- Address53 Bannerman Cres, Rosebery NSW 2018, Australia
- Championships hosted
Australian Open winners at The Australian Golf Club:
Matt Jones (Aus) 2019,
Cameron Davis (Aus) 2017,
Matt Jones (Aus) 2015,
Jordan Speith (USA) 2014,
Craig Parry (Aus) 2007,
Peter Lonard (Aus) 2004,
Greg Norman (Aus) 1996,
John Morse (USA) 1990,
Bob Shearer (Aus) 1982,
Jack Nicklaus (USA) 1978,
David Graham (Aus) 1977,
Jack Nicklaus (USA) 1976,
Jack Nicklaus (USA) 1975,
Kel Nagle (Aus) 1959,
Eric Cremin (Aus) 1949,
George Naismith (Aus) 1937,
Ivo Whitton (Aus) 1931,
Fred Popplewell (Aus) 1925,
Joe Kirkwood (Aus) 1920,
Clyde Pearce (Aus) 1908,
Michael Scott (Aus) 1904.
The Australian Golf Club, founded in 1882 and set in the centre of Sydney’s busiest industrial area, is the oldest golf club still in existence in Australia. It moved to its present location at Kensington in 1903 and Dr Alister MacKenzie was commissioned to update the Australian layout. Sloan Morpeth performed further revisions and then Jack Nicklaus completely redesigned the course under the finance of Kerry Packer in 1976 to what is now the current championship livery.
In the 1940s the club struggled financially and during the early war years the clubhouse was commandeered by the US armed forces, and in 1944 was requisitioned by the American Red Cross. Fire eventually razed the ill fated clubhouse to the ground in 1982 and the Australian Golf Club now has a wonderful new clubhouse with panoramic views.
Sloan Morpeth added further modifications and nine extra holes in 1967. The course is set in a large, often windswept, sandy basin. With few trees on the property, the Australian is reminiscent of a concave Walton Heath with elevated plateaux greens and cavernous bunkers.
Host to no fewer than twenty-one Australians Opens, the first and inaugural Australian Open was played here in 1904 and most recently in 2019. The Australian is a championship venue that’s as hard-as-nails and the course will no doubt be utilised for tournament golf for many years to come.
Course Reviews
Leave a Review
This course has not been reviewed.
If you have played this course, consider .
Thanks for the review
Your review has been successfully submitted and will be reviewed for approval.
Course Reviewed
You’ve already submitted a review for this course.
Course Architect
View All
Alister MacKenzie was born in England, but his parents were Scottish and the family holidayed every year close to where his father was raised in the traditional Clan MacKenzie lands of Sutherland.
