The Golf Society of Australia was formed in 1982 to research and preserve the history of golf in Australia.
As part of this role, the Society acts as the Museum Committee of Golf Australia
and oversees the Golf Australia Museum collection and Library.
Other activities include:
- Regular golf events
- Dinners with guest speakers
- Publication of a Newsletter – The Long Game
- Coordination of a Golf Club Historians networking group
- Oral history recording project
- Collection of data relating to Golf Club locations
- Researching the history of golf in Australia.
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The 2023 Australian Hickory Shaft Open Championships have been successfully run and won.
Above: Playing group before heading out to play Sandy Golf Links
Above – 2023 Australian Hickory Shaft Foursomes Champions
Catherine Palmer and Mark Lawson from New Zealand with Les Browne Captain AGHS and Kim Hastie President GSA
For more photos and a fun video go to the Sandy Golf Links Facebook pages
Full report to follow and for more photos go to the Gallery pages of this site.
Below:
2023 Australian Hickory Shaft Men’s and Womens Champions – Richard Macafee and Catherine Palmer (NZ)
Below with GA CEO James Sutherland who presented the trophies to our champions.
