Official Club Brochure 2018 | 2019 Contents Welcome ............................................... 4 McLeod Brisbane Invitational Open ........ 35 About the Club Other Special Golf Events .......................... 37 and its History ..................................... 7 Junior Golf ..................................................... 39 The Course ........................................... 10 Visitors and Social Golf ............................... 42 Course Tour .......................................... 13 FootGolf ......................................................... 43 McLeod Golf Shop .............................. 17 Clubhouse and Bistro .................................. 45 Coaching ............................................... 19 Weddings, Functions & Joining Our Club ................................. 21 Special Occasions ......................................... 47 Benefits of Membership ....................25 McLeod Country Golf Club and Premier wish to thank the advertisers who appear in this publication for their support Golf Days & More Corporate and wish them every business success. The contents of this brochure are believed to be correct at the time of printing, Members’ Golf & Opportunities ................................................ 49 nevertheless, we cannot endorse and readers should not rely solely upon the accuracy of any statements or claims McLeod Golfing Groups .................... 29 How to Find Us ............................................. 51 contained herein without prior consultation with the service provider. Photography by: www.adella.potography | [email protected] | +61 423 704 745 PREMIER PUBLISHING T 03 9521 7994 14 Ellis St E [email protected] South Yarra VIC 3141 W www.premierpublishing.com.au Welcome to McLeod Golf Club McLeod Country Golf Club, established in 1968, operates as a not-for-profit organisation with golfing and social facilities open to club members and the general public. The club is located at the foothills of Mt Ommaney, McLeod is a family club with a relaxed, friendly atmosphere and approximately 15 minutes’ drive south-west of Brisbane. a passion for good golf. Membership is available to both men McLeod offers a quality golf experience, hosting 60 acres of and women and is affordable, with a number of easy payment undulating greens, fairways and natural parkland vistas. options. The club’s facilities include a magnificent 18-hole golf course The Golf Shop is well stocked with the latest fashionable and accompanying practice facilities. It is proud to be the home apparel and golf accessories. A coaching academy with golfing of the annual Brisbane Invitational, a prestigious ALPG Pro Am professionals offers juniors’ clinics, members’ group clinics, a event. beginners’ club and individual private lessons. The clubhouse experience is equally memorable, whether you The club is ideally equipped to host any type of golf day, with are a member, potential member or visitor. Sample the delights dedicated staff and excellent caterers handling all your details Whatever the reason of a tasty meal or snack in the Bistro, which is open for lunch to ensure a successful event. seven days a week and for Friday night dining. for your visit, the friendly You don’t have to be a golfer to enjoy the facilities and The clubhouse has dedicated function facilities for weddings, camaraderie of the club. McLeod Country Golf Club is about conferences and seminars and group meetings, supported bringing people together in a fun, enjoyable and relaxing members and dedicated staff by a bar and range of catering services to accommodate any atmosphere. function, small or large in size. look forward to welcoming you. 4 5 About the Club and its History McLeod Country Golf Club is commonly referred to as the “Women’s Club” as it is administered by women. However, the club is open to both men and women golfers. The women golfers are the members and the men are the associates and referred to as Fellow Members. The Board of Directors consists of seven women. The Fellow Members’ committee organises and manages its It was made known to Miss Hilda Reid and Miss Kathleen own competitions and two committee members represent the Atherton that Centenary Estates were offering land for the Fellow Members at Board Meetings. development of a golf course. They subsequently met with Mr Peter Lightfoot, General Manager of Centenary Estates. Several It all started in the mid-1960s when Brisbane’s women golfers, meetings with some highly respected professionals in golf and tired of access restriction, fought to have a golf course of their business took place. Many of these professionals had opinions own so they too could play golf at weekends and have control for and against the plans to form a golf club to be administered over the circumstance under which they played. by women. However, McLeod Country Golf Club soon became The spark for what was a revolutionary idea in the male- a reality. dominated era of the time came in November 1966. On 20 September 1968 Kathleen accepted the duly signed The Ashgrove Golf Club Associates had just completed their agreement between Centenary Estates and The McLeod Saturday round of golf and proceeded to the Associates’ Country Golf Club. If the buyers built the course, the purchase Annexe to partake of a refreshing drink only to find that the price for the land was $1, a ceremonial sum that Peter Lightfoot area now contained a billiard table and was being used by duly handed back to the committee. That one dollar note is now the Members. Ideas of a women’s golf club had been bandied displayed in the foyer of the clubhouse. around since 1963 and this event served to increase the interest in ascertaining if such an action was feasible. 