With next month’s Australian PGA Championship firmly in travelling golfers’ minds, we hit the road in South-East Queensland to see where you should stay and play this summer.
Mackay Golf Club in coastal Queensland marks its centenary this month. As a tour pro who visits there annually, it’s a club and course that have come a long way – and have a big future ahead.
The venerable Brisbane club received a complete makeover during the mid-‘noughties’ when the duplication of the city’s Gateway Bridge required the acquisition of a portion of Royal Queensland’s property.
Buoyed by winning hosting rights for the 2032 Olympics, Brisbane has reinvented itself as a vibrant tourist destination with waterfront dining, microbreweries and chic rooftop bars to complement an ever-improving golf line-up.
With many capital-city courses overflowing with bookings or torrential rain, there’s never been a better time to head off the beaten track in search of that memorable round.
Golf clubs throughout south-east Queensland are beginning to see the full extent of the damage caused by record rainfall the past week as floodwaters start to recede.
As announced by the Queensland Government this morning, from 6pm Tuesday 29 June 2021, a 3-day lockdown will be in place for the following Local Government Areas (LGAs):
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