Classic Courses

Royal Adelaide Golf Club

By Tom Doak

Dr. Alister MacKeznie’s layout around a sandy crater was the first consulting job of his whirlwind tour of Australia. That three-day visit to suggest changes established the course firmly in the country’s top five, and makes Adelaide an important third stop on any golf tour Down Under. The best holes include the driveable par-4 3rd with nasty native rough to both sides; the par-4 11th with a Pine Valley-ish second shot to a green set in the crater; and the long par-4 14th, which swings to the right around a nest of bunkers.

Rating: 8 (March 1988)

Seaton, South Australia

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