Golfing in Ipswich City Council
Queensland's oldest provincial city, about 40 kilometres south-west of Brisbane, offers a strong public-access mix headed by a genuine championship course. Brookwater is a Greg Norman design played as two nine-hole loops through native bushland, with undulating greens, narrow tree-lined fairways and water in play; expect few flat lies and a tough but fair, polished test. Ipswich City Golf Club at Leichhardt goes back to 1897, carries design work by Wayne Grady and looks out to the nearby ranges close to the RAAF base, with a sociable clubhouse to match. Sandy Gallop, dating from 1922, is a strategic parkland 18 crossed by Deebing Creek that rewards accuracy over length and is known for smooth greens. Rosewood is a flat, walkable public 18 with wide fairways, and Churchill's day-and-night driving range covers practice.