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Closing out day, Foxton Golf Club, 1949

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Closing out day, Foxton Golf Club, 1949

Foxton Golf Club, in the Horowhenua district north of Wellington, was formed by returned servicemen in 1949. This photo shows the social gathering on closing out day, the final day of the first year's playing season. Note the golf clubs leaning against the building.

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Kete Horowhenua, Foxton Historical Society

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Garry Ahern, Golf – New Zealand golf courses, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/39276/closing-out-day-foxton-golf-club-1949 (accessed 4 June 2026).

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