Four courses.
One remarkable story.

In November 1914 a group of local golf enthusiasts resolved to form a club. J. P. McBride became the first President and Frankton Flat was chosen as the most practical location.

In March 1915 Frank Young of Gore laid out an 18-hole course covering about 2¾ miles. The Wakatipu Golf Club opened its season on 5 May 1915.

Golfers could travel from Queenstown by launch, while the greens were watered from a horse-drawn water cart borrowed from a local farmer.

The new club quickly established itself. By the end of its first season membership had reached 55 and an old fellmongery on Frankton Flat had been acquired as a pavilion.

After a gap in the Club records from 1919 to 1922, former members and other golf enthusiasts met in April 1923 and revived the Club.

The Frankton course was re-established as nine holes and membership again grew.

Golf in those years was distinctly local. Transport to the links had to be organised, the Hospital Board retained grazing rights over part of the course for cows supplying hospital milk, and rubber tees were useful on Frankton's hard ground.

In 1936 the new Kingston–Queenstown road cut through the Frankton course. Playing across the highway was considered too dangerous and several holes became unusable.

The Club moved onto the Queenstown aerodrome. Fairways crossed the runways and a local rule required golfers to stand perfectly still while aircraft took off and landed.

As Queenstown tourism grew, larger aircraft and increasing air traffic eventually made that arrangement impossible too.

In 1958 the Club moved again, establishing a new nine-hole course at Frankton. John Grant was instrumental in its development and the tees and greens were built by members.

After five years of work, fundraising and determination, the new 18-hole course and clubhouse officially opened on 19 April 1975.

June Grant, wife of Club President John Grant, had the honour of striking the first ball before a large crowd.

The project had been financed through generous local donations, member and public debentures and borrowing. For a club of only 102 members in 1973, creating a full 18-hole course was an extraordinary undertaking.

In October 1975 Hylton Hensman moved, and John Grant seconded, the motion that Wakatipu Golf Club change its name to Queenstown Golf Club. The motion was carried.

Opening Kelvin Peninsula was the beginning rather than the end of the work.

Successive generations continued to improve the playing surfaces, irrigation, machinery, trees, clubhouse and course presentation.

A major programme beginning in 2001 converted the greens to modern sand-based construction. By November 2004 all 18 greens had been completed.

The Club's administration and facilities also became increasingly professional as Queenstown grew into an international visitor destination.

By the centenary in 2015, the contrast with 1915 was remarkable: the horse-drawn water cart and rough Frankton links had given way to an established 18-hole course, professional staff and golfers arriving from around the world.