Otago Golf Club 150 years young
Otago Golf Club 150 years young
Opened in 1871, the Otago Golf Club at Balmacewen in Dunedin is the oldest club in the southern hemisphere. It will celebrate this milestone later in the year.
Recently the club hosted it’s annual match against the Christchurch Golf Club which opened in 1873 and saw the first of 148 fixtures played.
It is an eight-man contest and in the serious stuff Otago won the singles for the Campbell Hosking Shield 5-3 and the foursomes for the Hanmer Shield 14 up.
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The Friendly Shield, for the not so serious 10-man teams, was an Otago victory in singles 7-3 and foursomes 5-0. — By Neville Idour.