The Australian Golf Club
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Coordinates | 33°55′4″S 151°12′54″E / 33.91778°S 151.21500°E |
Location | Sydney, Australia |
Established | 1882 |
Type | Private |
Total holes | 18 |
Events hosted | Australian Open |
Website | www.australiangolfclub.com |
Designed by | Clark, Hutchison & Martin (1903) / Jack Nicklaus (1976) / Jack Nicklaus (2013) |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6610m |
Course rating | 76 |
Course record | 61 (Rod Pampling) |
The Australian Golf Club is a golf club located in Rosebery, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. Although it survived numerous course location changes, it is arguably the oldest golf club in Australia. To date the course has held 20 Australian Open events and most recently in 2017 the event was won by Australian Cameron Davis. The course has been rated the 9th best in the country.[1]
Course
Early history
The Australian Golf Club was founded in
The club's first golf course was situated in Moore Park, a suburb of Sydney, but due to a new road the course had to be abandoned six years later in 1888. In 1895 a second, eleven-hole course was built in Waverley, which was used until 1898, when the club's lease expired. The course then moved to Botany, Sydney. It was this course that hosted the 1901 Australian Amateur Championship, and the first Australian Open in 1904.
Present day course
The present day location of the course was inspected in 1903, while a year later plans were put forward for the new course by
Present works are under way to improve the course, including the re-routing of a number of holes. The changes will create a more contemporary feel. The club has again commissioned Jack Nicklaus to design the changes, and the course is set to re-open in autumn of 2013.
Course scorecard
Tee | Rating/Slope | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 | |
Championship | 76 | 455 | 194 | 343 | 186 | 551 | 386 | 382 | 405 | 422 | 3324 | 378 | 175 | 385 | 349 | 510 | 188 | 431 | 392 | 478 | 3286 | 6610 |
Blue | 75 | 455 | 168 | 343 | 159 | 542 | 386 | 382 | 405 | 405 | 3245 | 378 | 175 | 370 | 349 | 510 | 188 | 387 | 392 | 478 | 3227 | 6454 |
Men's | 73 | 442 | 162 | 325 | 141 | 492 | 379 | 358 | 392 | 396 | 3087 | 363 | 155 | 356 | 344 | 487 | 174 | 375 | 371 | 463 | 3088 | 6175 |
Ladies | 75 | 403 | 146 | 291 | 102 | 453 | 366 | 307 | 374 | 305 | 2747 | 309 | 120 | 278 | 323 | 463 | 155 | 353 | 309 | 430 | 2740 | 5487 |
Source[3]
Tournaments
The Australian Golf Club has held 20 Australian Opens,[4] with the most recent being from the 23–26 November 2017, which was won by Cameron Davis with a score of 11 under par. The various winners of Australian Opens at The Australian are as follows:
Year | Winner | Year | Winner |
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1904 | Michael Scott (a) | 1977 | David Graham |
1908 | Clyde Pearce | 1978 | Jack Nicklaus |
1920 | Joe Kirkwood Sr. | 1982 | Bob Shearer |
1925 | Fred Popplewell | 1990 | John Morse |
1931 | Ivo Whitton (a) | 1996 | Greg Norman |
1937 | George Naismith | 2004 | Peter Lonard |
1949 | Eric Cremin | 2007 | Craig Parry |
1959 | Kel Nagle | 2014 | Jordan Spieth |
1975 | Jack Nicklaus | 2015 | Matt Jones |
1976 | Jack Nicklaus | 2017 | Cameron Davis |
The Australian has also hosted 13 Australian Amateur Championships – the first in 1901, and the most recent in 2015.
See also
References
- ^ a b "The Australian Golf Club at GolfTravel.com.au". GolfTravel.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007. Retrieved 25 November 2007.
- ^ "History of Alister MacKenzie". The Alister MacKenzie Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
- ^ "Course Tour". AustralianGolfClub.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 25 November 2007.
- ^ This number is supported on The Australian Golf Club's Archived 31 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine homepage, but on the Golf Australia website[dead link] it says the club has held 15.
- "Australian Golf Club History". AustralianGolfClub.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2007.