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