The Royal Melbourne Golf Club
The Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Black Rock, Victoria, Australia. Craig Parry won the 2005 Heineken Classic here with 270 (−14).
The Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Black Rock, Victoria, Australia. Craig Parry won the 2005 Heineken Classic here with 270 (−14).
The Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Black Rock, Victoria, Australia. Craig Parry won the 2005 Heineken Classic here with 270 (−14).
Updated October 24, 2026
34 editions on the record, by event, newest first.
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | United States | 16-14 | PGA Tour |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Lydia Ko | 283 (−9) | ALPG Tour; Ladies European Tour; LPGA Tour |
PGA Tour of Australasia
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Bicentennial Classic Rodger Davis | won in a playoff | |
| 1987 | Australian Open Greg Norman | 273 (−15) | lowest winning score in this event · by 10 strokes |
| 1983 | Australian PGA Championship Bob Shearer | 288 (E) | by 2 strokes |
| 1982 | Graham Marsh | 282 (−6) | by 3 strokes |
| 1981 | Seve Ballesteros | 282 (−6) | by 3 strokes |
| 1980 | Sam Torrance | 282 (−6) | by 2 strokes |
| 1979 | Stewart Ginn | 284 (E) | by 3 strokes |
Golf Australia
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | Ivo Whitton (a) | 302 | by 3 strokes |
| 1912 | Ivo Whitton | 321 | by 5 strokes |
| 1909 | Claude Felstead | 316 | by 2 strokes |
| 1907 | Michael Scott (a) | 318 | by 8 strokes |
| 1905 | Dan Soutar | 337 | by 10 strokes |
PGA Tour of Australasia; European Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Craig Parry | 270 (−14) | won in a playoff |
| 2004 | Ernie Els | 268 (−20) | lowest winning score in this event · by 1 stroke |
| 2003 | Ernie Els | 273 (−15) | by 1 stroke |
| 2002 | Ernie Els | 271 (−17) | by 5 strokes |
Golf Australia
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | Rufus Stewart | 297 | by 2 strokes |
| 1924 | Alex Russell | 303 | by 2 strokes |
| 1921 | Arthur Le Fevre | 295 | by 10 strokes |
PGA of Australia
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | Dan Soutar | 145 | by 6 strokes |
| 1912 | Dan Soutar | 163 | by 4 strokes |
| 1909 | Fred Popplewell; Willie Thomson | 163 | by Tied |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Adam Scott | 270 (−14) | by 2 strokes · PGA Tour of Australasia |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Australia | PGA Tour (unofficial) / International Federation of PGA Tours |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Wayne Riley | 285 (−3) | by 1 stroke · PGA Tour of Australasia |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | United States | by 1 stroke · International Golf Association |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Taiwan | by 2 strokes · International Golf Association |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Alan Murray | 291 (−1) | by 4 strokes · Golf Victoria |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Gary Player | 278 (−18) | by 7 strokes · Golf Australia |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Norman Von Nida | 278 | by 2 strokes · Golf Australia |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Jim Ferrier (a) | 285 | by 2 strokes · Golf Australia |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | Lou Kelly | 302 | by 3 strokes · Golf Australia |
In 1905 Sydney professional Dan Soutar won the Australian PGA and, two days later, the Australian Open over the club's Sandringham layout - the first time either event was held at Royal Melbourne.
Source: Royal Melbourne timeline
Nine shots back at halfway, Seve Ballesteros shot 66-69 to win the 1981 Australian PGA, becoming one of the few to win at St Andrews, Augusta National and Royal Melbourne.
Source: Royal Melbourne timeline
The huge bunker embedded in the left hillside off the tee of the West Course 10th is known to members as hell's half-acre.
Source: Royal Melbourne West Course page
The horse-drawn plough and scoop that head greenkeeper Mick Morcom used to build the West and East courses' greens and bunkers are on display along the hedgerow driveway into the club.
Source: Royal Melbourne history timeline
During a severe drought the club built a 40-megalitre lagoon, completed in 2008, to harvest stormwater from a drain through the East Course back paddock; lined ponds between West 3 and West 6 later added 20 megalitres.
Source: Royal Melbourne history timeline
The West Course 16th is the longest par 3 on either course, with a sprawling nest of bunkers left and more short and right; the West 14th green, ringed by nine bunkers, is the most heavily fortified on the course.
Source: Royal Melbourne West Course page
MacKenzie designed three West Course holes around one large sand dune; on the 4th the tee shot is blind over the sandhill and its carry bunkers.
Source: Royal Melbourne West Course page
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.
| Year | Event | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Presidents Cup 12–15 December 2019 | United States | PGA Tour |
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's tour-course research (profiles, championship history, the tour's visits since 2017, stories, details and course changes, each with its sources). A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. The light in the room is the sun's real position on the last day of a recorded visit.
The routing and ground are drawn from OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). The clubhouse is drawn by GNN from reference photographs; the photographs stay private.
Data: royal-melbourne-golf-club.json. Spot an error? See corrections.