The Glades Golf Club
The Glades Golf Club boasts the reputation as one of Australia’s most prestigious resort golf courses and is located right on the Gold Coast. Designed by champion Australian golfing icon, Greg Norman, the course is typical of his trademark aggressive layouts offering golfers a challenging round of golf within visually stunning surrounds.
About The Glades Gold Coast
Overview
This is up there! I’ve played some great Golf Courses in my life, and this is one of the best. Maybe it’s because I grew up playing bent greens (almost like I had local knowledge), but I loved the Glades. It might also be because my favourite player as a kid was Greg Norman who designed this course. Greg turned the local swamp land into an absolute gem. Great bunkering, great layout and every hole had its own character. I can’t wait to come back.
Greg Norman Design
Greg Norman is renowned for his bunkering worldwide and the Glades does not disappoint with a total of 98 bunkers. Greg not only had a vision to create a challenging golf course on the Gold Coast, but he also retained 9 hectares of wetland area to create a natural wildlife sanctuary within the course.
History of The Glades
The Glades greens are unique to any other golf course on the Gold Coast and will ensure a superior putting surface all year round as they consist of a new type of “Creeping bent grass” that offers a true putting surface and is the preference of professionals and amateurs alike. The Glades is a par 72, 6420 metre championship course that spans 65 hectares of land.