NUDGEE GOLF CLUB BRISBANE • QUEENSLAND
With a Centenary year fast approaching, Brisbane’s Nudgee Golf Club is on the cusp of completing what is arguably the most exciting project in their long history.
Situated across Kedron Brook to the north of Brisbane Airport and a short distance from the Morton Bay foreshore, the club was established in 1930 and has been a breeding ground for great players ever since.
Among its host of champions, Nudgee includes the great Norman Von Nida, who appeared in the club’s first pennant winning team in 1931 at the age of 17, and would later turn professional and claim 48 victories worldwide in a tournament playing career spanning three decades. In recent years, the club has watched with pride as member Scott Hend has won on the European Tour three times and claimed 10 Asian Tour titles, as well as representing Australia at the Rio Olympics.
Exciting achievements for a club with such humble beginnings.
The original nine-hole course at Nudgee was laid out by a group of local golfing enthusiasts led by William Childs, a vigneron and
