The New South Wales Golf Club is a links-style golf course designed by Alister MacKenzie and Carnegie Clark in December 1926.[1] It consists of 18 holes, two of which are beside the Tasman Sea and Botany Bay. The course is situated in La Perouse, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, and regularly rates in the top 50 golf courses in the world.[1]
MacKenzie, on designing the course, stated:[2]
"At Sydney, I made an entirely new course for the New South Wales Golf Club at a place called La Perouse. This presents, I think, more spectacular views than any place I know with the possible exception of the new Cypress Point golf course in California."
— Alister MacKenzie, May 1927
A unique feature of the course design is that it has four par-five holes and four par-three holes and each of these is oriented north, south, east and west.
It has hosted numerous professional tournaments, including the 2009 Australian Open; won by Adam Scott.
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References
- ^ a b "History of NSW Golf Club". New South Wales Golf Club. Retrieved 24 January 2007.
- ^ "Visitor's welcome guide" (PDF) (PDF). New South Wales Golf Club. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
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