Pennant Hills Golf Club

The Pennant Hills Golf Club is a golf club in Beecroft, New South Wales, Australia, a suburb of Sydney. Founded in 1923, it is a 5925 metres Par 71 eighteen hole championship course. It has hosted many amateur events including the NSW Men's and NSW Ladies Amateur Championships. In 1925 the original clubhouse[1] was designed by Thomas Pollard Sampson, a playing member of the club, and he extended the building in 1929[2] and again in 1939.[3]

Pennant Hills Golf Club
Club information
LocationCnr Copeland Road and Burns Road Beecroft
Established1923
TypePrivate
Total holes18

History

The Club was incorporated on 26 February 1923 when it completed the purchase of an area of land of 97 acres, 1 rood and 24 ½ perches, paying £4750 to Mr J.W Meader for the land previously secured by Robert Vicars [4]

An initial course layout in 1923 was for 9 holes on the western end which had previously been cleared for farming and cultivation. [5]The remainder of the course was covered with hundreds of trees and stumps, water holes and rock shelves which required removal before an 18 hole course could be completed.[6]

The course was extended to an 18 hole course over the next year following advice provided by Professional Golfer, Tom Howard,the then holder of the Australian Open, NSW and Australian PGA Titles, He was paid a fee of £1/1- [7]

The first 18 hole layout was played in March 1924 [8] Over subsequent years, the layout was changed until a final layout in 1934 which opened on 17 March 1934.[9]

Pennant Hills Golf Clubhouse and 9th hole




References<
  1. "GOLFER ASTONISHES". The Referee. No. 1983. New South Wales, Australia. 11 March 1925. p. 16. Retrieved 13 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "BARBARA LISTENS IN". The Daily Telegraph. No. 131. New South Wales, Australia. 27 October 1929. p. 30. Retrieved 13 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "MODERN LIGHT FITTINGS AT PENNANT HILLS GOLF CLUB HOUSE", Decoration and glass, 5 (, 2): 54, 1 July 1939, retrieved 13 June 2019
  4. Letter to shareholders  Pennant Hills Golf Club Limited 23 April 1923.
  5. Hyde, Ernest (1959). The Story of the Pennant Hills GOlf CLub 1922-1959. Sydnetm NSW Australia: Halstead Press, Sydney. p. 14.
  6. Hyde, Ernest (1959). The story of the Pennant Hills Golf Club 1922-1959. Sydney NSW Australia: Halstead Press. p. 14.
  7. Minutes of Board 16 August 1923
  8. Golf in Austraila (17 April 1924). "Pennant Hills District Golf Club - One of Sydney;s New Courses". Golf in Australia. p. 17.
  9. The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW: 1842-1954) (9 March 1934). "New Layout , Official Opening at Pennant Hills". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 13.


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