Virginia Golf Club

Champions

For the last two decades, Virginia Golf Club has been referred to as the “Course of Champions”. It cannot be denied that a considerable number of very good golfers have passed through Virginia Golf Club and in doing so, contributed to the Club’s success and reputation.

Some of our greatest champions have been…

	Greg Norman • British Open Champion (1986, 1993) • Australian Open Champion (1980, 1985, 1987, 1995, 1996) • Australian Masters Champion (1981, 1983, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990) • Australian PGA Champion (1984, 1985) • Queensland Junior Champion (1972) • Gary Player Classic Champion (1973, 1974) • Brisbane Junior Champion (1974) • Member of Queensland State Team (1973, 1974) • VGC Club Champion (1972, 1973) • VGC Junior Club Champion (1972, 1973) • Winner of 87 professional tournaments around the world
	Wayne Grady • U.S. PGA Champion (1990) • Australian PGA Champion (1988, 1991) • Queensland Close Champion (1977) • Queensland Foursomes Champion (1977) • Brisbane Junior Champion (1975) • Member of Queensland State Team (1976, 1977) • VGC Club Champion (1976, 1977) • VGC Club Junior Champion (1976, 1977) • Winner of 9 professional tournaments around the world
	Sommie Mackay • Queensland Open Champion (1967) • Australian Amateur Medalist (1972) • Queensland Amateur Champion (1962, 1968) • Queensland Close Champion (1963) • Queensland Champion Of Champions (1960, 1962, 1964, 1967) • Queensland Foursomes Champion (1965) • Queensland Mixed Foursomes Champion (1960, 1966) • Queensland Junior (1957, 1958) • Brisbane Amateur Champion (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970) • Central Queensland Champion (1962) • Angus Buchanan Trophy (1964, 1965, 1966) • Represented Australia in the Sloan Morphet Trophy (1969) • VGC Club Champion (13 times between 1959 and 1984) • Member of the Queensland State Team for 14 years
	Jack Rayner • Australian Amateur Champion (1955) • Queensland Close Champion (1955) • Queensland Foursomes Champion (1960, 1961) • Brisbane Amateur Champion (1955) • Brisbane Senior Champion (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991) • Brisbane Veteran Champion (1991, 1996) • VGC Club Champion (1949, 1956, 1957, 1958) • Member of the Queensland State Team for 5 years
	Andrew Buckle • Queensland Open Champion (2002) • Australian Amateur Champion (2001) • Australian Amateur Medallist (2002) • World Junior Champion (1999, 2000) • Queensland Amateur Champion (2002) • Queensland Amateur Medallist (2002) • Queensland Junior Champion (1999, 2000) • Gary Player Classic Champion (1998, 1999) • Queensland Schoolboys Champion (1998) • Winner International School Teams Championship (1999) • Angus Buchanan Trophy (2002) • VGC Club Champion (1998) • VGC Club Junior Champion (1998) • Represented Australian at Eisenhower Cup (2002) • Member of the Queensland State Team
	Shane Tait • Queensland Open Champion (1999) • Queensland Close Champion (1996) • Australian Amateur Medallist (1990) • Queensland Match Play Champion (1989) • Queensland Amateur Champion (1990) • Lake Macquarie Amateur Champion (1991) • Australian Schoolboys Champion (1987) • Queensland Champion Of Champions (1990) • Queensland Junior Champion (1987, 1988) • Queensland Schoolboys Champion (1987) • State Secondary Schoolboys Champion (1987) • Australian Doug Sanders Winner (1988) • Gary Player Classic Champion (1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990) • Angus Buchanan Trophy (1990, 1991) • Bill Kennedy Trophy (1990) • VGC Club Champion (1991) • VGC Club Junior Champion (1985, 1986, 1991) • Member of the Queensland State Team
	David Podlich • Queensland Close Champion (1997) • Queensland Junior Champion (1990) • Far North Queensland Champion (1988, 1989) • Brisbane Amateur Champion (1989) • VGC Club Champion (1988, 1989, 1990) • VGC Club Junior Champion (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990) • Member of the Queensland State Team
	Gavin Flint • Queensland Amateur Champion (2003) • Victorian Amateur Champion (2003) • NSW Amateur Champion (2004) • New Zealand Amateur Champion (2004) • Northern Territory Open Champion (2004) • Queensland Amateur Medallist (2003) • NSW PGA Champion (2005) • Winner International School Teams Championship (1999) • Member of the Queensland State Team
	Glen Cogill • Australian Foursomes Champion (1977, 1982) • Queensland Foursomes Champion (1979, 1981, 1983) • Queensland Junior Champion (1970, 1973) • Queensland Schoolboys Champion (1969, 1970) • Brisbane Amateur Champion (1981, 1986) • Brisbane Junior Champion (1971) • Gary Player Classic Champion (1972) • Angus Buchanan Trophy (1975) • VGC Club Champion (1974, 1979, 1980, 1987) • Member of the Queensland State Team for 11 years
	David Jenkins • Queensland Amateur Champion (1976) • Queensland Foursomes Champion (1979, 1981, 1983) • Angus Buchanan Trophy (1982) • VGC Club Champion (1978, 1983) • Member of the Queensland State Team for 4 years
	Mark Tickle • Queensland Amateur Champion (1980) • VGC Club Champion (1981) • Member of the Queensland State Team (1980)
	Alan Wilson • Queensland Amateur Champion (1981)
	Clark Joyce • Queensland Amateur Champion (1986) • Brisbane Amateur Champion (1984) • VGC Junior Club Champion (1982, 1983, 1984)
	Prem Chandra • Fiji Amateur Champion (1972) • Fiji Foursomes Champion (1972) • VGC Club Champion (1982)
	Cameron Smyth • Queensland Close Champion (2003) • VGC Club Champion (1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007)