1. michaelfinder | Rated | 16 May 2008 | Add A Review

Helensvale is a very challenging course. The course presents well with nice fast greens and plenty of bunkering. The first hole is a terric Par 5 – not for the faint hearted. Go for the green in two if you are good enough or lay up and still have a water carry for your third. Water comes into play on most holes. This is not a course where driver is used on every hole; lots of thought required to place your tee shot. Accuracy is the key to Helensvale. The general atmosphere in the club is friendly and welcoming and since my last visit many renovations have occurred. Well worth a look.

2. Gribbles | Rated | 26 Apr 2008 | Add A Review

I have joined helensvale about 3 months ago, and can’t speak highly enough of it. the people there are fantastic, easily the friendliest golf course i’ve ever had the pleasure of playing. fortunately these people seem to have maitained their decency, and everyone is treated as an old friend. a lovely change to the golf snobs who frequent many courses in brisbane. The course is always in good condition, unless there is torrential rain. But if you like your easy, wide open manicured resort courses you wouldn’t like it, because the rough is actually rough. I lost 10 balls in my first round. But now i would not join anywhere else, even if it was offered for free.

3. chezza037 | Rated | 20 Mar 2008 | Add A Review

Great course although very short, it is very challenging. It is known as the friendly club & the service I received from all was great. Great clubhouse facilities – so fresh & charming. Will be back again.

4. ezilay | Rated | 19 Mar 2008 | Add A Review

Helensvale Golf Course & surrounds has definetly changed over the past couple of years. The improvements to the course are unbelievable & are a credit to the new greenkeeper & his staff. The clubhouse has been fully re-furbished & is full airconditioned. They have a great Friday night with major raffles, entertainmet & great food from the bistro

5. bell1qu118 | Rated | 21 May 2007 | Add A Review

I recently decided to play a social round at helensvale and called the proshop to book a tee-time. The person on the phone was very very rude. He barked available tee-times down the line at me and when I requested a specific tee-time he kept shouting "8:15" at me.

I asked him to please not be rude but he totally lost his cool. When I told him his service is ordinary and that I will be telling others about it – his response "You do what you want – have a nice life" and hung up on me… :)

Needless to say I will be spreading the word not to bother even trying to play this goat track.

6. scenicpeak | Rated | 10 Jan 2007 | Add A Review

This is one of the worst golf courses on the Gold Coast. Right there with Tally Valley, Coplicks and Meadow Farm. We play it in pennants, we're offered a free round for practise and noe of us choose to play. Enough said.

7. golfcrazy | Rated | 08 Jan 2007 | Add A Review

Just joined the club and very happy I've done so. Decent fairways, great greens, plenty of variety and challenges. Heaps of practice facilities at no extra charge. Friendly staff. Pleasant scenary and lots of wildlife. Excellent low monthly membership and guests of members only pay $10. Bargain. No complaints.

8. conpandelakis | Rated | 25 Oct 2006 | Add A Review

Having recently joined this Club and having read the reviews, I was keen to check out for myself the validity or otherwise of some of the disparaging remarks by some earlier players. First impressions were warm and satisfying, with office staff and the resident professional, Brandon Coleman, coming across as genuinely friendly and helpful. On to the course for my first game with a fellow "new member". What a surprise, after the aforesaid negative descriptions. Absolutely beautifully-presented greens, healthy fairways, sensible rough and challenges all the way without anything breaking the spirit was what we found. During the course of the outing, we noted the attention that the grounds staff were giving to details of their work. The course superintrendant is obviously doing a great job. At the end of the game, over a refreshing coldie in the clubhouse, my playing partner and I agreed that we had really got lucky in choosing to join Helensvale. I'm taking my first guests in a few days' time and I am certain that they will enjoy it and will want to come back.

9. chrisv | Rated | 02 Mar 2006 | Add A Review

After playing this course recently and then reading a few of the below reviews on this course, I feel compelled to respond.

Overall this course is rather short, but the true beauty of this course is that it challenges the mind of every golfer no matter what your skill level is.

The fairways are generally tree lined with many water hazrads, so if you spary the ball be prepared to fight you way out. A good coverage of grass along all fairways is standard throughout, if you miss the fairway (take note jsvheron) you will play from the rough...this is the uncut section outside of the fairway...ok

Greens are generally medium-good size and are of 328 grass, and most holes are all in good condition. The greens vary in shape and undulations, but are on the slow side.