7 Dr. Clive Boyce O.B.E. of Gailes Golf Club, an amateur golf course architect of some renown, having designed courses both in Australia and overseas, was approached with regard to designing the course for the new club. Dr. Boyce gave freely of his time and expertise, at no cost to the club, and the fine course that exists today will forever remain a tribute to him. The initial nine-hole course was opened on 18th September, 1971 and the second nine holes on 25th March the following year. The name McLeod was used to honour Miss Gertrude McLeod who had devoted her life to promoting women’s golf in Queensland. She was President of the Queensland Ladies Golf Union for 30 years and President of the Australian Ladies Golf Union for five years. The seed was sown and the growth of the club meant some very hard work needed to be undertaken to make this venture a success. The membership base increased and there was always someone willing and able to take on a land clearing task or fund raising venture. Some of their fund raising exercises were truly novel and unheard of in today’s society. The Founding Members and many of their spouses are held in high regard by all members. The Founding Members are honoured at the club’s Anniversary Day and Founders Day celebrations. On Founders Day, those who are able play in the Wednesday competition and along with other “Founders” are then acknowledged at a lunch with other members on the day. This tradition is one of the major events of the club. 9 The Course McLeod Country Golf Club enjoys a delightful traditional parkland course that all categories and standards of golfer will enjoy playing, the great design and multiple teeing positions presenting the opportunity for players of all abilities to truly test their game. With gently sloping terrain, plenty of trees and water on the guaranteed more than your fair share of birdies! majority of holes, it all adds up to a great test of golf. The birdlife is simply prolific, with the course providing a home The course is a 5,880-metre par-71 test for men, with five par- to a large flock of Little Corellas, Sulphur Crested Cockatoos, 3s and four par-5s. Women play an equally enthralling layout Wood Ducks, Ibis both local and New Zealand migrating, measuring 5,495 metres from the back black markers, or 5,347 Masked Lapwing (spur winged plovers or masked plovers), metres from the red tees, both with pars of 74. Crows, Willy Wagtails, Australian Magpie, Magpie Lark, Kookaburras, Little Black Cormorants, Rainbow Lorikeets, One of the nice things about McLeod Country Golf Club is the occasional Swans, Noisy Miner, Eurasian Coots, Gallahs, variety of the holes with no two looking or playing the same. Australasian Darter, Pied Butcher Bird, Purple Swamphens, Most players use nearly all of the clubs in the bag, which is Pheasant Coucal, Eastern Great Egrets, White Faced Herons, always the sign of a good course. Crested Pigeons, Dusky Moorhens and we are the seasonal McLeod is a great layout and golfers coming here for the first home to migrating Pelicans. time can’t fail to enjoy it. It’s not just the golf you play that will Have a chat with the club’s resident Apostlebirds who will Seriously, when you come to make the day memorable, but the creatures you will likely meet delight you with their antics as they come to visit you looking on the way round! and Tortoises. Platypus have also been seen on occasion. for a handout. There is also a large dove population that use the The ecosystem of the creeks would not be complete without McLeod Country Golf Club, McLeod Country Golf Club is set around the winding Mount silo as their home base next to the 2nd tee. the regular sightings of reptiles! Water Lizards can be found Ommaney Creek. The water course is a haven to many animals The 15th hole is a refuge for two species of flying fox, the particularly on the 6th tee and 7th tee around the Oasis. you won’t know whether to take and birdlife and the wildlife here is amazing for a metropolitan black and grey fruit bat. From time to time the course is also golf course. Snakes are found in the long grass of all waterways so beware the migratory home of thousands (hundreds of thousands) of when searching for a lost ball as they include the Eastern out your golf clubs or your The largest animals seen on the course are deer from a former Little Red Flying Foxes who make the journey from far north Brown, Red Belly Black and Taipan varieties.