| Club information | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 37°58′S 145°02′E / 37.97°S 145.03°E |
| Location | Black Rock, Victoria, Australia |
| Established | 1891 (club), 133 years ago 1926 (West) 1931 (East) |
| Type | Private |
| Total holes | 36 |
| Events hosted | Australian Open The Presidents Cup Women's Australian Open |
| Website | royalmelbourne.com.au |
| West Course | |
| Designed by | Dr. Alister MacKenzie |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,077 m (6,646 yd) |
| East Course | |
| Designed by | Alex Russell |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,007 m (6,569 yd) |
Royal Melbourne Golf Club is a 36-hole golf club in Australia, located in Black Rock, Victoria, a suburb in southeastern Melbourne. Its West and East courses are respectively ranked number 1 and 6 in Australia.[1][2] The West course is ranked in the top-five courses in the world.[3][4] Founded 133 years ago in 1891, it is Australia's oldest extant and continually existing golf club.[5] Unlike many metropolitan golf venues, The Royal Melbourne Golf Club has a capacity for 15,000 spectators.[6]
Royal Melbourne has hosted numerous national and international events. Its 16 Australian Opens are surpassed by only the 17 hosted by The Australian Golf Club. It hosted the 1959 Canada Cup (now Mission Hills World Cup), and the 1972 World Cup. Royal Melbourne hosted the Bicentennial Classic, a tournament to celebrate the Australian Bicentenary in 1988. It was selected by the PGA Tour to hold the Presidents Cup, for the first time outside the United States, in December 1998. The match was convincingly won by the International team, captained by Peter Thomson, an honorary member of Royal Melbourne. The course hosted the Presidents Cup again in November 2011, won by the United States and December 2019.[7] It was the site of the Women's Australian Open for the first time in February 2012, now an LPGA Tour event, and it returned three years later in 2015.
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