Q Golf - Official online magazine for Golf Queensland Spring 2012 | Page 24

The Brisbane Golf Club was formed in
November of 1896 and just a month or
so later nine holes was opened for play at
Chelmer about 4 kilometres to the north
and west of the current site.
As Brisbane grew, the constraints on the
Golf Club increased as essentially play
in the early days was across proposed
development sites. In 1904 an eighteen
hole layout designed by Carnegie Clark
was established at nearby Yeerongpilly.
It was one of Clark’s first design projects
in Australia having arrived from his
homeland in Scotland only two years
earlier and set up a base in Sydney as
a travelling representative for a Sydney
sports store. During one of his many visits
through Northern New South Wales and
South East Queensland he consulted on
the creation of the golf course.

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During
World War 2 the
West Course was
taken over by
the army.

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During the great Alistair Mackenzie’s
Australian visit in the mid 1920’s, where
he played such a key role in the creation
of layouts such as Royal Melbourne and
Kingston Heath, he provided design

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consultation on the Brisbane Golf
Club’s layout although very little of his
input other than a bunkering plan was
implemented.
The current clubhouse was built opened
in 1910 after fire had destroyed the
original 1904 building in 1909.
The Club has played a key role in the
formation and growth of Golf Queensland
having staged the inaugural Queensland
Amateur Championship at Chelmer in
1900 and the first Queensland Open
Championship at Yeerongpilly in 1925.
It also played a significant role in the
formation of the Queensland Golf
Association in 1914 and provided several
of the initial delegates and office bearers
for the newly established golfing body.
The Queensland Amateur Championship
was first played at the Brisbane Golf Club
in 1900 and was played there until 1927
when it then alternated with the Royal
Queensland Golf Club until 1950. At that
point Indooroopilly joined the rota of
courses used for the event.
The course played host to the [