Noosa springs country club

The best hole at Noosa Springs is the 406-metre par-4 12th. From an elevated tee, the trouble is laid out before you like a poker hand. Water cuts in toward the left edge of the fairway while a shallow, but long, fairway bunker hugs the right rough within easy reach from the tee. Papworth’s deception of distance is, perhaps, no more apparent than on this hole. Standing in the middle of the fairway about 150 metres from the green, the approach shot looks much shorter. A bunker cutting in front of the green, but well short of the putting surface, serves to deceive you on club selection by creating a no-man’s land between its front lip and the green.

During my most recent visit, my first impression that Noosa Springs is a fun course was reinforced. A visiting golfer walked off the 18th green and I overheard him say to his playing partners: “It’s not a long course, the bunkers aren’t deep and the fairways are pretty wide. Somehow I’ve only had 29 points ... I was having such a good time I didn’t notice how badly I was scoring.”

Read the full review in the October 2003 issue of Golf Australia Magazine or click here for the Noosa Springs Country Club website.

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