Crookwell Golf Club in New South Wales, Australia, is preparing a centenary celebration on 28 November 2026. The founding anniversary itself fell on 21 May 2025; this is a later commemorative event, not the opening of a new course. Golf NSW reported the plans on 29 October 2026.
Nine greens, eighteen holes of play
The club began in 1925 on land belonging to a local butcher. It relocated in 1931, initially using sand greens. A redesign in the 1960s brought grass putting surfaces, and additional tees in the 1980s made an eighteen-hole round possible using nine distinct greens and eighteen teeing areas. The club's own website confirms the current configuration: it must not be described as eighteen separate greens.
Keeping the course playable through drought
When Crookwell's main dam ran dry in January 1983, volunteers and council workers organised a remarkable response. Golf NSW records that roughly 18,000 gallons of water a week were transported from 22 kilometres away, while the reservoir was enlarged. Volunteer labour has remained central to mowing fairways, tending greens and running activities since the 1990s.
More recently, community grants have financed accessible golf buggies, mowing machinery and a machinery shed. These investments help a small club maintain playing conditions; they are not evidence of a newly constructed championship course.
A course open beyond club membership
Crookwell describes itself as visitor-friendly. Its website says visitors can play outside competitions even when the clubhouse is closed, using an honesty box near the first teeing area. Saturday competitions, junior golf and the contributions of female members are important parts of the club's identity. Golf NSW highlights Jess Beattie's long record of women's championships and community service.
A round in the Ambrose format and an afternoon gathering are planned for 28 November 2026, welcoming current and former members and their families. Those celebrations have not yet taken place. The story is ultimately one of public access and volunteer stewardship: a small course sustaining golf for generations without requiring a new resort or an expensive eighteen-green layout.
