Top 10 Courses: Australia
From the Melbourne Sandbelt to the islands of Tasmania, the Land Down Under has an overabundance of stunning golf settings to choose from 1. ROYAL MELBOURNE (WEST), Black Rock Alister MacKenzie’s masterpiece of strategic design, set on rugged natural terrain, marries bold fairway contours with spectacular bunkering and ingeniously contoured, silky smooth greens. 2. KINGSTON […]
My Courses: Greg Norman
From Australia to Hilton Head, Greg Norman has played courses all over the world. The Shark gives us his answers in this edition of “My Courses.” MY FAVORITE COURSE: The Composite Course at Royal Melbourne—one of the most natural courses in the world. Alister MacKenzie didn’t move any dirt. The flow of the course, the […]
Geoff Ogilvy’s Melbourne Sandbelt
By Geoff Ogilvy with Adam Schupak I was blessed to be born and raised in Australian golf’s spiritual home, with 600 acres of golf courses within two square miles of my house. The sandy soil is some of the best terrain for golf on earth: Course designers fall in love with the bunkering and […]
Mike Clayton – A Course Architecture Name to Know
Golfers astute enough to follow Australian course architect Mike Clayton on Twitter would recently have seen images of the work he and his partners Geoff Ogilvy, Mike Cocking, and Ashley Mead—known collectively as OCCM—completed on the 14th hole at Royal Canberra. The before and after images demonstrate just what Clayton and the team are capable […]
Graylyn Goes to… Melbourne, Australia
Our Assistant Editor made a whirlwind tour of the golf offerings Down Under
First Peek at Cape Wickham Golf Course
On an island between Australia and Tasmania, a true links course with ocean views from all 18 holes beckons serious golfers
Is Melbourne the World’s Best Major City for Golf?
Five years before beginning construction on Augusta National Golf Club, Alister MacKenzie traveled to Australia and left a lasting imprint on the top courses of Melbourne, one of the best golf cities in the world
Royal Adelaide Golf Club, Australia
Blessed with wild dunes, dramatic pines and a 1926 Alister MacKenzie redesign, Royal Adelaide is one of Australia’s oldest and most treasured golf venues
What To Do and Where To Play in Melbourne
Where to Stay Melbourne is a great and vibrant city, though not particularly a late-night party town. You will surely want to spend two to three days in the city, probably staying in one of the many new hotels near the Yarra River on the south edge of downtown, near the Victorian Arts Center. It’s […]
Confidential Guide to Playing Golf in Australia
It takes a long time to get to Australia—more than 14 hours by air from Los Angeles—but today’s trip is hardly as taxing as the six weeks’ ocean voyage that Dr. Alister MacKenzie had to endure to make his landmark consulting visit to Royal Melbourne Golf Club in 1926. Because he went, so do […]
