Moore Park Golf celebrates its centenary with a 'hickory day'

WOODEN clubs, long socks and plus-fours will grace the greens at Moore Park Golf on Friday as the course celebrates 100 years.

WOODEN clubs, long socks and plus-fours will grace the greens at Moore Park Golf on Friday as the course celebrates 100 years.

Two young Scottish immigrants, brothers Duncan and Charlie McMillan, started practising in 1913 on land where the course now stands.

After having their clubs confiscated by the police, they campaigned Sydney City Council to have the land zoned for a permanent golf course.

One hundred years later to the day on Friday the Australian Golf Heritage Society will celebrate the centenary with a hickory day, so named because players will use clubs made of wood.

"We're just a group of fellows who are keen to preserve as much golf history as possible," society member Tom Moore said.

"We will play a nine-hole, two-ball medley Ambrose tournament on Friday with hickory clubs, which have to be at least 80 years old.

"These wooden clubs are slightly different you have to swing them a bit slower but if you hit the ball in the right spot it has a beautiful feel to it."

There are still places available in the tournament with an entry fee of $50.