A perennial favourite on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, Twin Waters Golf Club melds links qualities with a tropical location and climate. Members, holidaying golfers and regular visitors keep coming back because the offering is always – and pleasingly – the same. In some ways Twin Waters is the chicken parmigiana of golf courses. It might not be the most lavish item on the golf menu but it’s still very good, plus everyone loves it and you know exactly what you’re going to get whenever you ‘order’ it.
The course also represented the first unveiling of links-style features in Queensland by Thomson Wolveridge Perrett, the 1991 opening pre-dating their layout at Hope Island by a couple of years and the then-named Sea Temple course at Port Douglas by several more. The array of pot bunkers and rippled, linksy contours gelled with golfers immediately, Twin Waters’ eighth hole even viewed as something of an homage to the famous Road Hole at St Andrews. Such an unlikely combination has proven to be a winner for nearly 35 years.
Also of note: despite the frequency and ferocity of recent weather events in the area, the Twin Waters course hasn’t closed once.
Twin Waters Golf Club
Ranking for 2024-2025: 87th
Prior rankings: 89th (2010), 79th (2008), 68th (2006), 67th (2004), 42nd (2002), 32nd (2000), 20th (1998), 22nd (1996), 30th (1994), 42nd (1991)
Where: Ocean Drive, Twin Waters QLD 4564
Phone: (07) 5457 2444
Web: twinwatersgolfclub.com.au
