History

Rossdale Golf Club Limited Est. 1949

Rossdale Golf Club was established in June 1949, but the course itself dates back to the early 1920's when Ivo Whitten designed the layout, adjacent to the Aspendale Race Track. The course opened as a private golf club known as the Australasian Golf Club in 1928, but owing to financial problems caused by the depression, the club was dissolved with the course becoming public.

In 1948, negotiations began between a small group of regular players and the owner of the land Rupert Vernon Hicks Ross and on the 6^th of June 1949, Rossdale Golf Club Limited was born.

With any new club there were teething problems with both course and clubhouse. The course required major works to fairways and greens and with a lack of quality water available in the area so the club's first curator Bill Barlow reversed the layout to maximize the use of the natural flora. The clubhouse was the original homestead on the property which has been developed and added to throughout the club's history.

Rossdale Golf Club has a rich tradition of breeding junior golfers culminating in the success of Bradley Hughes who has twice won the Australian Masters. The club also twice hosted the Australian PGA Championship in the 1960's.

Ensuring the survival of Rossdale Golf Club's course has been a major strategic plan over the past ten years. The club proudly boasts over 30 megalitres of water storage above ground and 10 megalitres storage below ground within an aquifer. All water is captured storm water thus fulfilling the club's commitment to water conservation.

Over the years Rossdale Golf Club has had a number of ups and downs, but the fierce determination of its members to keep Rossdale at its current location has seen the club flourish to become one of Melbourne's premier golfing destinations and most of all "Melbourne's Friendliest Golf Club"