Ocean Shores Country Club

Far North Coast, NSW | User Rating: Rate-4 (4.0) | Add A Review

As soon as you arrive at Ocean Shores Country Club you will immediately be infused with the most important sense that this part of paradise offers …serenity.

Just North of Brunswick Heads and 40 minutes South of Coolangatta Airport in the Northern Rivers district of New South Wales Australia, is the magnificent championship golf course rated in the top 15 courses in NSW. Set in an area of natural flora with tidal lakes, rivers and mountain ranges as a backdrop, the picturesque beauty is spectacular.

Ocean Shores championship course was designed by Bruce Devlin some 30 years ago and has many unique features. The foremost of these is the enormous greens -13,000 square metres with the fifth green alone accounting for 1100 square metres – enough room for a house and tropical orchard.

The 18 hole layout comprises six par 3’s, six par 4’s and six par 5’s. This distribution lends itself to the unique nature of the course. The lush fairways and pristine greens set against a backdrop of bushland and the sparkling lakes make it one of the most spectacular courses in Australia.

Golfers often comment on the tranquility of the bushland setting with each fairway an island oasis mainly out of view from the other holes with just the sound of club on ball and the birdlife being the only distractions.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • Name: Ocean Shores Country Club
  • Region: Far North Coast, NSW
  • Address: Orana Road
    New Brighton, 2483, New South Wales, Australia
  • Directions: View Aerial Map »
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  • Proshop: (02) 6680 1247
  • General: (02) 6680 1008
  • Holes: 18
  • Metres: 6359m
  • Par: 72
1. Duanepirritt | Rated | 05 May 2009 | Add A Review

Great course very challenging & greens where spot on.I would recommend carts as it is quite a long course to walk.The halfway house food & drink was also excellant.Great value we paid $45 with cart and lunch.

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2. boatboy | Rated | 01 Jan 2009 | Add A Review

Played a social round on new years day – early tee off if you can imagine a good start to the new year. Fantastic country course a little over an hour from the Gold Coast. A Challenging but fair course and we played it on the hottest day of the year. Some really long par 5’ and intersting par 3’s. Water comes into play if you are not having a good day with your drives off the tees and talk about sand,sand ,sand, we found and saw the bunkers everywhere ( not because of our bad play either). We found the staff to be excellent although if you were looking for a drinks cart, forget it, we couldnt even find a drink fountain?

For a country club I didnt really find value for money at over $50 but a picturesque course all the same and one I will be coming back to. Greens were in great shape except a couple getting a makeover.

Bunkers a bit dry and hard and the rough off the fairway a tad on the high side, glad we had a cart otherwise a bigger day would have been had…

3. Eekthecat | Rated | 24 Dec 2008 | Add A Review

Played a social round today. Fantastic country course. Challenging but fair. Some really long par 5’ and 3’s. Water comes into play if you are not having a good day with your drives off the tees. We found the staff to be excellent and the buggies were well maintained.

Value for money and a course we will definitely be coming back to. Greens were in good shape. Bunkers a bit dry and hard and the rough off the fairway a tad on the high side.

4. blackburn | Rated | 28 Oct 2008 | Add A Review

Play in the blue marker challenge the last friday of every month. Top quality course, and fantastic value for money. This is what amateur golf should be like. Play off 7 at my home course on gold coast, look forward to this comp over any other.If you like a real challenge, and think you can play to your handicap come and try this one. Greens as good as you`ll play. Great job Ocean shores

5. spiritfilled3 | Rated | 15 Jan 2008 | Add A Review

This course is beautiful, peaceful, friendly and challenging. It has always been a favourite of mine over the past 20 years. Hubby and I drove down 2 days in a row from Coolangatta during all the wonderful Gold Coast rain after Christmas. We were given reduced rates as it was tee up on all holes but we were still allowed a cart on paths. The staff are very friendly and the course although wet was in great condition. I still think it’s well worth the trip to play and stay and now the new highway is in it took 35 minutes to get there.

6. TheSquareDriver | Rated | 01 Dec 2007 | Add A Review

Play this course on the Blue Marker Challenge, held on the last Friday of every month, when it is set up at it’s most difficult (CCR 75). It is long, with (lots of) water on almost every hole and the pin placements must be seen to be believed – a real golf challenge, although good putters have an advantage. A couple of classic par 3’s, the 8th and 12th with 140+ metre water carries which can be very difficult when a strong wind blows from the NE. A couple of very long par 5’s, the 9th and the 14th which mean at least 3 wood shorts for the shorter hitters; the 9th in particular is a classic, uphill all the way and with a huge green sloping back to front which is lethally fast for over-ambitious putters, I’ve seen quite a few roll off the green putting down the hill! Play to your handicap here and you get a dozen balls, doesn’t happen often.

7. resortedtothis | Rated | 17 Dec 2003 | Add A Review

Worth the drive from the Gold Coast or Brisbane? Can be walked but it is a long journey from green to following tee so if it's hot, a cart is the way to go.

Wide fairways and absolutely enormous greens (tif dwarf) are the rule so take your best putting along. Apart from the 1st most of the 5`s are genuine 3 shotters dependent on wind of course. Best hole IMHO is the par 3 12th 180mtr plus water carry with bail out to left. Rest of course fairly unremarkable.

Length and water are the course`s main and repeating signatures, housing is intrusive and just plain nasty in some parts. Cheapish green fees make it value but below par condition and greenkeeping IMHO hurt this course more as time goes by.

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