Many people have criticised some of the older members being a pain, this happens at every course around Australia...don't let one bad day ruin a good game of golf and a true perspective of a golf course.

General facilities are in need of upgrading, and I have heard of a considerable amount of money being spent in the near future. Pro shop is on the small side and found the pro to be very pleasent and helpful. Ground staff are very good in giving way to players and always seem to be busy.

If you want to play a course that has all the characteristics of a "Championship Course", go and pay the money for the privelage. But considering the cost of green fees and the challenge that lay ahead of you, it's well worth the outlay. It's not the sort of course where you can bang a driver 250m down each fairway, I found it a nice change to play long irons off the tee and challenge my short game throughout the day.

Overall i would rate it 7/10

10. jsvheron | Rated | 28 Dec 2005 | Add A Review

This would be the worst course I have played on. The fairways were rough and hardly mown. If you hit your ball off the fairway, expect to spend ages looking for it, as the grass everywhere is about 250 mm high. It looks as if the greenkeepers couldn't be bothered any more.

The greens, though, were quite good. Average size and nice to putt. You'll need to spend time clearing away the leaves, as the greenkeepers couldn't be bothered.

As we teed off on the 12th, a greenkeeper parked his ute next to the tee with radio blaring so loud, we couldn't hear ourselves talking!

The green fees were cheap, but what good is that if you have to spend most of your time looking for your ball (even on some fairways), or trying to hit out of 250mm grass.

The pro shop staff are mediocre, and act as if they're doing you a favour to let you play there! I'll never go back, not even if they paid me!

11. mjdoyle | Rated | 14 Feb 2005 | Add A Review

This is a good course for someone just getting started. It is short but can be challenging, especially with the amount of water around. However, as your game develops and you look for a challenge, it definately isn't what you would be looking for.

12. slicer100 | Rated | 26 Jan 2005 | Add A Review

I found this course to be great fun, and quite challenging in certain parts, the course always seems to be in satisfactory condition with the staff being very helpful and friendly, the only major grip I have with this course is how inconsiderate some of the older members are. On a number of occasions, I have had players hitting up behind our group and actually hitting one our players in the leg with one of their drives, the sooner the members understand that they do not own the course and that it is after a public course the better off the club will be. I know this is probably a tiny minority of members, but it certainly made a bad impression on myself and my playing partners.

13. calaisvr | Rated | 26 Sep 2004 | Add A Review

Playing this course was a big disapointment I looks like they have just mapped out a course from some openings of land.

Some of the holes you couldn't chip onto the green properly as the ground was crap. All of the greens were ruff slow and covered in animal poo! It would be nice if they were maintained slightly!

The sand was of the dirty kind!

No map at all of how the course pans out! each hole was a blinder and not having played there before.

I would never go back there as I could play golf to that calliber at the local park with a movable flag.

14. korned108 | Rated | 18 Jul 2004 | Add A Review

If it wasnt for slow play and members not letting you play through, it could be an ok course. Very short, when I played it was water logged.

15. long | Rated | 14 Jan 2004 | Add A Review

I would agree with greg66, short but challenging course, loved the greens makes for precise and consistant play off the tee and accurate iron shots at the green and you must have a very good short game.

However it's the sort off course that you can attack if your long as well.

My only major complaint would be that I was by myself and for 13 holes the inconsiderate group of elderly gentlleman (I use the term gentleman very loosely) who played in a five would not let me through, I did ask three times if they minded if I could play through but they must of had there hearing aids turned down to low, sorry if this sounds blunt but a bit of respect would be nice as I showed plenty of respect by not hitting up on them at any time.

I'm sorry but I would never go back.

Enough said.

Course I would rate 6/10.

16. greg66 | Rated | 11 Jun 2003 | Add A Review

Helensvale Golf club is a short but sometimes tricky course where accuracy takes precedence over distance. The greens are all 328 grass and are large and fairly easy to hit on the fly, but difficult to hold. It can be quite challenging with trouble on both sides of nearly every hole ( there are very few fairways running side by side without a water hazard in between ). The fairways are solid and have good grass coverage with very few bare patches however it has a drainage problem so it stays wet underfoot for a long time after rain. All in all it's a pleasant course to play and can be challenging for those of us who tend to stray from the fairways on occasion.

I give it 7 out of 10.