The course is now on the mend and getting back to it’s normally good condition. This photo shows an aerial view of the 1st to 4th fairways on the lower level of the course.

In early 2020 Boomerang Farm made some course configuration changes including a new 5th hole. On the boundary of the course is a mountain bike course with some bridges built over the course paths. On the new 6th hole arrangement, a humorous sign has recently been added, pictured when I played there this week, October 2021.

You might have to read the sign a couple of times to get the full joke!

I had been told that Boomerang Farm just outside Mudgeeraba was worth a visit. Not much else was available to me from my sources so I came with an open mind. At $20 for nine holes walking I thought this was possibly near the top of the range. My first thought was to wonder if it will be worth it. I stopped into the Pro Shop without a booking and was slotted in straight away and charged $10. Good start for sure. (Tuesday half price day it seems, though see the update at the end of the article).

The rustic clubhouse and pro shop at Boomerang Farm

I imagined this was a flat course and it is for as far as the eye can see from the first tee. By mid-March 2020 the first hole has gone and holes 2, 3, and 5 have been brought forward by one hole. This means that the first hole is now a 284 metre Par 4 (with the 10th tee being a further 53 metres further back). Hole number 2(11) is now a testing Par 4 with an uphill approach to the green. I was going to say 2nd shot but it might be your third. At this stage my immediate thoughts are that this is a pretty course with wide expansive hitting areas until I realised most of it is rough and the fairway is actually narrower than most. The rough is a friendly length and I had no problem finding the errant drive or two. There is water down the left on this one as well.

After this there are several holes with steep climbs or descents. So much for my imagined flat course. There are three par 3’s with steep drops to the green, one a short 100 metres or less depending on the tee being used while the other extreme is one of around 200 metres… a good hit to a blind, small green.

The new 5th hole is played at right angles to the old 6th, with a climb uphill resulting with the need forat least one extra club to reach the green. The 5th tee, on the left of the picture, plays longer at 105 metres off the blue marker while the 14th tee plays from the old 6th tee box and measures 85 metres from the blue. The green has a tiered back right portion that isn’t visible from either tee. I made a birdie from the 5th tee with the bal that can be seen further from the hole. I’m happy with that, although I missed the shorter one hit from the 14th tee.

The newly laid 5th green looking back down the hill to the two different tee boxes

The new 6th/15th tees are above the 5th green. I was standing on the 6th tee to take the photo above of the 5th green.

The view of the 6th green from the new 6th tee position

The character of this hole has changed from the new high viewpoint. previously it was a long tee shot with no view of the green. Now it is shorter, playing 158 metres from the 6th Blue and 131 metres for the 15th Blue. Both tees can enjoy the full flight of the ball down the hill but the target is long and narrow. I played to the high side but the bounce can be unpredictable, one ending on the back fringe and the other scarily bounding across the green and down the right hand side towards the trees. A 3 here off either tee will be a welcome score. This hole begins a run of three downhill par 3’s, all with individual challenges.

The 7th hole/16th has a number of tee positions . This one has been taken from the most elevated position showing a drop of perhaps 20 metres (I’m not very good at estimating these things so don’t hold me to that). below I played from a different tee lower down but still a fair drop to the green. This tee offers the longest distance (104m) while the other 3 tees are around the 86m.

I played the course again at the beginning of November 2019 and added this pic of the 7th hole from a lower tee position and with the Jacaranda in full bloom.

Your 9 holes finishes with a strong Par 4 off the forward tee and go back and up about 10 metres and it becomes a par 5 second time round. (The new card now shows both nines as a par 5). It’s a demanding tee shot to miss the large tree on the right and hopefully find the middle of the fairway which allows a clear shot past the three trees on the right of the fairway. It’s a reachable par 5 but very tight all the way including a river on the left side of the fairway. keeping it in play is the better o[tion with hopefully a relatively short third shot to maybe set up a closing birdie.

The 9th hole demands a very good tee shot to have any chance of making the green

This image illustrates perfectly how tight the fairways can be, considering in this case that you will likely be coming in from 200 metres or more away from the green

Degree of Difficulty ✭✭✭⭐︎⭐︎

The greens were quite small and mainly flat. The fringes were kept short allowing you to putt from off the green. I chipped a few times and found the bounce and roll consistent on all of the greens.

There are a few steep climbs so if you are not up to that then hire a cart for a more enjoyable round.

Value for money ✭✭✭✭⭐︎

I give this course the thumbs up for challenge, for fairness, for condition and variety of holes. I would recommend it to most player levels…good practice for the lower handicap players and not too penalising for the wayward amongst us. I liked that you could find the ball easily in the rough which must help the pace of play. They have a 2 hour maximum rule for 9 holes…fair enough too.

update: Tuesday is half price day at $10 instead of the normal $20 for 9 holes. Surprisingly I was being charged $20 until I queried the staff member, who then implied that you only got the discount if you asked for it, and it was only for some people. Pays to ask!

Boomerang Farm Golf Course

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