Course Overview - Holes 1-6 7-12 13-18

Scorecard for the Royal Melbourne Course Front 9   Hole Yards Par 1 354 4 2 498 5 3 176 3 4 450 4 5 332 4 6 439 4 7 382 4 8 201 3 9 557 5 out 3,389 36 Back 9 Hole Yards Par 10 483 5 11 147 3 12 304 4 13 454 4 14 464 4 15 438 4 16 432 4 17 428 4 18 442 4 in 3,592 36 total 6,981 72

Royal Melbourne has two courses, the West -- designed by Alister MacKenzie -- and the East -- designed by 1924 Australian Open champion Alex Russell. The Composite Course was first used for the Canada Cup in 1959 and has been the venue of all the big events since. It is made up of 12 holes from the West and six from the East courses. The course record is 63, set by Roger Mackay against par of 71 and equalled by Ian Baker-Finch when the par was 72.