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The 2024 Team Challenge has been completed – results below.
Monash Country Club in Sydney is now a reciprocal club – contact the Heritage Pro Shop for further information.
Heritage Members Association (HMA)
The Heritage Members Association (HMA) runs the Club activities and events for the members at the Heritage Golf and Country Club (HGCC, Chirnside Park, Victoria). It elects the Committee, Captain & President, and develops the golf syllabus every year. It’s the goal of the HMA to help foster a great Club environment at The Heritage, and help deliver the best member experience, supporting and advising HGCC of any concerns and ongoing improvements.
Membership is open to all categories of HGCC members – to join, please click on the button below.
NEWS & EVENTS
The Heritage Team Challenge 2024
August 2024
The Heritage Team Challenge has been won by Weapons of Grass Destruction, captained by Scott McDonald.
Team members included Peter Dunford, Helen Ericson, Phillip Higgins, Pohkeng Ee, Russell Manning, Guy Messina, Marko O’Boyle, Luke Patrick, Matthew Peacock & Rob Scholz.
David Taylor has continued to offer his support with the $500 MVP award, won by Simon Spaulding, with runner-up Mark Keeble.
Congratulations to all who participated in the 2024 Team Challenge!
Keeley Marx qualifies for US Women’s Open
June 2024
Keeley Marx has been a familiar face at Heritage since she was 8 years old, winning several amateur tournaments including the Junior World Championship in 2022.
Now she has qualified and played in her first international major, the US Women’s Open, held at Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania.
Keeley is one of only two Australian amateur female golfers to have ever qualified for this tournament. She secured her spot by winning the USGA’s qualifying event at Briarwood Country Club, near Chicago.
She joins fellow Australians Minjee Lee, Hannah Green, Sarah Kemp, Gabriela Ruffels and Steph Kyriacou in the field.
Congratulations Keeley on this great accomplishment!
Both Heritage courses ranked in Top 100 by Golf Digest
May 2024
Golf Digest has ranked both Heritage courses in the Top 100 in Australia for 2024. Here’s what they said about the courses:
#77 Henley: More positive signs out of the Yarra Valley with both courses at The Heritage making the grade for the first time in a decade. This is the first time the more undulant and rustic Henley layout has bettered St John.
#85 St John: The renaissance goes on for the Jack Nicklaus design in Victoria’s Yarra Valley. The course is a PGA Tour of Australasia host once again and a fixture in our ranking.
Heritage wins Senior Men’s Handicap Pennant for 2nd Year in a Row
March 2024
Congratulations to the Senior Men’s Heritage Gold Team for winning the Eastern Courses +55 Senior Men’s Pennant for the 2nd year in a row!
Team Captain Darryl Maher led the side to victory in the final, 4 1/2 to 3 1/2 over the Eastern Green team.
Contributors to the team this year were David Craven-Kalber, Ron Sankey, John Ghirardello, Darryl Maher, David Ball, Chris Hull, Rob Hannath, Greg Miles (all pictured) and Bryan Newman, Wayne Reddaway, Carl Stevenson & Graham Gorman.
Congratulations Gold Team!
Heritage wins 2nd Annual Lakeside Golf Club / Heritage Golf & Country Club Challenge
March 2024
The 2nd annual Lakeside Golf Club / Heritage Golf & Country Club Interclub Challenge was contested on March 30th, with a strong field of 103 players.
After a foggy start to the day, the sun emerged revealing the stunning St John course, which is in great nick.
Heritage edged past Lakeside for a narrow victory, based on aggregate stableford scores.
Lakeside Captain David Baldwin presented Heritage Captain Bryan Ericson with the ceremonial urn after the match.
Congratulations to all participants on a great day!
Club Champions for 2024 are Marc Massarotti and Jazy Roberts
February 2024
The 2024 Club Championships were completed on Sunday, February 18th in great weather on the beautifully presented St John course.
The men’s Club Champion is Marc Massarotti and the women’s Champion is Jazy Roberts.
