Royal Perth Golf Club

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Royal Perth Golf Club
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Established1895;129 years ago (1895)
Typeprivate
Website https://www.rpgc.com.au/

Royal Perth Golf Club is a golf club in South Perth, Western Australia.

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The club started in the 1895 and was established in South Perth in 1909. [1] [2] It was granted permission to use the appellation "Royal" in 1937. [3]

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References

  1. Lee, Jack (John Herbert) (1978), Royal Perth : the history of Royal Perth, W.A.'s first golf club, founded in 1895, J. Lee?, retrieved 17 February 2021
  2. Pendal, Phillip; Royal Perth Golf Club (2008), Royal Perth : a history of golf in Australia's west from 1895 to 2008, Published for Royal Perth Golf Club by Victor Publishing, ISBN   978-0-9577829-8-3
  3. "Now It's the Royal Perth Golf Club". The Daily News . Vol. LV, no. 19, 412. Western Australia. 11 June 1937. p. 8 (THE DAILY NEWS Sports Supplement). Retrieved 17 February 2021 via National Library of Australia.