Sunday, March 27, 2011

Gold Coast Golf Vacations

By Bailey Jamieson


The Australian Gold Coast is positioned in south east Queensland and is popular for its various Gold Coast Golf Holidays and options in addition to being near to seaside playgrounds, internationally famed theme parks.This particular area of Australia provides huge stretches of manicured shorelines, World Heritage listed rainforest's, theme parks, shopping centres, international casinos and amazing nightlife. In addition to all the normal fun that visitors would expect from the Gold Coast it also offers international standard gold courses. Given its position and sub-tropical environment it is little wonder that the Gold Coast delivers year round sunshine and outdoor opportunities to draw in all enthusiastic golf players. Australian seasons are the opposite of those in the Northern Hemisphere - the mean summer season temperature is twenty five degrees Celsius and throughout winter, it is approximately fifteen degrees Celsius. With golfers forever looking for pleasant sunny temperatures the Gold Coast is a superb option with over three hundred days of shining sun annually.

You will discover a number of Gold Coast Golf Courses that have served to make this such a sought after golfing location. The RACV is the existing operator of Royal Pines and hosts a range of occasions like the yearly Ladies Masters tournament.The Golf Academy has a tremendous array of programs for both beginners to golf and skilled players, like one-day training courses to full-time instruction.The next prominent Gold Coast Gold Coarse is Lakelands that presents a layout of 18 holes devised by champion golfer Jack Nicklaus. Lakelands holds a particular originality to its design and amenities consist of a floodlit driving range, pitch and putt green and a pro shop.

Hope Island is located on the northern part of the Gold Coast and is the one links style golfing course of its kind at the Gold Coast. Hope Island golf course is governed by the internationally recognised Troon Golf and has its roots as a public resort course. With the new direction has come a fresh operating name, now established as, "Links Hope Island". As with several of the regions showcase courses 'Links Hope Island' was styled by professional golfers, in this instance British Open Champion Peter Thompson and Mike Wolverridge. The course spans 360 hectares. This sweeping format is thought of as exceptionally tough and covers 6500 Champion metres and includes 128 bunkers.

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 in advance and at others it is firmly members only and invite only so to be absolutely certain to plan ahead. The internet is an excellent resource in planning and booking your rounds on Gold Coast golf courses and also to plan and book all the added aspects of your getaway such as accommodation, tours and family activites.




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