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Dressed for golf, 1901

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Dressed for golf, 1901

C. Gillies, wearing a cloth cap, a white shirt and tie, and a tweed suit of jacket and plus-fours (knee-length trousers), wears attire considered suitable on a golf course in 1901, when this photo was taken. In that year the Auckland Golf Club (founded in 1894) moved from its original property at Greenlane to a new course located partly on One Tree Hill domain and partly on Cornwall Park. Gillies is teeing off during an exhibition foursome at the opening of the new course.

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Garry Ahern, Golf – Origins of New Zealand golf, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/39248/dressed-for-golf-1901 (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Garry Ahern, published 20 November 2012, updated 1 September 2016.