Official Club Brochure | 2017
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OFFICIAL CLUB BROCHURE | 2017 Welcome to ����������������������������������������������������� 4 Coaching and Game Improvement ������������������� 23 Reciprocal Clubs��������������������������������������������� 35 Functions and Special Events ��������������������������� 45 A Brief History ��������������������������������������������������� 7 How to Join ���������������������������������������������������� 24 Juniors ����������������������������������������������������������� 37 How to Find Us ����������������������������������������������� 49 The Course ����������������������������������������������������� 12 Member Benefits ��������������������������������������������� 29 Visitors and Social Golf ����������������������������������� 39 Contact information ���������������������������������������� 50 Course Tour ���������������������������������������������������� 15 Members’ Golf ������������������������������������������������ 30 The Bathurst Golf Challenge ���������������������������� 41 Pro Shop �������������������������������������������������������� 21 Special Golf Events ����������������������������������������� 33 Clubhouse and Bistro �������������������������������������� 43 PREMIER PUBLISHING 14 Ellis St Bathurst Golf Club and Premier wish to thank the advertisers who appear in this publication for their support and wish them every business South Yarra VIC 3141 success. The contents of this brochure are believed to be correct at the time of printing, nevertheless, we cannot endorse and readers should T 03 9521 7994 not rely solely upon the accuracy of any statements or claims contained herein without prior consultation with the service provider. E [email protected] Photography by: Bathurst Golf club W www.premierpublishing.com.au WELCOME to BATHURST GOLF CLUB “ The foundation date of the Bathurst Golf Club was 1894.” Surrounded by an oasis of green and enjoying views practice facilities on site enable the aspiring golfer to Fine food, great service and good company can be Bathurst Golf Club is the third-oldest to the Blue Mountains, ours is a delightful location in become as good a player as their talent, determination enjoyed in the clubhouse, offering the comforts of which to enjoy a round of golf� and time permits� home and a great place to catch up with friends and club in New South Wales, with a enjoy a drink or a delicious value meal in the Birdie and Our 18-hole championship course has played host to Juniors are positively encouraged and can dream of Eagle Bistro� rich history dating back to 1894. the New South Wales Open and is regarded as one of following in the footsteps of Bathurst legends Peter inland NSW’s finest courses� The picturesque, tree- O’Malley and Gavin Coles� Bathurst Golf Club caters for functions of all kinds, from lined layout offers an invigorating test to players of birthday celebrations and weddings to meetings and The club boasts a full calendar of events for all abilities, thrilling lifelong members and first-time conferences� members and stages several prestigious annual open visitors in equal measure� competitions such as the Bathurst Open Vardon event There are many reasons you should come and see us, Our well-stocked Pro Shop can take care of all for men� but right at the top is the promise of the warmest of your golfing needs� Dedicated PGA-qualified Golf welcomes� We look forward to seeing you soon� Professionals providing coaching and accompanying 4 bathurstgolf�com�au bathurstgolf�com�au 5 A BRIEF HISTORY Bathurst Golf Club is the third oldest golf club in the state of New South Wales. The club was formed in 1894, after the Australian Open famed duo of The Australian in 1882 and Royal Sydney in 1893. The present Bathurst Golf Club course was developed In 1941, Bathurst held its first Professional Open event in 1934 and cut out of native bushland on the western with a purse of £26/10, with Eric Cremin, already a outskirts of the Bathurst township� double Australian PGA champion, winning the event� While Bathurst may be located well inland from Bathurst staged the 1950 New South Wales Close Australia’s largest city of Sydney, its fame has managed Championship, won again by Cremin, with 1934 to attract major golf championships and also visiting Australian Open winner Billy Bolger finishing runner-up� Major champions� In 1951 the club accepted an offer from Australia’s Bathurst Golf Club has produced its own champions, too, first-ever Major Champion Jim Ferrier (1947 US PGA and has a proud history in nurturing local talent, with Championship) to play an exhibition match� Later that Peter O’Malley and Gavin Coles progressing from club year Ferrier returned, this time accompanied by then juniors to perform superbly on the