Pacific Golf Club is one of Brisbane’s premier Golf Clubs, being a host to numerous State and National events over the past 60 years. Nestled into the hills on the western side of Carindale we are only 15 minutes drive from the city, and 10 minutes from Brisbane Airport, yet we can provide a beautiful natural setting and peaceful escape from the rush of the outside world; an ideal setting to unwind, hold that special function or corporate event.
The course has been rated in the top 50 public access courses in Australia, reflecting our peaceful natural setting and the quality of the course itself.
Pacific Golf Club has had two homes – one at Mt Gravatt and the other Carindale, in the Brisbane Southside suburbia.
It’s first course, bordered by Kessels Road and Logan Road – opposite where Garden City Shopping Centre has been built – was opened officially on April 3, 1937.
The Present Course, in Pine Mountain Road - which runs off Creek Road - was opened officially on February 29, 1964. The original site became a fully developed housing estate but, with streets named after noted players, it still has a link with the great game of golf.
From humble beginnings……
The “old Pacific” was the brainchild of J. L. (Leo) Mc Intyre (Mac) and the transformation of wooded acres into a properly laid out nine holes with grass greens was virtually a one-man effort and a monument to Mac himself. In those earliest days he did practically everything……the mowing, greenkeeping, the business operations, bartending, the secretarial job, most of the golf organizing, and still found time to be Club Champion.
Leo Mc Intyre had come to Brisbane from New South Wales and imbued with the challenge and possible rewards of establishing a golf course, he had looked around and finally negotiated the purchase of Kessels Road land with its old cottage. In getting the project off the ground he had the untiring support of Mrs. Maisie Derrick – she was to become the club hostess, culinary supervisor and playing Captain.
Decision to form the Club was reached at a meeting at the Hotel Brisbane, friends, friends' friends, local business people, residents of surrounding areas, local business people; and other contacts; the course was opened officially on April 3, 1937. In Pacific's early days there were deprecators who referred to it as the "Cinderella" Club and as a "goat track", they had to eat their words.
Maybe it was far behind established courses, but every course had to start somewhere. The war years did not help; membership fell off and funds were scarce, so there were no big sums for course improvements.
The rewards came later with golfing boom of the early sixties. Pacific has really come of age. Today it is a solid club with a recognized course and a large membership including social membership.
It prides itself on the friendly spirit that exists, and on the keenness and devotion of its executive officers (members and associates), the general manager, professionals, staff of all departments, restaurant staff, and other members who voluntarily give their time to fostering the juniors and helping with improvements to the course and clubhouse surrounds.
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