Kingston Heath

• Location: Cheltenham, Victoria
• Open: 1925
• Designer: Des Soutar
• Major Course Updates: Alister Mackenzie + Michael Clayton, Mike Cocking, & Ashley Mead
• Events Hosted: Australian Open (7 times), 2008 Women’s Australian Open, 2009 & 2012 Australian Masters, 2016 World Cup of Golf
• Key Rankings: 22nd best golf course in the world, Golf Magazine (2021), 2nd best golf course in Australia, Australian Golf Digest (2022)

 
A flatter property, but that only showcases the ability to turn Kingston Heath into one of the best golf courses in the world, and to some, the best in Australia. Beautiful bunkers eat into the sides of greens, sandy soils lend way for the ball to bounce, and bounce, and bounce. Dr. Alister Mackenzie, notable for Augusta National and Cypress Point, did not contribute as much as he did to nearby Royal Melbourne to Kingston Heath, but his upgrades to the bunkering provide one of the most attractive sets of hazards in the world, as highlighted by Mackenzie’s par 3, 15th.