EP.72 Aussie Golf History - Dan Soutar's Sky High Design

Dan Soutar was one of the founding fathers of golf in Australia.
Emigrating to Australia in 1903 from Scotland, Soutar quickly
established himself as one of the best golfers in the country and
it wasn't long before he also turned his hand to golf course
design for a number of clubs on the east coast of the country.


This story is a golf course/club biography of sorts and is
centred around one of the golf courses that Soutar designed in
the early 1900's, talking about its life from inception all the
way through to today. I look into how the golf course and golf
club began and its rise in the early days of the game becoming
popular in Australia.


The fairways of this course were graced by some of the most
famous names in Australian golf from the early 1900's including
Dan Soutar himself, Joe Kirkwood, Fred Popplewell, Charlie
Campbell, Tom Howard and Eric Apperly.


Come with me on this nostalgic trip as we begin at a time when
people used to travel by steam train and a big tee shot went 180
yards!





People and places mentioned in this podcast:


EP.11 Aussie Golf History - Dan Soutar


EP.20 Aussie Golf History - Ernest Banks


Dan Soutar


Joe Kirkwood


Fred Popplewell


PGA of Australia


Nick Farr-Jones


Edwina Kennedy


Royal Adelaide Golf Club


Manly Golf Club


Concord Golf Club


The Australian Golf Club


Mudgee Golf Club


Christchurch Golf Club


Leura Golf Club


Wentworth Falls Country Club


Blackheath Golf Club


Bonville Golf Resort


Tallwoods Country Club


Dame Nellie Melba


Nelly Melba & The Daffodil Farmer