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Royal Melbourne Golf Club (West)

Victoria, Australia

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The West course at Royal Melbourne Golf Club is generally acknowledged as the best course in Australia and one of Doctor Alister MacKenzie's finest designs.

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5.5
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Royal Melbourne Golf Club (West)

May. 15, 2025

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5.5

KO

Kelham O'Hanlon

I was lucky enough to play Royal Melbourne West twice but to fully appreciate the intricacies of such a course would take many more rounds.

This is golf architecture at its finest and this Mackenzie masterpiece has left a lasting impression on me. This is the best example of strategic design that I have seen and there is a choice to make on every hole.

Unlike some of the other sandbelt courses, Royal Melbourne benefits from a more...

Nov. 29, 2024

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6

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Neil White

Did the wow factor of arriving at Royal Melbourne the day before and playing its East course diminish the thrill of playing on the West?

Not in the slightest. At number six, this is the highest-ranked World Top 100 track we have played on our travels so far and it absolutely lived up to its stellar reputation.

It is a true masterpiece, crafted by the legendary Alister Mackenzie – the designer of Augusta National and Cypr...

May. 29, 2024

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5.5

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Tom Moffat

Returned for another visit after playing West for the first time 12 months or so ago and with a game on the East in between.

Amazing experience to be at the club with a real sense of history, beautiful clubhouse and setting and despite its scale, a kind of intimacy, with everything outside the club fading away for the day.

I played in the afternoon on a perfect sunny day with a moderate amount of wind from the north...

May. 12, 2024

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5.5

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T P Dean

Admittedly, writing a review of Royal Melbourne West after one isolated play is something of a fool’s errand, but I will make my best attempt.

Royal Melbourne is ground zero for Australian golf and there’s an aura around the club that is rare and sacred. Augusta and Cypress Point are arguably better known Mackenzie designs, but this is Mackenzie’s prototypical course and where his design principles are most prominent. Fairways are wide and...

Apr. 18, 2024

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6

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Dennis langlois

The best of the best!

So much history!

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