2025 Junior Scholarship
For seven years, we've proudly nurtured the growth and development of young golfers through our Junior Scholarship Program. This initiative aims to e…
Happy 130th Birthday
A Perfect Celebration – 130 Years of the Ballarat Golf Club
What an incredible evening! With over 250 members and guests joining us, we came togethe…
2025 Member Handicap Averages
Have you ever sat there wondering where your golf handicap stands compared to all of the others at the club? How do you stack up against players in y…
Term 2 Junior Clinics
The Ballarat Golf Club is proud to offer the highly respected US Kids Golf program for its Junior Development Program, where young golfers will embar…
2025 Junior Pennant Final
2025 Junior Pennant Final – What a Battle!
Our junior pennant team faced off against the MyGolf Girls Squad this morning in an unforgettable final…
2025 Club Championship Results
The 2025 Club Championship finals were held on Sunday, March 2nd, with a great crowd turning out to watch an exciting day of matches. Sean Klain clai…
2024 Long Drive Championship
The 2024 Ballarat Golf Club Long Drive Championship reached an exciting conclusion on Friday, November 22nd. More than 80 competitors across six cate…
Change of Membership System
As per previous emails, next week the Ballarat Golf Club cuts over its membership system to the MiClub membership system, having cut-over to the MiCl…
New Course Indexes
As of Monday the 28th of October the new course indexes will be introduced for all our courses.
These changes are based on the data of 19909 score c…
Junior Scholarship Winners Announced
We are excited to announce this year's Junior Scholarship Winners are Chloe Formosa & Sky Adirekchotukul!
Congratulations! We look forward to wa…
2024 Club Championships Results
The 2024 Ballarat Golf Club Championships wound up on Sunday 3rd of March with great weather and a great number of spectators out watching the finals…
2023 Long Drive Championship Final
On Friday 24th November we found out who is the longest hitter at the Ballarat Golf Club.
Due to really bad weather the event was moved under the fo…
2023 BGC Annual Tournament
The 2023 Ballarat Golf Club Tournament concluded on Sunday 26th November. Over the 8 days of the tournament there were over 900 players taking part i…
Jeff presents at the ASTI Conference
AUSTRALIAN SPORTS TURF INDUSTRY DESCENDS ON ADELAIDE FOR 2023 CONFERENCE, TRADE EXHIBITION
Across four days (19-22 June), more than 1000 delegates…
Women's Div 1 team wins Pennant Title
On Monday 8th May another BDGA Div 1 title was won by the Ballarat Golf Club. Our women took on Hepburn Springs GC at Midlands Golf Club in the 2023…
Men's Div 1 title is back after 17 years
Div 1 Takes the title
At the conclusion of the 2023 BDGA Pennant Season the finals were held at Midlands Golf Club on Sunday 7th May. Our Div 1 boys…
New BGC Directors
The Ballarat Golf Club has recently voted on new directors for the year 2023, and the results are in. David Wallis and John Noone have been chosen as…
Thanks to Big Red
On Friday evening, we farewelled our Head Professional, David Wallis.
We celebrated his 14 years at the Club with a Big Red Friday Night Members Dra…
2023 Club Championships
The 2023 Ballarat Golf Club Championship concluded on Sunday 5th March 2023. A great crowd watched over all of the Men's & Women's finals played…
BGC Rises in Golf Australia Rankings
Ballarat Golf Club has risen 2 positions in the 2023 Golf Australia Magazine "Top 100 Public Access Golf Courses".
Ballarat Golf Club is now ranked…
Head Professional Announcement
The Board of Ballarat Golf Club are delighted to announce the appointment of Angela (Ange) Tatt to the position of Head Professional commencing Monda…
2023 R&A Rule Changes
On 1 January 2023, a series of changes to the Rules of Golf will take effect in all countries around the world.
In addition to a small number of ame…
Ange plays in the Australian Open
A big congratulation to our own Ang Tatt who gained entry into the 2022 Austrlian Open played at Kingston Heath & the Victoria Golf Club.
Dave W…
2022 BGC Tournament Results
2022 BGC Tournament Results
The 2022 111th BGC Annual Tournament wound up on Saturday 26th November with a capacity field for Super Saturday. 9 even…
2022 Victorian Golf Industry Awards
2022 Victorian Golf Industry Awards
The 2022 Victorian Golf Industry Awards Night is being held tonight at the Arts Centre Melbourne.
