Michael Crough has been appointed as the new full-time Secretary Manager of Virginia Golf Club.

For the past 4 years, Michael has been the Secretary Manager of Gisborne Golf Club in Melbourne.  Gisborne is of similar size to Virginia (in terms of membership and revenue) and was recently ranked one of the top 100 public access courses in the country by Golf Australia Magazine.

Prior to that, Michael spent 6 years with the Western Bulldogs Football Club and was responsible for corporate match day hospitality for more than 800 clients.

Michael is originally from Queensland and graduated from Griffith University in 1984.  Before moving down south, he worked at Gympie Golf Club from 1997 to 2002 and was a manager at Kedron Wavell Services Club from 2002 to 2003.

Michael will commence at Virginia on Monday, 11 April 2016.