Queensland

Queensland is Australia's warm-weather golf capital — you can play in shorts year-round, and the Gold Coast is the engine room. The Gold Coast region packs in more resort and championship golf than anywhere in the state, from the manicured layouts of Sanctuary Cove and Hope Island to Royal Pines, a long-time host of the Australian PGA Championship.

North of the border city, the Sunshine Coast offers stay-and-play resorts and coastal courses around Noosa and Caloundra, while Greater Brisbane holds the capital's parkland clubs. Keep heading north and the golf turns tropical: Capricorn & Central Queensland and Tropical North Queensland around Cairns and Port Douglas pair palm-lined fairways with reef-and-rainforest holidays.

Use the regions below to plan a trip, the top-courses ranking for the marquee names, or the full directory to filter every course in Queensland by access, green fee and course type — and pack for sunshine whatever the month.