I count myself among the tens of thousands of golfers who have visited this Queensland holiday haven.
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Next year marks the 20th anniversary of a Gold Coast golfing institution – Links Hope Island.
I count myself among the tens of thousands of golfers who have visited the Queensland holiday haven during the past two decades and had one must-play course underlined on their itinerary. It is testament to the quality of the layout and the Hope Island facilities that our love affair with the Peter Thomson and Mike Wolveridge-designed links has never waned.
But I, like so many visiting golfers, assumed our days of playing this fine course were numbered when the club announced a few years back that it was going private. Such announcements are usually accompanied by fewer or no tee times being made available for the public. This is certainly not the case at Hope Island where visiting golfers can still access the course seven days a week, which was confirmed with the layout’s eligibility and No.15 position in Golf Australia’s ranking of the Top-100 Public Access Courses in 2011. It was also ranked in our list of the nation’s Top-100 Courses earlier this year.
“There has been a misconception that Links Hope Island is already private,” the club’s general manager, Mark Holland, says. “A lot of people say, ‘Oh, I thought I couldn’t get on anymore,’ but we are enthusiastic about welcoming visitors to our club.
