About the Social Golf Club Championships
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The Social Golf Club Championships (SGCCs) of Australia are a network of official National and State golf championships developed, operated and owned by event manager Social Golf Australia (SGA). The events are supported by Golf Australia and the relevant amateur governing golf bodies in each State. Each event is a stand-alone championship; however, the individual members of the winning teams in the State Championships will each receive preferential and discounted entry into the following year's Australian Championships held annually on the Gold Coast. |
The Australian Championships (ASGCC)
Founded in 2005 at Palm Meadows on the Gold Coast, the ASGCC attracts social golfers from around Australia every August to compete for the national title. The event is supported by Golf Australia and features individual awards for grade winners and a four-player team event playing stableford aggregate to determine which social club becomes the national champions. In 2007, Event HQ took over management of the event and from 2009, SGA will manage the event in partnership with Event HQ and Palm Meadows. The 2009 ASGCC was played from August 23 - 26 at Lakelands, Robina Woods and Palm Meadows with accommodation available in the Championship Package at the Radisson Resort Gold Coast. The 2010 event will be held from August 22 - 25.
Australian SGC Champions
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2005 |
Robina Tavern |
Brett Robinson |
Jon Palk |
Tony Ferguson |
Lyle Rixon |
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2006 |
QLD Buffalos |
David Twaddell |
Jack Zydbel |
Ladislao Rodrigo |
Simon Condor |
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2007 |
QLD Buffalos |
David Twaddell |
Jack Zydbel |
Ladislao Rodrigo |
Simon Condor |
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2008 |
SP SGC |
Steve Plunkett |
Mark Mahaffy |
Stive Cattapan |
Phillip Cave |
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2009 |
SP SGC |
Steve Plunkett |
Mark Mahaffy |
Stive Cattapan |
Phillip Cave |
The Victorian Championships (VSGCC)
The VSGCC is supported by Golf Australia, the Victorian Golf Association (VGA) and Women's Golf Victoria (WGV) as an official State Championship. The competition is single stableford and between teams of two representing their social golf club playing stableford rounds and aggregating the individual stableford scores to make the team total. Regional qualifiers are played throughout the year and the leading teams from each qualifying round win a place to be one of the 60 teams in the final competing for the honour to call their social golf club the official State Champion. Players are required to have a current official Australian handicap to compete and the event. The individual members of the State Championship team each receive a $500 discount on their entry into the following year's Australian Championships.
In the qualifying rounds and the final, each social golf club team plays with a pair from another club. Cards are marked by the players from the other team in the group. All scores are entered on GOLF Link and count towards players' official handicaps. There is no division between male and female competitors. Teams compete representing their social golf clubs with no limits on the gender composition of the teams: all male, all female and mixed teams are welcome to participate.
Click here to go to the VSGCC website.
The Queensland Championships (QSGCC)
The Queensland Championships operate with the same format as above. The event is supported by both Golf Australia and Golf Queensland and is an official State Title. The individual members of the State Championship team each receive a $500 discount on their entry into the following year's Australian Championships. A one-day Championship in its inaugural year in 2009, from 2010, the QSGCC will expand using the Victorian model with qualifying rounds and a final.
Click here to go to the QSGCC website.
The New South Wales Championships (NSW SGCC)
In 2009, the inaugural New South Wales Championships were held as a one-day event on Sunday November 29th at Riverside Oaks Golf Course. The event is supported by Golf Australia and we are currently in discussions with the NSW Golf Association and Women's Golf NSW to seek their support. The individual members of the 2009 State Championship team each received a $500 discount on their entry into the 2010 Australian Championships. From 2010, we plan to expand the event using the Victorian model with qualifying rounds and a final.
Click here to go to the NSW SGCC website.
National Event Partners
Inside Golf magazine is our major media partner and kindly offers a free 12 month subscription to the magazine to every club that enters.
bwired online solutions are our technology partners supplying the online infrastructure to drive all our websites.
Bushranger Golf (BRG) is a national online social golf club and a GAA golf handicap provider around Australia. BRG was founded by SGA owner Matthew Pitt and is able to help people interested in playing in the championships to obtain an official GAA affiliate golf handicap. To find out more, go to the Golf Handicap page at BRG.
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