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Judgeford Golf Club
Golf Club in Porirua

www.judgefordgolf.co.nz
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328 State Highway 58. 5381, Porirua, Wellington.
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Profile How to get there Facilities History Sponsors Photo Gallery Catering. Playing Judgeford Tee Booking Green Fees Course Tour Advance Booking Enquiry Draws Upcoming Events Results. One of the first permanent homes built in the area stood close to Pauatahanui Stream and was owned by Alfred Judge, an Englishman who settled in New Zealand in 1848. In the 1870's Judge sold the property to Steven Flighty who renamed the Homestead 'Flightys Homestead' , a name which endured for many years.
In the late 1800's Judgeford supported a school, cricket, tennis and golf clubs, a creamery, a rest home and two saw mills. The Beginning In 1932 Alfred Flighty developed a public golf links and clubhouse on his property. Inevitably, it didn't take too long before a group of serious golfers got together and rented the land from the Flighty family to form the Judgeford Country Golf Club. The site was used as a military camp for 3,800 American troops destined for service in the Pacific theatre.
Initially membership remained static at below 200 until the early 1960's when golf and membership of golf clubs exploded. This boom was the result of people watching the skills of Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player. These three players internationalised the game with their achievements beamed into homes through television coverage. Clearing of the remains of the military camp had left a legacy of concrete foundations from permanent buildings with pieces of concrete and stones littering the land.
Today, some of those concrete foundations remain in use as buttresses for the banks of the creek at various points around the course. To achieve this transformation, working bees armed with scythes, sickles, cutters and various agricultural implements spent endless weekends digging drains, marking and cutting out the tees and greens and clearing new tracts of land. However, drainage and sump holes, combined with residual metal that had provided parade grounds, roads and concrete floors for the Military Camp during the war years were in evidence around the proposed course layout these man made hazards presented as obstacles that had to be overcome. Despite the conscientious efforts of members, it soon became apparent that the club needed permanent greens staff to continue further, more advanced course development work.
There have been many subsequent changes to the course layout since those pioneering days, but the pattern of the course layout of 12 holes on the South side of SH58 and the other 6 holes across the road had been set then and remains to the present day. We are fortunate to have a growing number of members who are prepared to become involved in this area and we are grateful for their continued efforts to ensure Judgeford delivers a truly special golfing experience for members and visitors. The Club is renowned as being one of the most hospitable clubs in the Wellington Region with an extremely friendly atmosphere, both on the course and in the clubhouse. This has remained one of the key characteristics that has ensured continued growth of club membership throughout the past sixty years. Many of the people who contributed to our trophy cabinet have passed, but their history and contribution to Judgeford lives on in these trophies which remain an integral part of the Club’s program today

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