Kooyonga Golf Club

Kooyonga Golf Club is a private golf club in Australia, located in South Australia at Lockleys, a suburb west of Adelaide. Members entry is off May Terrace, Brooklyn Park.

Kooyonga Golf Club
Club information
Location in Australia
Coordinates34.928°S 138.533°E / -34.928; 138.533
LocationLockleys, South Australia, Australia
Established1923
TypePrivate
Total holes18
Tournaments hostedAustralian Open
Websitekooyongagolf.com.au
Designed byH.C. Rymill
Par72
Length6,308 m (6,899 yd)

Work on the course started in 1922 and the first nine holes opened on 19 May 1923.[1][2] In August, the course hosted a country championship, for players from outside Adelaide, won by Mr. Haehrmann from Ambleside.[3] The same month the Australian Open was played at Royal Adelaide and the opportunity was taken to organise a 36-hole professional event at the club, on the day after the open. Arthur Ham won the event with a score of 161, a stroke ahead of Arthur Le Fevre.[4] the course was extended to 18 holes in 1924.

Kooyonga has hosted six Australian Opens (five men's and one women's), twenty South Australian Opens and two Australian Amateur Championships.

The worlds greatest golfers (including the "Big Three" Palmer, Nicklaus and Player) have played at Kooyonga over its proud history;

  • The Black Knight Gary Player has won two Australian Opens there and in 1965, the Golden Bear, Jack Nicklaus was runner up to Player in the Australian Open at Kooyonga.
  • In 1961 American Golf Great, The King Arnold Palmer defeated Gary Player by 4 strokes at Kooyonga[5]
  • The Great White Shark, Greg Norman has played at Kooyonga on a number of occasions, winning the South Australian Open there twice[6] Greg Norman regarded winning the 1996 South Australian Open at Kooyonga as particularly important for him [7]
  • Five times British Open winner Peter Thomson won the Australian Open at Kooyonga in 1972.

The golf course also has a history of high profile members, including Sir Donald Bradman,[8] Australian Test Cricket player and media personality Greg Blewett,[9] Tennis legend Mark Woodforde, Cricket legend Rod Marsh and State Footballer Andrew Payze among other captains of South Australian and Australian Industry [10]

The Women's Australian Open was scheduled to return to Kooyonga in February 2022, however Covid travel restrictions have caused that event to be cancelled for the year. [11]

Kooyonga Golf Course, albeit exclusive is noted as a significant attraction for interstate and international visitors by the South Australian Government Tourism Commission [12]

Kooyonga Golf Club main entry for members.

Tournaments hosted

References
  1. "New golf course". The Mail (Adelaide). 11 (523). South Australia. 20 May 1922. p. 5. Retrieved 9 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Kooyonga golf club, Lockleys". The Observer (Adelaide). LXXX (5964). South Australia. 19 May 1923. p. 18. Retrieved 9 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "The country championship". The Chronicle (Adelaide). LXVI (3491). South Australia. 18 August 1923. p. 26. Retrieved 9 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Play at Kooyonga". The Register (Adelaide). LXXXVIII (25786). South Australia. 20 August 1923. p. 9. Retrieved 8 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Palmer in Four Stroke Win". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  6. "Tournament Victories". Greg Norman - The Shark. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  7. Norman, Greg (2006). The Way of the Shark. Australia: Random House Australia. p. 298.
  8. Walsh, Scott (27 February 2011). "Memories of My Golfing Mate Don". The Sunday Mail (SA).
  9. Ashenden, Paul (27 November 2021). "My Saturday Ritual - Greg Blewett". The Advertiser - SA Weekend. p. Page 20.
  10. "Kooyonga Golf Club Member Directory". Kooyonga Golf Club. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  11. "Two National Opens Cancelled". 14 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  12. "Attractions - South Australian Tourism Commission". SouthAustralia.com. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  13. "Professional Title To Kel. Nagle". The Canberra Times. 33 (9577). 5 September 1958. p. 24. Retrieved 16 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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