Impassioned members of a 100-year-old golf course have proposed a plan to transform the land into a ‘world-class’ sport and recreation hub after the state government threatened to turn the course into a public park.
The Moore Park Golf Collective on Saturday released plans for the modification of around 15 hectares of the iconic 18-hole course in Sydney‘s eastern suburbs.
The famous course has been in the spotlight since October 2023 when NSW Premier Chris Minns revealed plans to slash nine holes and convert almost half of the 45-hectare site into publicly-owned parkland for local residents.
The Moore Park Golf Collective is an alliance of golf industry bodies – the PGA of Australia, Golf Australia, Golf NSW and Moore Park Golf Club and has swung in an eleventh-hour plan to save the course.
Their proposal ‘allows for the retention of the much-loved and always busy 18-hole golf course by maximising unused and under-utilised …