Toowoomba Middle Ridge Golf Club

Toowoomba & Golden West, QLD | User Rating: Rate-4 (4.0) | Add A Review

The picturesque Toowoomba Golf Club at Middle Ridge is one of Queensland and Australia’s finest inland golf courses (Top 20 in Queensland – Aust. Golf Digest, March, 1996). Featuring a challenging Par 72 (5952 metres) 18 hole layout that has hosted numerous major championships and international golfing visitors, the course is set on the edge of the Great Dividing Range, 700 metres above sea level, in the Garden City of Toowoomba.

Carved out of natural surrounds and presenting a naturally brilliant, idyllic setting – Middle Ridge is a golfers dream. Rolling tree lined kikuyu fairways and superbly manicured Pentcross Bent greens provide the ultimate in course presentation and the well appointed clubhouse offers a friendly respite after a completed round of golf.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • Name: Toowoomba Middle Ridge Golf Club
  • Region: Toowoomba & Golden West, QLD
  • Address: Rowbotham Street
    Toowoomba, 4352, Queensland, Australia
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  • Proshop: (07) 4635 4182
  • General: (07) 4635 1219
  • Holes: 18
  • Metres: 5952m
  • Par: 72
1. mizzyman | Rated | 21 May 2013 | Add A Review

Played on the 20.5.13. What an absolute pleasure. Pro shop staff are some of the most friendly I’ve come across. With reciprocal green fees of $15 it makes for extremely affordable golf. Fairways were well grassed and the bent grass greens like carpet to putt on. They are very soft tho so you’ll need a divot tool. CAnt wait to come back up the mountains to play this beauty again, may wait till it starts warming up a bit tho.

2. Yonexfan | Rated | 27 Nov 2012 | Add A Review

Played a comp day here and enjoyed the course. Nice grass on the fairways and the club looked well maintained. Pretty cheap too the day I played. One of the par fours had been cut down to a par three due to a neighbour getting golf balls in his house. Not sure how they’ll get that worked out. Good luck.

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3. UrbanLegend | Rated | 12 Jan 2012 | Add A Review

Played here Dec 31, 2011 and really enjoyed the day. Enjoyed the mix of holes and just a different feel/look to the normal Brisbane courses I play. At $20 for a visitor to play the comp very cheap as well.

Some bunkers were still water logged from the downpour the day before but all in all were in reasonable shape.

A leaf blower wouldn’t have gone astray at times on some of the greens.

Greens were definitely slower than say Virginia, Oxley or Indro but again that’s the fun of playing somewhere different.

Walked the course and obviously much easier than City Golf Club with less ups & downs but still a test of your golf.

4. Nicholstones | Rated | 25 Apr 2011 | Add A Review

This is a very good Members course, with an interesting mix of holes. An easy walk with green fees of $40 being very reasonable for the quality supplied. There had been quite a lot of rain when we played there and the greens were good, but soft, so late in the day there were footprints and indentations to consider. The fairways were in excellent condition and there were a number of tight driving holes.

The signature hole is probably the 7th, a short par three with a decorative lake between you and the green. An easy hole to par, but equally easy to make a big number if your tee shot is not right.

Definitely on a par with most city courses and a must to play if you are in the area.

5. golferman68 | Rated | 18 Jan 2010 | Add A Review

Always loved this course. Well worth a visit.

6. Matt380 | Rated | 05 Oct 2009 | Add A Review

Very enjoyable course, looking forward to playing there again! Nice wide fairways and very well looked after, could do with a few more hills and more water to make a bit more challenging.

7. tinsky61 | Rated | 28 Apr 2009 | Add A Review

Loved this course. Impressive trees and really lovely green setups. Would play this course anytime!

8. davidjj | Rated | 05 Jan 2009 | Add A Review

Wow! Middle Ridge in my opinion on par with City – very hard to split them. Very friendly staff in pro shop and the course was in terrific condition. Greens very true and a good speed. Course layout has some interesting holes. If you can hit it straight here you should score well – if you don’t then the rough and trees will sort you out. Bunkers probably the weak point with not much sand in them when I played. Signature hole – Perhaps 17th which is small par 3 but very scenic with a water carry.

9. Shiva | Rated | 17 Nov 2008 | Add A Review

My home club and fantastic. Great greens with well kept fairways, great staff esp the greenstaff and extremely friendly Pro-shop staff…But need to find the idiots who vandalised the greens.

10. samio | Rated | 06 Sep 2008 | Add A Review

great course though the fairways are green but the grass is not think a few great holes there is alot of great staff on that are really nice but the old men that get around and are grumpy is the down point of this

11. ryanda | Rated | 21 Dec 2007 | Add A Review

The on-course pro and staff are what first makes Middle Ridge such an inviting club…great friendliness and advice. Course is in excellent condition with the introduction of new watering systems. To be applauded is the removal of the old (new) pine trees and the positioning of new fairway bunkers on the 3rd and 4th. Toowoomba Golf Clubs greatest feature is that it requires a range of shots suiting those players who can shape it both ways and then rewarded with assessible pins. The bent greens are surviving well the heat (global warming/climate shift) and roll true. Local knowledge is certainly an asset on the greens.

12. golfheat | Rated | 01 Sep 2006 | Add A Review

This course is the diamond in the rough when coming to the Toowoomba region.

