Monday, February 21, 2011

Gold Coast Golfing Breaks

By Bailey Jamieson


Along with numerous beaches, tours and activities it's little wonder that this whole region is a popular holiday getaway choice and particularly a favourite designed for Gold Coast golf holidays.This specific part of Australia possesses awesome stretches of golden beaches, World Heritage listed rainforest's, theme parks, shopping centres, international casinos and fantastic nightlife. In addition to all the normal fun that visitors would expect from the Gold Coast it also offers international standard gold courses. With its position and sub-tropical environment it is of small wonder that the Gold Coast boasts year round sunshine and outdoor opportunities to draw in all eager golf players. Australian seasons are the complete opposite of those experienced in the Northern Hemisphere - the typical summer temperature is twenty five degrees Celsius and during winter, it is approximately 15 degrees Celsius. With golf players forever wishing for beautiful sunny weather the Gold Coast is the perfect selection with more than 300 days of shining sun per year.

It is certainly no wonder that the Gold Coast has evolved as an amazingly idylic golf location since there are so many golf courses to choose from. The Royal Pines is these days owned and run by the RACV and is a renowned locality for the yearly Ladies ANZ Masters.At this time there is an onsite Golfing Academy that offers a wide range or courses to accommodate golf players at all levels. The programs vary from single day courses through to full time expert instruction.Lakelands is actually a Jack Nicklaus planned 18 hole championship Gold Coast golf course and is the very first golf course fashioned by the legendary player within Australia. It holds a certain originality to its structure and services contain a floodlit driving range, pitch and putt green and a pro-shop.

Just one of the exceptional links style golf courses is found on Hope Island at the northern end of the Queensland Gold Coast. Once a public resort course, it's these days under the control of golf course management group, Troon Golf. With the new operations has come a new operating name, now known as, "Links Hope Island". Hope Island golf course is created by five times British Open Champion Peter Thompson with the efforts of Mike Wolverridge, the sweeping format is set amidst a 360 ha residential resort area. This sweeping layout is thought of as extremely tough and covers 6500 Champion metres and comes with 128 bunkers.

Without a doubt one of the top golf courses on the Gold Coast is Palm Meadows. No other Gold Coast golf courses have had so many prominent golfers walk the fairways as Palm Meadows, Norman, Langer, Jumbo Ozaki, Strange, Raffety, the checklist goes on. Nowadays Palm Meadows is a chosen course for a good number of local and overseas players although in its earlier days it has been home to one of the worlds wealthiest competitions.The course was conceived by leading Australian golfer Graham Marsh, who incorporated water into play on 14 of the eighteen holes, placed eighty sand bunkers, three story high bamboo clumps and more than 1000 palm trees to sculpt a wonderful golfing experience.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 confirmed its position in history as appearing in the greatest 500 golf holes on the planet, recognised by the American Golf Digest.It has received this fame courtesy of the striking lake that traverses the full 523 metres alongside the hole. If you play it efficiently you can literally reward yourself with a nice finish to your game, at the same time if a shot is miss struck, you can quite simply hit double figures. Palm Meadows is the best course to experience during your vacation to discover Gold Coast Golf.

Needless to say with the Gold Coast becoming so well accepted for its golf courses it is generally best to book ahead of time and to investigate your intended golf course as numerous are members only or by invitation only. The internet is an amazing resource in planning and booking your games on Gold Coast golf courses and also to plan and book all the additional parts of your holiday such as accommodation, excursions and family activites.




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