Online Golf Club & Social Golf Events

Welcome to Bushranger Golf

Bush·rang·er n. 1. an Australian outlaw living in the bush. 2. a social golfer who suffers the odd memory lapse when relating recent good form to their social golf event handicapper. 3. a uniquely Australian golf enterprise delivering fun, value and enjoyment to golfers in five key areas. We are:

1. Australia’s largest and fastest growing online Social Golf Club 2. A handicapper offering GAA Golf Handicaps around Australia 3. A corporate, charity & social Golf Event Management business 4. An emerging and distinctly Australian brand in the golf industry 5. A fun and informative golf website for all golfers to enjoy

To learn more about  Bushranger Golf, go to our About page, or feel free to Contact us. To join Bushranger Golf, go to the Registration page and enter your details. Membership is free and open to all golfers. To find out more about the benefits, have a look at our Membership page.

Last 08 Handicap Day supplies tight & wet finish to the POY

The last BRG Victorian Handicap Day for 2008 at Yarra Bend on December 13 supplied a thrilling finish to the inaugural BRG Player of the Year (BRG POY). In persistent rain, a gang of courageous Bushrangers closed out the year in style and saw Matthew Thomas take out the BRG Club Championship for Victorian members by a solitary point. Above we see one of the crowns in his booty of prizes - the personalised commemorative bottle of Bushranger of the Year Shiraz. To read more, see the Dec 15 News Item, the Player of the Year page or the Dec 13 Handicap Day Results.

The next BRG social golf event in Melbourne is:
What: The first exhilarating Victorian Bushranger Golf Handicap Day for 2009
Where & When: At Eynesbury golf course from 9:00am on Saturday January 31
Format: An individual strokeplay event playing for prizes, glory & BRG POY points
Entry: $53 (tbc) and open to all golfers. Details are available on the Handicap Day page

Click here to get a golf handicap!

Inside Social Golf magazine has again featured Bushranger Golf with a review in the November edition by some of our members of the 13th Beach Golf Links. This follows the profile piece on BRG in the August edition, hailing it as Australia's largest online golf club and explaining how easy it is to get an Australian Golf Handicap through BRG. PDF's of these and other articles are available at our Golf Resources page.

Golf Australia official affiliate golf handicaps are now available to Bushranger Social Golf Club members through the Golf Access Australia (GAA) program. If you want to get an official Australian golf handicap, click here to find out how easy it is through BRG!

Click here to check out the new Victorian Social Golf Club Championships (VSGCC) website

Click here to find out how to get an official GAA Handicap with Bushranger Golf

Click here to find out about playing in Bushranger Golf Handicap Days

Settlers Run Handicap Day shapes close BRG POY finish

The 10th 2008 Victorian Bushranger Golf Handicap Day at Settlers Run south east of Melbourne on Sunday November 16, had a huge bearing on the race for the inaugural Bushranger Golf Player of the Year (BRG POY). The event was stableford with prizes and POY points up for grabs and most of the field spent a good part of the day in the long grass looking for balls. Above, we see Ian Crotty (and some of the local wheat) who finished equal 2nd to keep his POY chances alive, loading up on the tee of the long par four 15th hole. For more info on all the action, see the November 17 News Item or go straight to the November 16 Handicap Day results page.

Arbeige & Dee go B2B at The 2008 William Buckley Classic

For the second year running, Roger Brown and Michael David have triumphed in the William Buckley Classic by the narrowest of margins. In 2007, they won at 13th Beach Golf Links by a single shot from the 2006 champions, Seve and Da King. This year, the event was played at Cape Schanck and The Legends Course at Moonah Links. At the finish, just four shots separated the top four teams and the reigning champions held on by a single shot when Arbeige holed a Danny De Vito (a nasty little 5-footer) on the final hole to clinch the title. For more info, check out the 2008 WBC Results page. In 2009, the William Buckley Classic will return to the 13th Beach Golf Links in Barwon Heads.

BRG wins the '08 Victorian Social Golf Club Championships

On Saturday November 22, the final of the Victorian Social Golf Club Championships (VSGCC) was played at Eynesbury golf course after five months of intense competition and four gruelling Qualifying Rounds. When the dust had settled, it was the Thunderbolts from Bushranger Golf that prevailed to take the Championship in it inaugural year. Above we see an image from the second Qualifier played at Waterford Valley in July. The golfer is Noel Tuck from Nunawading SGC playing his recovery shot from the marshy reeds on the par 4 third hole.

It worked out well for Noel as he went on to shoot the equal 2nd best score for the day and guide his team to third place to qualify comfortably for the final. The VSGCC is a contest between teams of four representing their social golf club competing for the title of Victorian Champions. For more info on the win at the final, see the November 24 News Item or go straight to the VSGCC website to find out how to enter the event in 2009. The event is supported by Golf Australia, The VGA and WGV and there were more than $11,000 of prizes are up for grabs in 2008. 

The super new Kelly Gang Shootout goes off in Tocumwal!

The 2008 Kelly Gang Shootout featuring a new 4-player format was fought out on the weekend of July 19 & 20. Brian Davis, David Regenspurger, Shane Morris & Matthew Thomas of The Beechworth Boys (above) made off with the booty after a powerful four-shot win. To read more about it, check out the News Item (July 21) or go straight to the 2008 KGS Results page. Click here for the Kelly Gang Shootout page and here to read the 2007 KGS Results.  

“I just try to put it on the fairway, then the green and not three putt.” - Peter Thompson (1929 - )

 Closest ever Bushranger Cup pinched with one-shot win!

Above we see Larry, Minotaur, Arbeige & Pw Jones, champions of the 2008 Bushranger Cup, the toughest social golf event in all the land. For all the dirt on how these rogues won their second Cup, click on the news item (April 14) or go directly to the 2008 BC Results page.

The inspiration for Bushranger Golf was the very social golf event, The Bushranger Cup. The tournament was founded in 2004 for teams of four players to enjoy testing their golf wits, skill, course management, temperament and, most importantly, jocularity. As is the tradition, the reigning champions play the event as "The Kelly Gang", being the most recent and most famous of all Bushrangers. To read all about the golf gangs and their on- and off-course management skills, have a look through  the Golfers page with profiles on Bushranger Golfers from all our tournament programs. The  date and venue for The 2009 version of this premier social golf event will be announced very soon. Below are some more words of wisdom from our new Great Golf Quotes page in The Campfire.

“Go out and have fun. Golf is a game for everyone, not just for the talented few.” - Harvey Penick