from 6am to 9pm seven days, including one putting green, two chipping greens and two practice bunkers. Electric carts available

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The Championship Course at Kooralbyn has been rated in the Top 100 since 1986, and listed in the Heinneken World of Golf as one of only two courses to play in Australia. It is a masterpiece in design with 18 superb golf holes placed into breath-taking terrain without ever being at conflict with nature. The first nine travels through timeless valleys requiring shot accuracy. The second half skirts numerous water lakes all abundant with wildlife completely at ease in their private sanctuary.

A 9 hole par 3 course is also available.

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Located 40 minutes south of Coolangatta in northern New South Wales, this magnificent championship course is set in a picturesque area of tidal lakes, rivers and mountain ranges.  The 18 hole layout comprises six par 3's, six par 4's and six par 5's. The lush fairways and pristine greens set against a backdrop of bush land and the sparkling lakes make it one of the most spectacular courses in Australia.

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This Greg Norman designed course officially opened for daily play on March 16, 2002. Rated # 1 public access course in Australia by Golf Australia Magazine 2003, Brookwater is located just 28 minutes south west of Brisbane's CBD, along the Centenary Highway. The course features an undulating layout with dramatic bunkering around greens and along fairways. Its fairways are bordered by tall eucalypts, requiring accuracy from the tee to enable safe approach to flag. 

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A small rainforest sits in the middle of the River course  and you are likely to see goannas and an abundance of bird life.  You’ll see the wildlife on other parts of both courses. The West course is more open, but the trade off is a lot more water in play. Lakes and dams are in play on 10 holes.

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