Royal Melbourne Golf Club (Composite Course)

Royal Melbourne Golf Club is continually rated as the number 1 golf course in Australia and has been as high as number 5 in the world. The golf club boasts 36 holes comprising of the East and West courses. The 18 hole composite course comprises 6 holes from the East Course and 12 holes from the West Course all contained within the one boundary.

The composite course is only used for tournaments and for an annual "Composite Tournament" where members of recognised golf clubs worldwide flock to play the course.

The composite course is contained within the one boundary fence of the club making it easier logistically to run and control a golf tournament.

The golf courses were designed by Dr Alistair MacKenzie (West Course) and Alex Russell (East Course) and are classic in their design.

There are a number of key features of Royal Melbourne - tea tree scrub lining the fairways and catching any errant shots, cavernous bunkers surrounding most greens and also placed strategically on most fairways to catch a slightly wayward drive and lightning fast greens that give up their fair share of 3 putts.

Both courses at Royal Melbourne consists of the full gamut of golf holes - strategic short par 4 holes measuring less than 300 metres (similar to another MacKenzie masterpiece - Cypress Point), classic par 3 holes with undulating putting surfaces, surrounding bunkers and local wind and reachable par 5 holes which reward precise shotmaking.