Mornington Golf Club

Established in 1904, Mornington Golf Club moved from its first location at Tanti Creek to Mornington Racecourse in 1925. Sixteen years later, it relocated again to a 9-hole private course at the Dava Lodge Guesthouse.

In 1946, a lease was agreed with Sir George Tallis for a 120-acre portion of his land to be used for a new golf course. Sloan Morpeth and Vern Morcorm were consulted by it was Gus Jackson, who had won Mornington’s first major tournament – the Neunhoffer Gold Cup – in 1927, who was tasked with setting out the fairways.