When judges started submitting their lists in late 2022 for Golf Australia’s ranking of the nation’s Top-100 Public Access Courses, there was an unfamiliar presence among the courses gaining a foothold among the century-makers.
After several close calls and years of floating among the courses lying just outside the Top-100, Toowoomba Golf Club at Middle Ridge finally entered the national ranking in January this year, debuting at No.99.
“What a pleasant surprise Toowoomba was. Condition-wise, I couldn’t fault the place with very good kikuyu fairways and terrific bentgrass greens,” ranking judge Terry Anderson said.
“The layout is much better than what it was when I last played at Toowoomba about a decade ago. I really like the changes, including the relatively new par-4 9th hole,” added fellow judge Toby Greenwood.
While Top-100 ranker Joe Thomas was even