With its postcard par three that can trap the savviest of all golfers.

It has the best fairways and greens in the region. Perfectly scultured into the treelined fairways.

Stay on the fairway and enjoy the rough go into the trees and have a lot of fun coming back!!

If you are in town it is one course you must try!!

13. Brettles86 | Rated | 16 Jul 2006 | Add A Review

Played there today and was pretty impressed by the condition of the course. dispite the lack of rain the greens are very very well looked after and rolled true. Some very long par 4s in the course that made the tee shots that much more important. The postcard par 3 on the back nine was enjoyable. Next time im in toowoomba ill be sure to play here again!

14. stevieg | Rated | 25 Apr 2006 | Add A Review

I recently became a member of this course and it has got to me my favourite golf course to play. This course epitomises what golf should be all about - an examination of your tee shots your second shots and your short game.

I make the journey from Brisbane (where I live) to this course 2-3 times a month because I enjoy it so much.

The conditioning of the course is always superb and each hole presents a unique challenge offering a variety of shot options. I can stand on the tee on most par 4 and fives and decide on either a driver, 3 wood or iron off the tee depending on the conditions of the day and how badly I need a birdie.

It's a course that rewards good shot making and can severely penalise a miss hit. I recently stood on the 6th tee, a majestic double dogleg par five with a stiff wind in the face. This hole sets up beautifully for me from the tee as it sweeps to the left and I usually play a nice draw. Well I overcooked my draw and hit it out of bounds, reloaded and hit it straight down the middle, I followed it with two beautiful irons to put me within 4 feet and putted the ball in for a 6.

That is what Middle Ridge is all about. It challenges you from the tee, then it challenges you again with the second shot tempting you to aim for the flag to reach the small greens. Once on the greens quick surface make for the final challenge.

You'll love this place and you'll want to come back again and again and again. By the way we have one of the nicest club pro's around Paul Hapgood - great bloke and a great golfer.

15. roundabout | Rated | 17 Aug 2004 | Add A Review

Having played Middle Ridge many times (and quite often in the Blue Marker Challenges - third or last friday in the month - check with the club) - it is highly recommended. When this course is in excellent shape - it is possibly the best inland/country golf course in Queensland. The bent grass greens are something you will not see a lot of in this state and will test out your putting stroke. The course has it's nuances (which are not for everybody) - but the back nine will be one of the best examinations of your game. The back nine has plenty of dogleg holes that call for you to hit it either way (fades and draws). If you are on your game you can play very well here. This course will test your patience, game plan and course management skills.

If you make your first visit, I assure you it will not be your last.

16. v1llage1d1ot | Rated | 10 May 2004 | Add A Review

Steve's review was quite comprehensive... Some more pine trees have been added around the course. They have been placed on fairways about where big hitters will land a ball. This makes it more challenging for the longer drivers. Also, word around the club is that the stableford indexs are going to change soon.

17. stevemitchell | Rated | 12 Jan 2003 | Add A Review

Just so that noone can say that I did not tell them. Middle Ridge has gone tee up until further notice.

I still love it.

18. stevemitchell | Rated | 09 Jan 2003 | Add A Review

A fantastic course...I'm biased as I am a member here. In truth I would say that this is the better of the 2 Toowoomba 18 holers. It is certainly an older eestablished course with beautiful old trees lining the fairways.

The first is a shortish par 5 with bunkers in the landing zones of your first 2 shots before you reach the green which is guarded by bunkers left & right. In truth the bunkers in the landing zones will only catch balls that stray to either side of the fairway.

You then head back the way you came for a long dogleg left par 4 to another green guarded left & right by bunkers.

We then cross over a road for the next 4 holes; a dogleg left par 4; a straight par 4, a 130m par three with bunkers left, right and behind as well as a stand of pines to the right (if you get under or behind these you are looking at at least bogie); and then a dog leg left, dog leg right par 5 (do not hook on this hole).

Back over the road and onto a seemingly innocent dog leg right par 4. This hole is short and simple looking but if you are short of the corner you are looking at a blind shot into a raised plateau style green. If you miss this green left, right or behindd you better be a good wedge player. Short is safe as you can bump and run up through an apron and onto the green.

Our last 2 holes on the front are a down then uphill par 5 followed by a fairly straight forward 150m par 3. My only comments are to hit your second shot to the left side of the fairway on the par 5 or you will not have an easy shot into the green.

The 10th is a long straight par 4. You really need to geet a good drive away to ensure a decent chance of par here.

11 is a 183m par 3 with pleenty of sand on the right.

The twelfth is a straightforward looking par 4 but you need to be left to have a decent shot at the green due to the massive eucalypt that encroaches from the left.

2 tight driving holes follow. The 13th has a narrow fairway with trees cutting in from the left at about 2 iron distance. Anything too far left is dead. I am sure that someone specifically planted these trees in a pattern so that if you get in you can only chip out sideways. 14 is a dogleg right, dogleg right. If you are short of the first corner, you better be able to hit a fade.

The course widens out again after this with a par 4 that sweeps right and uphill before the signature hole (a 125m par 3 water carry). Water front and left, bunkers right and sloping steeply behind into OB.

2 long par 4's complete the round and into the small but comfortable clubhouse.

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