Lord mayor takes swing at Brisbane’s first new public golf course in 70 years

“A lot of the work is already done and we are already seeing the [fairway and tee] grasses being laid.”

Cr Schrinner said the Minnippi Golf Course was a potential Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games venue, given the sport was once again on the Olympic schedule.

“We don’t know yet whether golf will be part of the 2032 Games, but if it is, this is a good option and I know there will be plenty of people training here at Minnippi,” he said.

“It would be great to see a future Olympian here at Minnippi.”

The course had been planned since the late 1990s and had a controversial birth before the council agreed to a public-private partnership with BMD in 2014.

That agreement meant the 74-hectare course would be provided to Brisbane at no expense…