North Gold Coast Vets holding special Royal Pines event in September

 

 

The revamped Royal Pines, home of the Australian PGA Championship

The North Gold Coast District Veteran Golfers Association is staging a special stableford event at the top rated RACV Royal Pines Resort in September open to all veteran golfers.

The 18 hole individual stableford event includes Player of the Year points for NGCDVGA members but is open to all veteran golfers aged over 55 (50 for women).

The day will tee off with an 8am shotgun start on Monday 18th September and will grace the Royal Pines Green/Gold Championship Course.

Men’s and Women’s Grades are numbers dependent and will be balanced according to handicaps of entries.

As well as the ‘Player of the Year’ allocation there will be playing prizes and NTP on all Par 3’s plus a Ball Rundown.

Registration is now open and will close on September 14.

The unbeatable price for non-members playing on one of the Gold Coast’s premium courses is $80 including Green Fees, Share Cart and Prizes.

In news just in the Northern Gold Coast & District Veteran Golfers Association will also be hosting the 2026 Australian Veteran Golfers Union National Championships, which rotate annually around the states and territories.

The Gold Coast held a very successful national championship in 2017 under then tournament direct Ron Armstrong, who has recently retired from the position aged 85 years young. The District Secretary (and national tournament director) role has been taken over by Tony Kent.

The 2026 golf courses have not yet been finalised but the dates are locked in – August 2026, Sunday 23rd to Friday 28th. The tournament director for that event was

In addition, the district is hosting the State Championships in May 2025 over 2 days – Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th (golf courses to be finalised in coming weeks).

For Royal Pines online registration details click here

More information:

Tony Kent

Secretary

NGC&DVGA inc

M 0459 990 691

tony.kentbridge@bigpond.com

 

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