Bull sharks invade another golf course

Riverlakes Golf Course, Loganholme - Operations Manager Daniel Paynter and Course Superintendent Jason Lavender at the 7th Fairway. Picture: Richard Walker Source: Quest Newspapers

Carbrook Golf Club general manager Scott Wagstaff, photographed in 2011, with one of the sharks that lived in the water hazard on the golf course after a previous flood event. Source: The Courier-Mail

DEADLY bull sharks appear to have invaded a Logan golf course, with sightings reported at Riverlakes Golf Club yesterday and on Tuesday when the Logan River was at its peak.

After water inundated 13 of Riverlakes' 18 holes, management began fielding calls about possible shark sightings, operations manager Daniel Paynter said.

On Tuesday night, staff at the Loganholme course - which is about 33km south of Brisbane's CBD - scrambled to move carts and other equipment to higher ground as California Creek and the Logan River, which run through the course, merged.

However the club's greens could not be saved and were expected to cost $30,000 each to repair.

"We stayed at the club to keep an eye on it until about midnight (Tuesday) and, while we were out exploring the course, we saw some serious movement in the water," Mr Paynter said.

"I was out looking around with our head professional with some torches and there was definitely some movement and I wouldn't be surprised if they were sharks."

There are also fears bull sharks - which have been linked to numerous waterway attacks in Queensland and interstate - may have spread across the Carbrook Golf Club, about 4km away.

In October 2011, Carbrook made headlines from Pakistan to the US after footage of huge bull sharks which had become established in one of its water hazards from previous flood events went viral on the internet.

At the time, that golf club - which backs on to the Logan River - boasted about a dozen man-eaters up to 3m long.

This week's flood covered the entire course, raising concerns the sharks would now be able to colonise other water hazards at the club.

The wild weather also wreaked havoc at Logan City Golf Club at Meadowbrook, about 10.5km from the Riverlakes course.

Officials at the Meadowbrook course were left devastated after 24 of the club's 27 holes were inundated, just months after they had put the final touches on repairs caused during a previous flood.

"We did renovations in November and got the greens beautiful and it is just heartbreaking to have this happen," Logan City Golf Club PGA Professional Carl Evans said.

Mr Evans said it was the 40th time the club had flooded in the past four years, and the worst in its history, with the damage bill estimated to top $200,000.

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