Ep103: From Hickories to Social Media

<p><strong>A few topics covered on this episode – ranging from Royal Park Golf Course, social media activity of golf clubs, and hickory golf. Firstly we touch on the community consultation process and impending change in the Royal Park precinct of Melbourne, which may have ramifications for the golf course. We touch on a couple of examples of social media activity from local golf clubs and discuss how badly it is so often done, and how social media activity by golf clubs could be done better. We round out the episode with a discussion of hickory golf. The clubs, the history, the makers, and the mode of play. Courses suited to hickory and more. This stems from Matt’s recent participation in the 2026 Victorian Hickory Shaft Championships, staged at Barwon Heads, and is the springboard into our next episode in which we focus exclusively on Barwon Heads Golf Club.</p><p> </p><p>As discussed in the episode – </p><p> </p><p>The State Government & Melbourne City Council’s plans for the Royal Park precinct here - </p><p></strong><a href="https://participate.melbourne.vic.gov.au/royal-park-master-plan-review/project-overview"><strong>https://participate.melbourne.vic.gov.au/royal-park-master-plan-review/project-overview</strong></a><strong></p><p> </p><p>Erik Anders Lang returns to Melbourne in October and will berevisiting Royal Park – the site of the first ever Random Golf Club event. For those interested in participating in the event scheduled for late October a link is here.</p><p> </p><p>https://randomgolfclub.com/en-au/products/royal-park-melbourne-mad-scramble?utm_source=copyToPasteBoard&utm_medium=product-links&utm_content=web&fbclid=PAdGRleAUZUb5mdHNoBP4LvXBkb2YCZmRpZBZQ1TG-bcZtrWeM36ZSP_u5X3m38uV4ZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPMTI0MDI0NTc0Mjg3NDE0AAGnU1zCrAG-aLuG9cn_k7H0ELfFmvDnQjS9_FJ8H00FHg0zCxMp0sPq6fG40tA_aem_OY-MjUM1IE6i6ms6c4JRIQ</p><p><br></p><p> The link to follow for the 2027 Australian Hickory Shaft championships (including multi-day sandbelt play) is below</p><p><br></p><p>https://australianhickory.golfsocietyaust.com</p><p><br></p><p>The Australian Golf Heritage Society - </strong><a href="http://www.australiangolfheritage.org.au/index.html"><strong>http://www.australiangolfheritage.org.au/index.html</strong></a><strong></p><p> </p><p>Golf Society of Australia – </p><p></strong><a href="https://golfsocietyaust.com/"><strong>https://golfsocietyaust.com/</strong></a><strong></p><p> </p><p>You can follow GSA on Facebook too…</p><p><br></p><p>Our