world golfing stage� Open Champion Max Faulkner and Dai Rees, who would finish runner-up in four Open Championships and go on to captain five GB & Ireland Ryder Cup sides� 6 bathurstgolf�com�au bathurstgolf�com�au 7 The appearance of so many of the then leading players in the world resulted in a visit in 1953 by The 1960 Centenary Open Champion Kel Nagle played the course frequently in the sixties and seventies as Argentinean great Roberto de Vincenzo who would capture the 1967 Open Championship, but also an honorary member, visiting Bathurst because of his lose the 1968 Masters in bizarre circumstances. De Vincenzo blazed around Bathurst in just 63 strokes. interest in the trotting industry which has a strong presence in the district� In turn, the interest De Vincenzo’s visit generated Championships, and been runner-up to Peter Thomson In 1990 Bathurst hosted the Australasian Tour’s New resulted in the club hosting champion South African in the 1954 Open Championship� Locke would secure South Wales Open Championship, won by Ken Trimble, Bobby Locke and legendary Australian Norman von a fourth Open with his three-shot win over Thomson in also a former European Tour player� Bathurst’s own Peter Nida in 1955, when they played an exhibition match in 1957 at St� Andrews� O’Malley was a proud runner-up� Remarkably Kel Nagle, the company of local champions Don Payne and New Of interest, it was Locke who coined the phrase: “You aged 70 at the time, made the cut in this tournament, South Wales Country champion, Stuart Robinson� drive for show and putt for dough”� He was true to his but understandably faded in the latter rounds� At the time Locke was one of the greats of the game, word that day, shooting a 68 to Von Nida’s 73� Bathurst also has hosted a number of New South Wales having captured the 1949, 1950 and 1952 Open Country Championships� 8 bathurstgolf�com�au bathurstgolf�com�au 9 The club proudly boasts two members who have gone on in recent times to make their mark on the international golf scene. Three times club champion Peter O’Malley, the son of Gavin shot an astounding 11-under-par 60, which 12 times club champion Don O’Malley, enjoyed a very included a bogey on the last hole! distinguished career on the European Tour� He won It is interesting to note that both O’Malley and Coles three events including the 1992 Bell’s Scottish Open regularly ranked at or near the top of their respective where he played the final five holes of the Kings Course tours in driving accuracy, possibly a result of their at Gleneagles in seven-under-par for a 62 to deny home formative years on the Bathurst course where driving favourite Colin Montgomerie� accuracy is paramount� Gavin Coles, also three times Bathurst club champion, With grateful thanks to John Payne, who sourced much boasts five career wins on the Web�com Tour (formerly of the information about the club’s history from Frank the Nationwide Tour) in the USA. Farrugia’s History of the Bathurst Golf Club: Our First He has also enjoyed some success closer to home� 100 Years� Playing in the Sunday Competition in December 2012 10 bathurstgolf�com�au bathurstgolf�com�au 11 THE COURSE Bathurst Golf Club is home to a magnificent 18-golf course that has hosted numerous championships including the 1990 New South Wales Open. Off the blue men’s tees the course measures 6,065 grass� If you want to shoot a good score, choose a club The course was a favourite of Australian golfing legend If your golf clubs should misbehave, don’t forget our metres and plays to a par 71, with two par-5s and two from the tee that you can consistently hit straight� Kel Nagle, 1960 Open Champion and an inductee highly regarded Golf Professionals are available to help par-3s on the outward nine and one par-5 and two into the World Golf Hall of Fame� Kel was asked to you make a few correctional adjustments of your own The layout rewards those with skill and imagination and par-3s coming home� Ladies enjoy an equally enjoyable write a tribute for the club’s 1994 Centenary Book and to get your golf shots back on the straight and narrow! calls on the golfer to use their full repertoire of shots� par-72 5,239-metre layout from the red tees, benefitting said: “I consider the Bathurst Golf Course one of the Enjoy the golfing challenge and, as you sit down from an extra stroke on the 10th, one of the tougher The course has always been highly regarded best country courses you could wish to play on� It is enjoying that first cold one after your round, start par-4s on the course for the men� and it invariably looks a picture, the immaculate undulating and presents a nice challenge to all golfers planning when you can come back and see us again� presentation a tribute to the painstaking work of our of every grade, while the view from the 15th tee and