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Golf Australia have recently released their top 50 Australian courses. The top ten are:

1. ROYAL MELBOURNE (West course) (1)
   Designer: Dr Alister Mackenzie (1931)




2. KINGSTON HEATH (2)
   Designer: Dan Soutar (1925)




3. NEW SOUTH WALES (3)
   Designers: Alister Mackenzie (1928); Eric Apperly (1937 & 1951); Peter Thomson & Mike Wolveridge (1985); Jack Newton, Graeme Grant & John Spencer (1993); Greg Norman & Bob Harrison (2000).

4. BARNBOUGLE DUNES  (5)
Designers: Tom Doak & Mike Clayton (2004)

5. ROYAL ADELAIDE  (4)
Designers: Herbert L. Rymill & C.L Gardiner (1904); Dr Alister
Mackenzie (1929); Peter Thomson & Mike Wolveridge (1979 & 1997).

6. ROYAL MELBOURNE (East course) (6)
Designers: Alex Russell (1932)

7. ELLERSTON (NR)
Designers: Greg Norman & Bob Harrison (2001)

8. THE NATIONAL (Moonah course) (7)
Designers: Greg Norman & Bob Harrison (2000)

9. METROPOLITAN   (8)
Designers: J.B MacKenzie (1906); Dr Alister Mackenzie (1926);
Dick Wilson (1959)

10. VICTORIA (10)
Designers: Oscar Damman, William Meander & Dr Alister Mackenzie (1927); Mike Clayton (2001).
(Full Top 50 Listing) No real surprises here. Some comments:

• Golf Australia choose to split the two Royal Melbourne courses, rather than rank the composite course that no-one can play.  Fair enough, and the two courses still both rank in the top 10 (1st (West) and 6th (East)
• Barnbougle Dunes jumps to 4th, just have to play there one day!
• St Andrews Beach is ranked 12th, its a great layout but unfortunately struggling to survive financially, still no clubhouse and no gaurantees going forward
• Have played 23 of the top 50