Golf Club Historians

A networking group for golf club historians to meet, exchange ideas and become aware of what others are doing to collect, record and display their history and memorabilia.
The meetings target Golf Club historians but anyone interested in golf history is welcome to attend. Membership of the GSA is NOT a pre-requisite and there is no cost involved. Meetings begin at 1.30 pm, after a light luncheon.
Regular features include a guest speaker, updates from Clubs regarding their history collecting activities and a 'show and tell' segment.
Meetings are held in Melbourne, with occasional visits outside the metropolitan area, such as meetings hosted by Warragul, Barwon Heads, Ballarat and Bendigo Golf Clubs.
A meeting was held at Medway Golf Club on 19 July 2010.
The next meeting is scheduled for the first Monday in October 2010, as part of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria's History Week activities.
Convenor: Ian Rennick
Phone: 03 9890 4430
E-Mail: ian@rennick.com

Meeting - Medway Golf Club

A meeting was held at Medway Golf Club on Monday 19 July 2010.
Presentations included:
  • Various Medway Golf Club members participating in a question and answer session with Club Manager Phil Carlton
  • Moira Drew, Archivist, provided details of some of the sources of information available about golf clubs and golf history
  • Ian Rennick gave a summary of the Golf Society's golf course locations project
  • Cliff George spoke about his golf club collection and making wooden clubs
  • Max Findlay spoke about his golf club collection and his approach to collecting
  • For the Show and Tell segment a set of clubs donated to Heidelberg Golf Club were shown.
The next meeting is scheduled for late October.

Meeting - Peninsula Golf and Country Club

A meeting was held at Peninsula Golf and Country Club on Monday 22 February 2010.
Presentations included:
  • Michael Caraher, historian at Peninsula Golf Club, presented a brief history of the club
  • Mornington Peninsula golfing legend, Eric Lucas, gave an entertaining account of his career and some of his memories
  • Keith Wood gave an account of the manufacture of the first forged light weight, spring faced, titanium club heads - in Melbourne in 1997.
  • Moira Drew, Archivist, provided an overview of information resources available relating to collectdion management activities. She also provided details of a new publication Publishing a Golf Club History, a companion volume to Writing a Golf Club History, a joint effort of the British Golf Collectors Society and the Australian Golf Heritage Society.
  • The Show and Tell segment saw some interesting and unusual clubs shown and discussed.
The next meeting is scheduled for May.

For The Diary

2010 Program
  • August 9 - Monday
    Golf Day - President's Trophy
    Royal Melbourne GC - 10 am start
  • August 22 - Sunday
    Luncheon - Kingston Heath GC
    Speaker: Therese Ritter, Manager - Championships, Golf Australia
  • November 8 - Monday (to be confirmed)
    Golf Day - Doug Bachli Trophy
    AGM & Cocktail Party
    Victoria GC
Members are advised by mail of the dates, times and locations of all Golf Society events

Contact

Secretary: Paul Burgess
Ph/Fax: 03 9589 1421
golfsocietyaust@gmail.com