Capricorn International Resort (Old)
Rockhampton, QLD | User Rating:
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Capricorn International Resort, Central Queensland’s premier golfing resort (36 holes) is located on the Capricorn coast at Yeppoon. It is one of the few resorts in Australia which can boast two international standard golf courses.
The old course, now eight years mature, is a classic Thompson/Wolveridge course. The old course offers a relaxing game to all who play it. The course has its wide and forgiving fairways with only 44 bunkers, and the fairways wend their way through magnificent stands of trees in a sub-tropical setting. Although there are not many bunkers, they tend to be quite large and have a habit of enticing many golfers’ balls to visit them if they are not as accurate as the course requires.
The two golf courses are set in 22,000 acres of natural bush and wetlands. Early morning tee shots are always played to a gallery of native Australian birds (149 species at last count) whereas your afternoon shots must take into account the regular balmy tradewinds.
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15 Nov 2011
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This is a great layout, more traditional than the Championship course, which means you can see any trouble. It is in excellent condition.
We played on a Tuesday morning and got around in just over 3 hours walking with no-one in front of us. Apart from the walk from 1 to 2 and 8 to 9, both through a tunnel under the road, it is a straightforward walk.
The fairways are in good condition with a good even coverage of grass, maybe they hadn’t mowed it for a couple of days when we were there as it was almost too thick. The greens are in perfect condition and roll beautifully, just a little slower than you would expect.
There are two sets of tees for Men, the Blue tees are my recommended set, par 72, rating 72. The white tees are a bit shorter, still par 72 but rating 69. For women it is a par 72, rating 70.
If you walk the course green fees are $25, so excellent value for money for the quality of course played. If you take a cart it is $75.
It compares favourably with most Resort courses and we preferred this layout to the Championship course.
One peculiarity is that the card is presented in yards, not metres, so you need to be able to do a conversion or take a rangefinder to know your distances. Well worth a game