Other winners were also determined on the day, and include:
- B-Grade Champion: Louie Cheng
- C-Grade Champion: Lachlan Overall
- Women’s B-Grade Champion: Lee Watson
- Women’s C-Grade Champion: Pohkeng Ee
The complete list of gross & nett winners for men and women can be found on the Honour Board page.
Congratulations to all competitors that took part in the 2024Club Champs!
A Message from Bryan Ericson, Club Captain
February 2024
After serving as Vice Captain for over a year, I’m truly honoured to become the Captain of the Heritage Golf and Country Club.
On behalf of all members I thank Peter Hall for the great job he has done as Captain. Peter, your efforts and enormous contribution during your reign as Captain is appreciated by all, and you have left some big shoes to fill.
I have been a member of the Heritage Golf & Country Club since 1998 before construction was completed. I could see the vision that Jack Nicklaus had for the course and immediately fell in love with the concept. And having played many of Jack Nicklaus’s courses around the world I honestly believe this to be one of his best designs.
My role as Captain is to work to deliver the best golfing experience for all members. This needs to take into consideration our diverse membership base, varying golfing experience, and everyone’s expectations. Please be assured that I’m always open to hearing your opinions and encourage you to raise any issues you feel need addressing. I will work towards delivering to all members a great golfing experience.
I am a servant of the membership base and along with Vice Captain Graham Gorman, I look forward to working with the HGCC Management and Ownership to represent you, our members. And I intend to continue the work towards building the Heritage Golf and Country Club as one of the finest golfing establishments in Australia and the Asia Pacific, and one that you can all be proud of.
Bryan Ericson, February 2024
Griffin goes wire-to-wire at the Heritage Classic
January 2024
It was all about Matt Griffin this week, as the Victorian opened with an incredible 11-under 61, and never looked back on his way to hoisting the trophy at this year’s Heritage Classic.
Starting his final round five shots clear of nearest challenger Jak Carter, Griffin had shots to work with, but made sure of the win with a clinical final round 3-under 69, to finish at an unbelievable 24-under par.
As he walked down the final fairway with kangaroos bounding along ahead of him, Griffin had a six shot lead, and could comfortably soak up the atmosphere as the sun set on a magical week in the Yarra Valley.
“It was nice to play really well through that middle stretch of the round, and those birdies on the early part of the back nine kind of took it away from everyone else,” said Griffin.
The win this week marks Griffin’s first since his triumph at the 2016 New Zealand Open, where a then younger player surely didn’t think his next trophy would be an eight years away.
The return of the Heritage Classic to the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia was a resounding success, and players will now doubt be looking forward to a return to The Heritage Golf and Country Club in 2025 and 2026.
Story and photos courtesy of PGA Australia website
HMA 2023 AGM held on Monday 23rd October 2023
October 2023
The HMA held it’s 2023 Annual General Meeting at the Yarra Valley Lodge on Monday, 23rd October.
Highlights included both the President’s and Captain’s report for 2023 – a year in which much was accomplished.
Bryan Ericson was elected as the new Captain, and in his address, he thanked outgoing Captain Peter Hall for his hard work and dedication.
Peter will not be disappearing though, as he was elected as the new Vice President. (January Update: Peter has since retired from the VP role).
The detailed minutes are available on the “About HMA” page.
Matt Docking clinches the PGA Professionals Championship National title on a thrilling final day at The Heritage
October 2023
Matt Docking has claimed the PGA Professionals Championship National title by one-shot, chasing down TJ King with a near perfect five-under 67 on the final day.
The Head Professional from Royal Hobart only managed to hit the lead on the 15th hole, but made clutch putts on 16, 17 and 18 to deny King a chance to wrestle the lead back.
Now a four-time champion of the PGA Professionals Championship, Docking continues to find his best form at the right time.
“It was probably one of my best ball-striking days I can remember,” he said.
As the top two finishers, Docking and King both receive spots in the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship.
The tournament was played on the famed St John course, and involved 60 of the best PGA Professionals across the country testing their skills on the Jack Nicklaus design, which is currently in magnificent condition. The field included Heritage’s own Michael Dean.
Story and photo courtesy of PGA Australia website