We are he…
2022 Scholarship Winners
2022 Scholarship Winners
The Ballarat Golf Club is excited to award the 2022 Junior Scholarship to Rex Hodge & Molly Dennis.
Congratulations to…
2022 Men's Handicap Pennant Winners
2022 Men's Handicap Pennant Winners
Congratulations to our Men's Handicap Division team who took out the 2022 title. The handicap team defeated Buni…
2022 BDGA Women's Pennant Winners
2022 BDGA Women's Pennant Winners
Congradulations to our division 2 & 3 Women pennant teams who where winners in the 2022 BDGA midweek pennant s…
2022 Club Championship Winners
2022 Club Championship Winners
The 2022 BGC Club Championships concluded on Sunday 10th April with a great day, warm weather and a plenty of spectat…
Fixing the Corella Problem
Fixing the Corella Problem
As many of your aware that we have had a major issue with Corella's on the course mainly around the 4th green.
Jeff and…
BGC Number 60 in Australia
BGC Number 60 in Australia
The 2022 Golf Course Guide Australia has just notified us that we have been once again placed in the top 100 Public Acces…
Par 3 Championship
Par 3 Championship
The opening event for the 2021 BGC Annual Tournament was played on Sunday 21st November with the New Par 3 Championship being lau…
Massive Storm Hits Course
Massive Storm Hits Course
On Thursday 29th October the club was hit by a massive storm in the early hours of the morning. With wind gust of over 100…
Tom wins Best Graduate of the Year
Tom wins Best Graduate of the Year
The Ballarat Golf Club is thrilled that employee Tom Lyon the 2020-21 Victorian Golf Course Superintendents Assoc…
Covid Safe Plan
Covid Safe Plan
COVID-19 UPDATE - Changes to Golf & Hospitality - 29th October 2021
The State Government has announced that from Friday the 29t…
BGC win BDGA Seniors Pennant
BGC win BDGA Seniors Pennant
Congratulations to our Senior Pennat Team who took out the 2021 BDGA Senior Division.
Our boys finished on top of the…
BGC wins Women Div 1 Pennant
BGC wins Women Div 1 Pennant
Congratulations to our Division 1 Women’s team who took out the 2021 BDG Women Pennant on Monday 10/5/21.
Our Women fi…
2021 Club Championships
2021 Club Championships
The 2021 Club Championships were contested on Sunday April 18th with some great golf and close matches.
Congratulations to…
Ballarat Golf Club 125th Celebration
Ballarat Golf Club 125th Celebration
The Ballarat Golf Club celebrated its 125th year on Sunday 11th April 2021. This is the clubs 126 year but due…
BGC Tom Lyons wins Apprentice of the Year
BGC Tom Lyons wins Apprentice of the Year
Congratulations to Tom Lyon on taking out the VGCSA Golf Turf Apprentice Award
In 2018, Tom joined our t…
BGC number 67 in Australia
BGC number 67 in Australia
Ballarat Golf Club has once again been awarded in the Golf Australia Top 100 Public Access Courses for 2021.
Our course…
2020 Club Championships
2020 Club Championships
The 2020 Ballarat Golf Club Championships concluded on Sunday 8th November.
The finals were played on an amazing day but du…
Brand New Tee Signs Installed
Brand New Tee Signs Installed
Our new tee signs have been installed by our Greens staff during the week. The new signs are wider than the previous v…
Congrats to Jeff, PGA World Photo Day Winner
Congrats to Jeff, PGA World Photo Day Winner
Congratulations to our Superintendent Jeff Powell who yesterday was announced the winner of the PGA of…
Happy Birthday - 125 Years
Happy Birthday - 125 Years
On this day, 125 years ago, the Club was founded at a meeting attended by just two people.
From the minute book records…
2020 ALPG Ballarat Icons Pro Am
2020 ALPG Ballarat Icons Pro Am
Dottie Ardina’s third competition play-off since arriving in Australia, proved a success as she takes out the Ballar…
11th Hole Hazard Changes
11th Hole Hazard Changes
Over the past month the match committee has become aware of conflicting understandings of how to play from the Penalty Area…
2020 Scholarship Winners
2020 Scholarship Winners
The Ballarat Golf Club is thrilled to announce the 2020 Ballarat Golf Club Junior Scholarship winners Gemma Gale and Joel S…
BGC Number 14 in Australia
BGC Number 14 in Australia
We are so thrilled to have been nominated in Golf Australias top 50 favourite courses. Over the past three months, reader…
We celebrate 10 Years
We celebrate 10 Years
Today could not pass without recognition of a most significant event.
