Developed on a 98-acre site next to the Maribyrnong River, the course at Medway Golf Club was unveiled in 1936, with Vern Morcom designing the layout for a private company that he and his father Mick were both directors of.
Victoria 3012, Australia
Developed on a 98-acre site next to the Maribyrnong River, the course at Medway Golf Club was unveiled in 1936, with Vern Morcom designing the layout for a private company that he and his father Mick were both directors of.
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In 1928, Morcom took over as the course superintendent at Kingston Heath, a position he held for forty years, and he made sure MacKenzie’s bunker plan for the layout was implemented in every little detail.
Michael (“Mick”) Allen Morcom was born in 1876 then raised in the Victorian gold rush town of Stawell, He was married in his early 20s to Alice Kleeberger and in 1898 their first son, Afton, was born. Two years later, after moving to Bendigo, Vern became a younger brother to Afton.
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