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This parkland course in Sydney’s toniest suburb has been described as occupying the
most expensive real estate of any course in the world, although I suspect
Los Angeles
Country Club and Steve Wynn’s new course on the Las Vegas Strip might argue the
point. The clubhouse is near the harbor but the course plays inland up a long,
narrow valley. There are a lot of bunkers, but they don’t give the flavor of the
Melbourne Sandbelt; a host of designers in recent years have moved around the
bunkers to try to put a little more life into the golf, but still the only holes
I remember fondly are the short par-4 opening hole and the tough par-4 finisher,
which plays up to an imposing clubhouse. Rating: 6 (December 2003)
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