EP.93 Aussie Golf History - Killara Golf Club Part 1

Killara Golf Club is celebrating 125 years in 2024!





As one of the oldest golf clubs in Australia, Killara began its
life in 1899 as Lindfield Golf Club and was also located on a
different site than it is today. Only some details are known of
the golf club's earliest history and I have set out to try and
find some of those missing pieces during this podcast project.





Working with Killara Golf Club on this project, some of what we
have been able to discover includes the previously unknown first
designers of the original Killara golf course, the beginning of
the golf career of one of Australia's greatest ever amateur
players, and never before heard details of Dr Alister MacKenzie's
course report from 1926.





Add to all of this, I along with you the audience, hear about the
evolution of Killara's unique golf course through the various
architects that have been involved, learn a bit about the early
history of golf in Sydney, and get a broad understanding of just
where Killara Golf Club sits within the golf landscape of Sydney.





Come and join me on this two part podcast journey as I deep dive
and tell the amazing and previously unknown story of just what
makes Killara Golf Club not only one of Sydney's greatest golf
treasures, but also one of Australia's!





You hit 'em clean and we'll keep 'em green!





People and places mentioned in this podcast:


Killara Golf Club


Royal Sydney Golf Club


The Australian Golf Club


Newcastle Golf Club


Bondi Golf & Diggers Club


Avondale Golf Club


Carnegie Clark


Dan Soutar


Dr Alister MacKenzie