Royal Melbourne West
Alister MacKenzie design of 1926 on the Melbourne sandbelt
Overview
Royal Melbourne West is the finest course in the southern hemisphere, MacKenzie sandbelt genius with greens perched and bunkers flashing. The composite course staged the 1959 Canada Cup, 1998 and 2011 Presidents Cups. Tom Doak ranks it among his few perfect tens.
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