Governor's Challenge Versus MGGC

The Governor's Challenge was a series of golf matches played between a team formed the West Australian Governor of the time and a MGGC team.

 

Apart from the results recorded for this event there have been many other references of matches between the Governor's team and MGGC. The Council of Management minutes contain several mentions of visits by the Governor's teams in the 1970s and 1980s, generally associated with a meal before the match. Newsletter June 1999 reported that a Governor's team (head by Michael Jeffery) played a 4BBB match against MGGC, which Melville won 6 and a half to 1 and a half. Newsletter December 2000 reported that a Governor's team (headed by Lt. General John Sanderson AO) played a 4BBB match against MGGC, which Melville won 4 and a half to 3 and a half.

 

Photographs were taken of some of these days but apart from that, no further knowledge is known on the format of these matches.

 

Also of relevance is that the club's constitution entitles 'any person … who is the Governor of Western Australia' to honorary membership. This entitlement has existed well back into the club's history.

 

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