The Auckland Golf Club was founded in February 1894 at the Northern Club. Businessmen, bankers and insurance brokers were among the eighteen founding members who signed a “List of Members” that day.
The first course was at Greenlane opposite the Ellerslie Racecourse on leased land which was conveniently close to the railway line. A course was laid out and a clubhouse built between the station and the 10th hole. As was the custom at the time, holes had names, not numbers: Forest, Gap Bull’s Run and Long Wall. In 1899 the Captain of the Royal Sydney Golf Club declared that the Greenlane course was the best in the Colony. The winner of the first Club Championship was Charles Gillies himself.
Location Address:
Hospital Road
Otahuhu
Auckland 1640
Phone: +64 9 276 6149
Fax: +64 9 276 1529
Email Address:admin@royalaucklandgolfclub.co.nz
Pro Shop Phone: +64 9 276 3722