Architect

Sloan Morpeth

Auckland-born golfer and long-serving secretary manager of Commonwealth Golf Club in Melbourne, who turned to golf course design after retiring from competitive golf. Source

Life
1897–1970
Based in
Melbourne, Australia

Painting: Peninsula Kingswood (North). Watercolour. Original image by Gary Lisbon, from Top100GolfCourses.com

On The Golf List

6 courses credited to Morpeth, best ranked first.

  1. 7
    Peninsula Kingswood (North)

    VICFrankston · Australia

  2. 15
    Peninsula Kingswood (South)

    VICFrankston · Australia

  3. 18
    Christchurch

    SouthShirley · New Zealand · opened 1900

  4. 22
    Commonwealth

    VICSouth Oakleigh · Australia · opened 1921

  5. 48
    Portsea

    VICPortsea · Australia

  6. 110
    Royal Fremantle

    WAFremantle · Australia

History

In order, each line from a published source.

  1. 1927

    Sloan Morpeth became secretary of Titirangi Golf Club in 1927. Source

  2. 1930

    In 1930 he moved to Melbourne as secretary-manager of Commonwealth Golf Club, a post he held until 1962. Source

  3. After retiring from competitive golf he turned to course design. Source

  4. His designs include Commonwealth, the North and South courses at Peninsula, the front nine at Narooma, and Portsea. Source

  5. 1971

    His last design, Oreti Sands near Invercargill, opened in 1971, the year after his death. Source

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