Golf Queensland

Queensland Governor, Sir Leslie Orme Wilson, playing golf, 1932

Golf Queensland is the organisation responsible for the governance, delivery and direction of golf in Queensland, Australia.[1]

## History

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The first golf known to be played in Queensland involved Francis Ivory (Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Burnett from 1873 to 1878) and his brother Alexander Ivory, who laid out a few holes on their Eidsvold pastoral station in the 1880s.[2][3][4]

The first golf club formed in Queensland was the North Queensland Golf Club which was established on 2 August 1893 at Kissing Point in North Ward, Townsville, but was renamed the Townsville Golf Club in 1894.[5] The next were Toowoomba Golf Club in August 1896 and a few months later Brisbane Golf Club in November 1896. Other clubs quickly followed: Ipswich in 1897; Bundaberg, Rockhampton and Victoria Park (in Brisbane) in 1898, and Gladstone in 1899.[3]

The Queensland Golf Union was formed in 1914.[3] Golf Queensland was established in July 2007 from the merger of Queensland Golf Union and Women's Golf Queensland.[6]

## See also

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* Queensland portal

* Sport in Queensland

## References

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1. ^ "State associations & foundations". Golf Australia. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
2. ^ "Eidsvold". Heritage Australia. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
3. ^ a b c Richter, Bruce S (1999), Links with the past : history of the Queensland Golf Union 1914–1998, Queensland Golf Union, ISBN 978-0-646-37535-9
4. ^ "EIDSVOLD STATION". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 28 May 1932. p. 7. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
5. ^ "The Club". Townsville Golf Club. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
6. ^ "Golf Queensland History". Golf Queensland. Archived from the original on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.

## External links

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* Electric Golf Cart