The Top 19 Public Golf Courses in Queensland

By Quantum, March 29

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14. Palm Meadows Golf Club

Palm Meadows Golf Course at Carrara on the Gold Coast is centrally located within 10 minutes drive of Surfers Paradise and 5 minutes from Broadbeach. The par 72 layout was designed by leading Australian golfer Graham Marsh. It measures 6319 metres off the championship tees with water coming into play on 14 holes and 82 sand bunkers to negotiate. Palm Meadows’ signature hole is the world famous par 5 18th; it measures 523 metres from the championship tees. Players can accept the challenge and decide how much of the right dogleg they want to cut off. American Golf Digest rated Palm Meadows 18th in the world’s top 500 golf holes. The course was ranked No.65 in Golf Australia’s list of the ‘Top 100 Public Access Courses’ in 2015 and No.14 in Queensland. Image credit to Palm Meadows Golf Course.