Kingston Heath Golf Club
Kingston Heath Golf Club: Dan Soutar, Alister MacKenzie (bunkering scheme, 1926) (1925). Par 72, 7,259 yards. Jiyai Shin won the 2024 Women's Australian Open here with 274 (−17).
Kingston Heath Golf Club: Dan Soutar, Alister MacKenzie (bunkering scheme, 1926) (1925). Par 72, 7,259 yards. Jiyai Shin won the 2024 Women's Australian Open here with 274 (−17).
Kingston Heath Golf Club: Dan Soutar, Alister MacKenzie (bunkering scheme, 1926) (1925). Par 72, 7,259 yards. Jiyai Shin won the 2024 Women's Australian Open here with 274 (−17).
Updated October 24, 2026
23 editions on the record, by event, newest first.
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jiyai Shin | 274 (−17) | lowest winning score in this event · WPGA Tour of Australasia |
| 2022 | Ashleigh Buhai | 277 (−12) | WPGA Tour of Australasia |
| 2008 | Karrie Webb | 284 (−8) | Ladies European Tour |
DP World Tour; PGA Tour of Australasia
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Capital.com Australian Open | ||
| 2024 | ISPS Handa Australian Open Ryggs Johnston | 269 (−18) | by 3 strokes |
| 2022 | Adrian Meronk | 268 (−14) | by 5 strokes |
PGA Tour of Australasia
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Australian Open Peter Senior | 271 (−17) | lowest winning score in this event · by 7 strokes |
| 1988 | Vic Open Jim Benepe | 282 (−6) | by 3 strokes |
| 1987 | Roger Mackay | 277 (−11) | by 1 stroke |
PGA Tour of Australasia
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Rodger Davis | 291 (+3) | won in a playoff |
| 1976 | Guy Wolstenholme | 281 (−7) | won in a playoff |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Denmark | International Federation of PGA Tours |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Adam Scott | 271 (−17) | by 4 strokes · PGA Tour of Australasia |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Tiger Woods | 274 (−14) | by 2 strokes · PGA Tour of Australasia; European Tour |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Aaron Baddeley | 278 (−10) | by 2 strokes · PGA Tour of Australasia |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Greg Norman | 278 (−10) | by 2 strokes · PGA Tour of Australasia |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Mike Clayton | 285 (−3) | by 2 strokes · PGA Tour of Australasia |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Peter Fowler | 285 (−3) | by 3 strokes · PGA Tour of Australasia |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Gary Player | 280 (−8) | by 3 strokes · Golf Australia |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Kel Nagle | 279 (−17) | by 3 strokes · Golf Victoria |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Peter Thomson | 289 (−7) | by 3 strokes · Golf Victoria |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Frank Phillips | 287 | by 1 stroke · Golf Australia |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Ossie Pickworth | 289 | won in a playoff · Golf Australia |
Dan Soutar walked the Cheltenham property before settling on an avenue of gum trees in the centre, reportedly declaring 'Here is where we start, an ideal ready-made short hole for the 10th', and planned the whole course around it.
Source: Kingston Heath history
In the 1948 Australian Open, Jim Ferrier flew the 18th green, played back across the sixth green and got up and down to force a playoff with Ossie Pickworth, who won the first Open held at the Heath.
Source: Kingston Heath history
Tiger Woods won the 2009 Australian Masters at Kingston Heath at 14-under 274, adding the event's gold jacket to his green ones; the club calls it a landmark event in its history.
Source: Kingston Heath history
Gary Player set a course record 65 in the second round of the 1970 Australian Open on his way to the sixth of his seven Stonehaven Cups.
Source: Kingston Heath history
The club names two ruling wind patterns, the hot northerly of summer and the brisk southerly buster; the par 5s play with or against them while the 171 m par-3 5th cuts across both.
Source: Kingston Heath featured holes
On the blind 328 m par-4 9th, wrapped in dense ti-tree, the club tells players to aim their tee shot at the telecommunications tower.
Source: Kingston Heath featured holes
MacKenzie's scheme had about 66 bunkers and Vernon Morcom built 53 by early 1928, then broke them into more than 130 by 1945; at the 4th green a single front-right bunker became 10.
Source: Kingston Heath history
On the 515 m par-5 14th the tee points awkwardly to the right and a chain of bunkers is carved into the course's largest dune formation; members rate its ti-tree-wrapped green the hardest to read.
Source: Kingston Heath featured holes
The 271 m par-4 3rd is drivable, but the club says strategy is set on the tee by the flag: a high approach from the left for Position A, a running shot for B, and spin control for the tucked Position C.
Source: Kingston Heath featured holes
The club refers to itself as the Heath when listing the Australian Open champions crowned there, from Ossie Pickworth in 1948 to Ryggs Johnston in 2024.
Source: Kingston Heath history
Dan Soutar, Alister MacKenzie (bunkering scheme, 1926)
16-year programme after the 1970s decline: new grass species, rebuilt and reshaped greens, hundreds of trees removed, bunkers and green complexes restored, strategic swales added
Source: Kingston Heath history
Bunkering scheme (about 66 bunkers) commissioned Oct-Nov 1926; moved the 15th green onto the ridge, creating the par-3 15th; the course had opened in 1925 with no bunkers
Source: Kingston Heath history
53 MacKenzie-scheme bunkers built by early 1928; Morcom then broke them into clusters, over 130 bunkers by 1945
Source: Kingston Heath history
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.
| Year | Event | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Capital.com Australian Open 3–6 December 2026 | scheduled · DP World Tour | |
| 2024 | ISPS Handa Australian Open 28 November – 1 December 2024 | Ryggs Johnston | here: R1-R2 rotation · DP World Tour |
| 2022 | ISPS Handa Australian Open 1–4 December 2022 | Adrian Meronk | here: R1-R2 (each player one round here, one at Victoria) · DP World Tour |
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