Royal Melbourne Golf Club

Royal Melbourne Golf Club is a golf club in Blackrock, on the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia with two golf courses. The Golf Club has hosted a number of international tournaments such as the Canada Cup in 1959 and the World Cup of 1970. Moreover, the court in 1998 was selected by the PGA Tour as the first place for the Presidents Cup outside the United States. The Presidents Cup in 1998 and 2011 were played at Royal Melbourne Golf Club. In February 2012, the Australian Women's Open was held in Black Rock.

History

The golf club was founded in 1891 by Sir James McBain as founding president and John Munro Bruce (father of the future prime minister Stanley Melbourne Bruce ) as a founding captain. The prefix Royal was not awarded until 1895.

Mid-1920s had the golf club because of the urban design extension to its current premises in Blackrock move. The Royal Melbourne Golf Club has two golf courses - the West Course and East Course. The design of the West Course is by Alister MacKenzie. This from the East bearing on Alex Russell and was completed in 1932, one year after the West Course.

Characteristics

A combination of 18 holes of both courses make the ' composite ' of course, so the championship course for the international tournaments. Depending on the tournament a different combination will be used. A total of 21 of the 36 holes for a ' composite ' course have been used so far.