23/10/2026
✨🏆 Spotlight on current reigning Champion: Connor Faulds
After 21 years as a Royal Fremantle member, Connor Faulds achieved a lifelong goal by winning the 2025 Club Championship.
Having joined the Club as an 8-year-old junior, Connor grew up at Royal Fremantle, developing lifelong friendships and pursuing a title that had eluded him for more than a decade after winning the Junior Club Championships in 2015.
✨How did it feel to have your name added to the Royal Fremantle Club Championship Honour Board?
A bit surreal, really. I’ve spent so many years sitting in the clubhouse looking up at those boards, so to now see my own name up there is pretty special. Whenever I bring guests to the club, I’ve always jokingly made them look up at the boards so they know where to find my name. It’s pretty satisfying to finally have a name up there myself, although it still makes me feel a little bit like an imposter, especially when you look at some of the other names on there!
✨What does being Club Champion at Royal Fremantle mean to you?
I’m immensely proud, especially given some of the battles I have with myself on the golf course. It was also a massive monkey off my back. I’d spent the last 10–15 years trying to win it, coming up against the likes of Hayden Hopewell, Zach Capelli and Min Woo Lee along the way. It’s always been a tough trophy to get your hands on, but winning it was one of the big goals I wanted to achieve in my golfing career.
It’s something I can look back on every year, not only as a reminder that I’m capable of doing it, but also as reassurance that I’ve ticked off one of the bigger goals I set for myself in golf.
✨Who has had the biggest influence on your golfing journey?
Without a doubt, my dad. He’s been there for all the highs and lows, from Sunday mornings playing junior competitions to driving me around to tournaments as a kid. He never wanted anything more than for me to give it my best and enjoy myself. As long as I never gave up, he was proud of me.
To win the Club Championship with him there meant a lot. It felt like I was finally able to give a little something back to him for everything he’s done for me over the years.
✨ What was it like representing Royal Fremantle Golf Club at the 2026 Webex Players Series, and what did you take away from the experience?
It was a pretty crazy experience. Seeing a course I’d been a member at for more than 20 years set up for a professional tournament that big was awesome, and getting to play in it was the cherry on top.
Of course, I would have loved to make the cut, but I was just happy not to make a fool of myself! More than anything, I really felt the support from the RFGC staff and fellow members throughout the week. It was a really wholesome couple of days, and an experience I’ll always look back on fondly.
✨ What does Royal Fremantle Golf Club mean to you?
For me, Royal Fremantle has always been so much more than just the golf course I happen to be a member at. I grew up there, learnt the game there, experienced some great wins and some tough losses there, and even worked there across just about every department. Most importantly, I’ve made lifelong friends there. There’s nowhere else I’d rather be.
I recently bought a house, and one of the big selling points was how much closer I’d be to the club! I see people move between clubs, but I honestly can’t imagine ever doing that myself. I’ve always represented RFGC, and I always will.