It was 10 years ago – on the 19th of November 2009 and…
2019 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Golf Championships
2019 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Golf Championships
69 golfers from all over Australia came to Ballarat Golf Club in the week of…
Para Golfer at BGC
Para Golfer at BGC
Such a great night spent tonight with Nene, Michael and Gary. Thank you all for being our first participants in the Para Golfer w…
2019 Futures Winner
2019 Futures Championship
Futures ends in dramatic 5-hole playoff
The 2019 PGA National Futures Championship has been won in a nail biting finish w…
Trackman Long Drive Event
Trackman Long Drive Event
Today was the first ever Trackman Long Drive Event at the Ballarat Golf Club.
Over 20 golfers competed in 4 categories an…
Huge Big Open Day
Huge Big Open Day
Wow our family day has blown us away again with almost 300 people through the doors and out onto the greens (even on a not so warm…
BGC wins GA Inclusion Award
BGC wins GA Inclusion Award
Friday night the Ballarat Golf Club won the Inclusion Award at the Victorian Golf Industry Awards at the Arts Centre in…
2019 Business Award Nomination
2019 Business Award Nomination
Thrilled to be announced as a finalist today in the 2019 Federation Business School Commerce Ballarat Business Excell…
BGC wins best Golf Club Wedding Venue
BGC wins best Golf Club Wedding Venue
This week Ballarat Golf Club won the Ballarat & Bendigo Brides Choice Award for best Golf Club Wedding Ven…
BGC Women take Div 2 Pennant Final
BGC Women take Div 2 Pennant Final
Ballarat District Golf Incorp Womens Midweek Pennant finals were played on Monday 20th May 2019 at Hepburn Golf C…
Thank a Super Week
Thank a Super Week
This week we want to say a special thank you to our course superintendent Jeff Powell. 34 years in the job here at BGC and Jeff i…
BGC wins 2019 District Handicap Pennant
BGC wins 2019 District Handicap Pennant
Congratulations to the team from BGC who won the handicap division of the 2019 Men's BDGI Pennant competitio…
2019 Club Championships
2019 Club Championships
The 2019 Ballarat Golf Club Championships finals Concluded on Sunday 7th April.
Congratulations to Chris Hinves & Vi…
BGC receives $125,000 for Driving Range Facility
BGC receives $125,000 for Driving Range Facility
The Ballarat Golf Club is thrilled to announce the club has received a $125,000 Community Sport Inf…
2019 ALPG Winner
2019 ALPG Winner
Marianne Skarpnord fired a superb 4-under par 68 in today 's final round of the Ballarat Icons ALPG Pro-am at Ballarat Golf club, t…
Peiying victory at ALPG Qualifying
Peiying victory at ALPG Qualifying
Tsai Peiying emerged as the winner of the inaugural ALPG Qualifying Tournament today at Ballarat Golf Club, after…
2018 Club Championships
2018 Club Championships
The 2018 Ballarat Golf Club Championship concluded on Sunday 4th November.
After 3 rounds of stroke the semin finals and fi…
2018 PGA Futures
2018 PGA Futures
Congratulations to PGA Trainee Ben Stowe from Royal Sydney Golf Club who has won the worlds richest trainee tournament the National…
2018 Open Day
2018 Golf Open Day
On Sunday the 21st of October the Ballarat Golf Club held its award winning Golf Open Day with a great turn out of nearly 400 peo…
2018 Fiona Elsey Day
2018 Fiona Elsey Day
Fiona Elsey Day – Ladies 4BBB at Ballarat Golf Club, Monday 17th September, 2018.
There were 80 ladies who took part in the ev…
BGC Finalist in Business Awards
BGC Finalist in Business Awards
Congratulations to everyone involved in the Pro Am, being named as a finalist is a wonderful achievement. The event…
Liam Stars!!
Liam Stars!!
Ballarat Golf Club golfer Liam Howlett features in the ‘Twinkles’ section of the latest Golf Victoria magazine, celebrating the little…
BGC Wine Night
BGC Wine Night
Saturday night the club hosted its first wine dinner with a small group of members. Head Chef Adam Avery showcased his culinary talle…
Australian golfing great Peter Thomson passes away
Australian golfing great Peter Thomson passes away
The club is saddened to hear of the passing of Peter Thomson, a five-time winner of the British O…
2018 Pennant Finals
2018 Pennant Finals
The 2018 BDG Womens Pennant Finals were played on Monday 21st May 2018 at Buninyong Golf Club.
