November 12, 2012

Coming Down Under: Jurassic Park Golf Resort And Wax Museum?

November 12, 2012/ Geoff Shackelford

Thanks to reader Rod for the Australian Golf Course Superintendents' Association link to a Sunshine Coast Daily story on Palmer Coolum Resort owner Clive Palmer adding dinosaurs to the course.

Oh and in December, the Australian PGA Championship returns to the resort!

As the photo above shows, in recent days an 8m high, 20m long, 1.7 tonne Tyrannosaurus Rex has been erected outside the front of the Palmer Coolum Resort clubhouse (between the 9th green and 10th tee), as billionaire owner and mining magnate Clive Palmer embarks on an audacious plan to develop the world’s largest dinosaur park. According to recent reports in the Sunshine Coast Daily newspaper, Palmer, who kicked out former managers Hyatt earlier in the year after acquiring the resort in 2011, plans on adding up to 160 of the creatures around the course and resort.

Here is a video report from the Sunshine Coast Daily:

Geoff Shackelford

Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning Drive, is co-host of The Ringer's ShackHouse is the author of eleven books.