Golf South Australia Incorporated (Golf SA) is the State Sporting Organisation that represents the sport of amateur golf in South Australia.
Golf SA represents the golf clubs within South Australia and all amateur golfers who are members of those clubs. It is an affiliate of Golf Australia the National Sporting Organisation for the sport.
Golf SA is a not-for-profit association under the South Australian ‘Associations Incorporation Act 1985.’ The affairs of the Association are managed through a Board and Committees elected by and representing golf clubs and golfers. A full-time Office supports the day-to-day running of the Association.
The future of golf in South Australia and the future of Golf SA are inextricably linked. For over 100 years the South Australian Golf Association Inc (SAGA) and Women’s Golf South Australia Inc (WGSA) provided the steadying influence for the sport. Since 2008 the merged entity, Golf SA, has taken on the responsibility.
CONTACT US
Golf South Australia
North Adelaide Golf Course
Strangways Terrace
North Adelaide
SA 5006
PO Box 423
North Adelaide SA 5006
P: (08) 8267 1353
F: (08) 8267 1437
Email: admin@golfsa.com.au
STAFF CONTACT DETAILS
Chris Luz-Raymond
CEO
chris@golfsa.com.au
Christian Puccini
Communications & Development Manager
christian@golfsa.com.au
Allan Telford
Development Coach
allan@golfsa.com.au
Leah Tattersall
Competitions Manager
leah@golfsa.com.au
Margaretann Burgess
Finance & Administration Manager
accounts@golfsa.com.au
Alicia Smith
Administration & High Performance Coordinator
admin@golfsa.com.au
GOLF SA BOARD MEMBERS
Golf SA Board
Tony Timmins (Chair of Board)
Tony Bourne
Sarah Chia
Josie Gale
Bill Klaebe
John Norman
Susan Seja
HISTORY – SAGA
The following History of the South Australian Golf Association spanning its first Centenary (1904-2004) appeared in the SA Golfer Magazine August 2004 Centenary Edition.
The South Australian Golf Association
By William P Holmesby
Former Vice President & Councillor of SAGA
FORWARD
The story of the origins and workings of the South Australian Golf Association has been written with the assistance of the research of Mr Clarrie Bell and described by him in his History of the North Adelaide Golf Club and of the parallel research of Ms Pauline Saunders in her University Thesis entitled ‘Nota Game but a Way of Life,’ Adelaide 1980.
Access to the Minutes of meetings of the Council and Executive Committee has ensured accuracy of events and I am indebted to Mr Peter Gilchrist, the Editor of the SA Golfer magazine for his format of the story and to Mr Malcolm Hall, first Executive Director for details of his first-hand experience of the acquisition of the Torrensville property.
My personal involvement with some of the events helping with the narrative and I trust that what follows will be of interest to readers.
After the departure back to Britain of the golf’s mentor and originator, Governor Sir James Fergusson, membership of that first club numbered less than 30, all of them Scotsmen. But although obviously individual enthusiasts continued their involvement it was not until the 1890s that there was sufficient interest to encourage them to form clubs and in that decade a number of clubs came into being in the city and country centres.
It then became obvious to a group of responsible city golfers that some form of organisation would be necessary so that all clubs would have guidance in organising their competitions. And this would ensure that there would be a better degree of comparability between clubs.
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