Two of our teams were represente…
2018 Ballarat Junior Masters
2018 Ballarat Junior Masters
The 2018 Junior Masters was held on April 5th and 6th at the Ballarat Golf Club open to Juniors Australia wide with ove…
BGC Juniors win District Pennant
BGC Juniors win District Pennant
A great wrap up below from the Ballarat District Golf Association on today’s Junior Pennant Final. Congratulations…
For Sophie Golf is in the Blood
For Sophie Golf is in the Blood
Article reprinted from Golf Victoria Magazine - Feb/March 2018 - Vol 59
When Sophie Byrne became the 2017 Ladies Ch…
Golf Course Guide Top 100 Courses in Australia
Golf Course Guide Top 100 Courses in Australia
The Golf Course Guide Top 100 Courses in Australia list for 2018 was released and Ballarat Golf Club…
ALPG Pro Am - Results
2018 ALPG Pro Am
On the 28th of January 2018 the inaugural ALPG Ballarat Icons Pro Am was held at the Ballarat Golf Club. The event was a huge succe…
First Ever Junior Scholarship Recipient
First Ever Junior Scholarship Recipient
The Ballarat Golf Club is delighted today to announce its first ever Junior Scholarship recipient. The schol…
Gender Equality at BGC
Gender Equality at BGC
In the Ballarat Golf Club Strategic Plan written in 2016 the board outlined a move towards creating a gender equal club for a…
2017 Club Championships
2017 Club Championships
The 2017 BGC Club Championship finals were played on Sunday 5th November, with 18 golfers competing in their respective divi…
2017 PGA National Futures
2017 PGA National Futures
First Year PGA Trainee Frazer Droop has won the world’s richest Trainee tournament; the PGA National Futures Championship…
2017 Give Golf a Go Day
2017 Give Golf a Go Day
The 2017 Give Golf a Go Open day was held at the club on Sunday 22nd October. Over 200 familes came through and enjoyed the…
Our Boys at the President Cup
Our Boys at the President Cup
Ballarat Golf Club greenskeepers Will Koopmans and Keegan Mead have been part of a team working on the Liberty Nationa…
Fiona Elsey Golf Day
Fiona Elsey Golf Day
The Fiona Elsey Golf Day was held at the club on Monday 18th September.
There were 72 ladies who played in the FE Day.
They…
Kieran Wins Monthly Medal
Kieran Wins Monthly Medal
Keiren Chapis a 12 yr old member has won his 1st monthly medal beating over 150 men. Keiren has been playing golf for abou…
Roger Masom Passing
Roger Masom Passing
It is with great sadness that the Club advises of the sudden passing of Life Member - Roger Masom.
Roger joined the club in Oct…
2017 CCV Awards
2017 CCV Awards
Congratulations to all involved in the weekends fantastic results at the Community Clubs Awards. Held at the Sofitel on Saturday nig…
2017 Ladies Pennant Finals
Ladies Pennant Finals
The Ballarat GC Ladies pennant season concluded on Monday 15th May at the Chalambar GC.
Our Division 1 & 2 Ladies team we…
2016 PGA Future Championships
2016 PGA Future Championships
Congratulation to Matt Webb the winner of the 2016 PGA National Futures Championship.
With the final day being cancel…
125mm of Rain closes Course
125mm of Rain closes Course
The course has been inspected following the further heavy overnight rains and as a result the course and all external pr…
BGC Wins 2016 Junior Pennant
BGC Wins 2016 Junior Pennant
Congratulations to our Junior Pennant Team who won the 2016 BDG Junior Pennant season on Sunday 6th March 2016.
Going…
Will is Apprentice of the Year
Will is Apprentice of the Year
Ballarat Golf Clubs Apprentice Greenskeeper, Will Koopmans received the Victorian Golf Course Superintendents Associa…
BGC on The Golf Show
The team from Fox Sports "The Golf Show" Paul Gow & Andrew Daddo came out and played a few holes last week. The eposide aired on Tuesday 1st Marc…
BGC Wins CCV Awards
Saturday evening the 2016 Community Clubs Victoria Awards were held. Recognising the best Clubs in Victoria across a range of categories. The club ha…
Peter Hoskin Passing
Peter Hosking Passing
It is with great sadness that the Club has learnt of the passing of Peter Hoskin.
Peter joined the Club in 1951 and stood for…