Your Complete Guide to Championship Golf Tours in Queensland
Queensland is the most accessible serious-golf destination in Australia. Brisbane is a 30-minute domestic flight from Sydney and a direct international flight from most of Asia and the West Coast US. Within an hour of Brisbane Airport you can be teeing off at Hope Island on the Gold Coast, at Twin Waters on the Sunshine Coast, or at any number of metropolitan Brisbane courses with the city skyline as your backdrop. Add the year-round playable climate, the depth of resort accommodation, and the Hinterland's wineries and rainforest, and Queensland is genuinely the easiest region in Australia to plan a serious golf trip around. After 35 years organising golf travel from Brisbane, Cooee Tours knows every corner of it.
The Gold Coast: Australia's Golf Precinct
The Gold Coast is Australia's most concentrated golf destination. Within a 30-minute drive, you'll find four genuine championship courses — Hope Island (Peter Thomson's island-green masterpiece), Palmer Golf Course (Arnold Palmer's dramatic elevation design), Royal Pines (former LPGA venue with 27 holes), and The Glades (the region's most accessible tournament-quality parkland layout). Year-round sunshine, resort accommodation at every course, and some of Australia's finest restaurants and nightlife make the Gold Coast the complete golf holiday destination.
Sunshine Coast: Championship Golf Meets Coastal Lifestyle
The Sunshine Coast pairs championship golf with arguably the best coastal lifestyle on the Australian east coast. Noosa Springs (Spa "Eu" award-winner with par 71 layout), Twin Waters (water on 16 of 18 holes), Pelican Waters (Greg Norman design at Caloundra), and Peregian (par 72 on natural bushland with kangaroos on fairways) — four genuinely distinct courses within an hour of each other. The natural pairing is golf in the morning and Noosa beach, Eumundi markets or the hinterland's restaurants in the afternoon. A premium hosted Sunshine Coast tour is one of Cooee's most-booked products and the easiest way to experience the region.
Brisbane: Capital City Golf & Corporate Days
Brisbane is Cooee's HQ city and the natural base for corporate golf days, conference golf and shorter Brisbane River-themed escapes. Metropolitan championship courses sit within a short drive of the CBD with Brisbane River and city skyline outlooks; the Gold Coast Hinterland is forty minutes away offering elevated mountain layouts with cooler valley temperatures. Brisbane's combination of accessible tee times, championship course quality, and the city's outstanding food, river precincts and cultural offerings makes it the most flexible base in Queensland — particularly for groups combining business travel with a round or two.
Cairns & Tropical North: Queensland's Exotic Register
Tropical north Queensland golf operates in a register that simply doesn't exist anywhere else in Australia — championship resort layouts framed by rainforest mountains and the Coral Sea, with the Great Barrier Reef minutes offshore and the Daintree Rainforest a short drive inland. Cairns and Port Douglas are warm year-round, lush, exotic, and offer the only golf trips in Queensland where snorkelling the world's largest coral reef can be paired with an afternoon round. Cooee runs Cairns and Port Douglas tours by enquiry with custom itineraries built around your preferred dates — a genuine one-off in the Queensland golf catalogue.
Booking Your Queensland Golf Tour with Cooee
Every Cooee Golf Tour begins with a hotel pickup — no sorting your own transport to unfamiliar courses in an unfamiliar city. Our modern, air-conditioned touring vehicles handle club transport securely. Our hosts know the yardage books, the local quirks of each green, and the best spots to photograph the iconic holes. And because we book tee times well in advance, you're never squeezed into an awkward time or caught behind slow groups.
Whether you're a scratch player chasing a Hope Island weekend or a beginner-level golfer wanting a relaxed day at The Glades, Cooee matches you to the right course. Call 0409 661 342 or book directly through our FareHarbor calendar to secure your preferred dates — some of our Gold Coast multi-day packages sell out months ahead, particularly during peak winter season (June–August).
Looking beyond Queensland? Our Australian Golf Tours hub covers all eight states, with dedicated regional pages for NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, SA, WA and ACT.
