Architect

Jack Newton

Golfer whose course architecture firm redesigned Huntingdale in Melbourne's sandbelt and built The Links Lady Bay in South Australia; he later designed a Hunter Valley course. Source

Life
1950–2022
Firm
Newton, Grant & Spencer

Painting: Huntingdale. Illustration only; the painting is still to come.

On The Golf List

2 courses credited to Newton, best ranked first.

  1. 46
    Huntingdale

    VICOakleigh South · Australia

  2. 107
    Castle Hill

    NSWBaulkham Hills · Australia

History

In order, each line from a published source.

  1. 1979

    Jack Newton won the 1979 Australian Open. Source

  2. 1983

    In July 1983 he was badly injured when he walked into the spinning propeller of an aeroplane. Source

  3. With partners Graeme Grant and John Spencer he formed a design firm that redesigned Huntingdale in Melbourne and built Links Lady Bay in South Australia. Source

  4. 2022

    He later designed a course in the Hunter Valley and died in 2022. Source

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