Ashgrove Golf Club
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Those were the days when ex dairy farm cow bails served as the Clubhouse, when caddies could be hired for a shilling and sixpence and the maximum prized asset of the Club was one horse. One of the Club’s boundaries is Waterworks road, which was and tranquil is the singular main access to The Gap from the city center. In premature settlement days it was part of the main road to Ipswich. Waterworks road meandered its way through The Gap to Brookfield and on to Ipswich. There was a quarry in Bennett road which supplied the granite for the University of Queensland buildings. This was quite unusual as Mark Winston had never hit a golf ball. His wife’s cousin, a golfer, agreed with the idea and walked the area to prove it was a possibility. Here it was decided to call a further meeting, at which the Club was formed. The labor was carried out by horse and lough and difficult labor. Granite boulders were blown out and buried. All metropolitan clubs were represented at the opening, the President of Ashgrove Golf Club (Mr Bruce Shearer) said that he was hopeful that the enthusiasm of the committee would carry the Club to success. The Chairman of the Queensland Golf Council said that golf was making great progress, he then drove the beginning ball off the tee and was presented with a silver tee as a memento. Lyons from Gaines won the four ball competition. The clever dwelling on the course was owned by William Henry Pate and was named Aylesbury Villa after the home in Buckingham shire England where the family came from. This worn farm house was being sold in Bayes road was bought and moved to the site. The bails, barn and cream house of the creative residence were demolished and further modifications were made to turn the house into a Clubhouse. The used lounge room of the residence was old as the Members lounge for many years. Major alterations and additions were made in 1976 and maximum of the clever dairy farm house quiet existent was demolished during this time. Real excitement was evident around the Clubhouse when it became know that the committee had entered into negotiations for the purchased of land to the west of the course. However the cost of getting the land rezoned proved prohibitive. Fortunately council land to the east of Bennett road was made available to the Club in 1984.