Hope Island, Queensland, Australia

Links Hope Island

Designed by Peter Thomson, Ross Perrett & Michael Wolveridge

Links Hope Island is ranked #57 in Australia and #6 in Queensland on The Golf List, with an average position of 54.80 across 5 of the 5 lists we aggregate.

Hope Island Golf Course
Hope Island Golf Course, via Top100GolfCourses.com

Hope Island is Thomson’s tribute to old-fashioned golf and it embodies all that is good in the links game...

In Australia
#57
In Queensland
#6 of 16
Average position
54.80
On lists
5 of 5

PublicNothing. Anyone can book, any day.

#20 on Golf Australia Public Access 2025 · 16 of 34 public courses on The Golf List · More in Queensland

Links Hope Island on each published list
Golf ListCourseAvgAGD ’26AGD ’24GA ’26GA ’24T100 ’26
5757Links Hope Island54.805951565256
Links Hope Island on Golf Australia's Top 100 Public Access lists
Public-access editionPositionMove
Golf Australia Public Access 202520—
Golf Australia Public Access 202320

Its best placing is 51 (Golf Digest 2024–25) and its worst is 59 (Golf Digest 2026–27), a gap of 8 places. The lists differ moderately.

Edition on edition: Australian Golf Digest moved it down from 51 (Golf Digest 2024–25) to 59 (Golf Digest 2026–27); Golf Australia moved it down from 52 (Golf Australia 2024) to 56 (Golf Australia 2026); Top100GolfCourses.com moved it down from 52 (Top100.com 2025) to 56 (Top100.com 2026).

Access: Public. Nothing. Anyone can book, any day. On The Golf List it is #16 of 34 public courses.

Golf Australia Public Access 2025 places it #20, a list of courses where visitors can book a tee time at least five and a half days a week.

Range across the lists (1–100)

5159

Ranking history

Every edition we hold for Links Hope Island. Move compares each edition with the one before it; a green ↑ means the course rose.

Australian Golf Digest

Links Hope Island in Australian Golf Digest editions
EditionRankMove
Golf Digest 2026–2759↓8
Golf Digest 2024–2551↓1
Golf Digest 202250

Golf Australia

Links Hope Island in Golf Australia editions
EditionRankMove
Golf Australia 202656↓4
Golf Australia 202452
Golf Australia 202255

Top100GolfCourses.com

Links Hope Island in Top100GolfCourses.com editions
EditionRankMove
Top100.com 202656↓4
Top100.com 202552

More in Queensland

About Links Hope Island's ranking

Where does Links Hope Island rank in Australia?
Links Hope Island is #57 on The Golf List consensus, averaging position 54.80 across 5 of 5 published lists.
Where does Links Hope Island rank in Queensland?
Links Hope Island is #6 of 16 ranked Queensland courses on The Golf List, and #57 in Australia.
Can a visitor play Links Hope Island?
Public. Nothing. Anyone can book, any day.
Which golf course lists include Links Hope Island?
Links Hope Island is ranked on Golf Digest 2026–27 (#59), Golf Digest 2024–25 (#51), Golf Australia 2026 (#56), Golf Australia 2024 (#52), Top100.com 2026 (#56), Golf Australia Public Access 2025 (#20), Golf Australia Public Access 2023 (#20).
Has Links Hope Island moved up or down recently?
Australian Golf Digest moved it down from 51 (Golf Digest 2024–25) to 59 (Golf Digest 2026–27); Golf Australia moved it down from 52 (Golf Australia 2024) to 56 (Golf Australia 2026); Top100GolfCourses.com moved it down from 52 (Top100.com 2025) to 56 (Top100.com 2026).