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Metropolitan Golf Club-Melbourne in SOUTH OAKLEIGH, Victoria, AU in 3167
3167 (Click on a Hole to View Flyover of the Hole or View Hole Maps or View Scorecard or View Nearby Courses or View Gradebook or Wireframe Hubspoke)
1This hole is a medium length par four that turns a little from right to left around two fairway bunkers on the left side of the driving area.A big bunker guards the right of the green and when the flag is tucked close to this bunker a drive to the left edge of the fairway is truly rewarded with a clear line to the flag.2A relatively short par three with a green larger than it might be for a hole of this length, the championship pin placements are protected by the surrounding bunkers and the slopesThis is a beautiful looking hole but one that shouldn’t provide too many early round problems.Dr Alister MacKenzie, on his visit here in 1926, stated this was one of the best short holes he had seen in Australia.3Slightly longer than the 1st hole, this par four suits a draw from the tee except when the flag is tucked in the back left corner of the green.A single greenside bunker protects the left side of the putting surface and to get close an approach from the right half of the fairway is essential.Over the back of this green is a terrible place to miss. Getting up and down from the deep swale isn’t impossible but the chip back requires both great touch and imagination.4This short par five has been made more difficult by a tightened driving area achieved with the addition of two new fairway bunkers for the 1997 Australian Open. A new back tee, however, adds 30 metres to the hole and whilst probably only a drive and a long iron, the perched up green isn’t to be missed long or right.5Another hole made more difficult by the addition of a new championship tee. Two deep fairway bunkers are right in play down the left side of the driving area, the right hand fairwaThe green features a huge slope off the shoulder of the right hand greenside bunker and if the flag is in the right half of the green an approach from the left half of the fairway 6The 6th is the second of three front nine par fives and the player must drive to the far left side of the dogleg to gain the best possible angle to approach the green.Jack Nicklaus, famously, carried the fairway bunker that stretches across the left half of the fairway (270 metres) with a driver and a small ball in the 1967 Australian P.G.A ChamThe green and surrounds feature cavernous bunkers and a heavily contoured green. Precise shot making is required, whether it be from a long second or short third shot.7A much underrated hole by those who dismiss it as being too long and flat. The green and its terrific looking surrounding bunkers are a model for anyone trying to build a difficultUsually it takes a long iron or a 3 wood and if the pin is tucked close to the bunkers only a perfect long shot sets up a birdie putt.8Another two shot par five for the good player but one lined with trees all the way up both sides. It bends to the right but a drive too far right forces a long low fade around the The green again is the feature and a swale guards the front and runs all the way around the right side. The most difficult pin placements are in the left side of the green and a mi9The 9th hole is a long par 4 with a sharp dogleg right. Most play down to the corner with a long iron or a three wood and if the driver comes out it has to be perfectly faded arounThe second shot can vary between a four iron down to an eight or nine. This is the most beautifully contoured and shaped green on the golf course – being on in two is no guarante10This hole is a dogleg to the left that perfectly suits a long draw from the tee and whilst it plays its full length in the winter the extra summer run makes it not as daunting a pr11A medium length par three where the ideal shot and the club selection is entirely dictated by the pin placement. The back pin is guarded by a back left bunker that eats right into Like the 2nd this is not a difficult hole to hit the middle of the green but it demands a fine tee shot to get into the corners where the most difficult pin positions are placed.12The 12th is a shortish par four where the only place not to drive is into the left hand fairway bunkers. Unless it’s played into an unusually strong wind the second shot will onl13A hole that is both visually appealing and challenging. A large cavernous bunker guards the front right of the green with the only safe lay up area short left.The green slopes sharply from back to front and the wind rarely assists on this hole so a par here is well earned.14This is the last of the four par five holes and one easily reachable in two shots by the good player. The green opens up from the left side of the fairway and the ideal drive eitheA big bunker guards the front right of the green but getting up and down from here isn’t particularly difficult so many attack the flag in the hope of a three, but with the knowl15This is probably the most difficult of Metropolitan’s par fours and again the strategy is simple and clear. A long bunker with a high lip sits into the left side of the fairway aA greenside bunker closes off the flag for those approaching from the right and only a big high fade will get the job done for those who fly their drives too far to the right.16This short par four doglegs sharply right around several deep fairway bunkers that have proved pivotal in deciding at least two Australian Opens. Bob Shearer in 1979 and Ian Baker-Some can drive far enough to reach the green but it’s almost impossible to keep such a long shot on the small sloping green.Often the pin placement dictates the best place to play to from the tee with the most difficult pin to get close to being behind the front right bunker, when the flag is there it�17A single deep bunker that is almost impossible to hit the green from, sits in the left side of the driving area. It’s the one place not to go. Some curiously sited trees (but favorites of the members) 60 metres short of the green make for a blind second for those who have driven to the right, although that is the only effThe green is relatively large, not in truth that difficult to hit and only when the pin is tucked close to the bunkers do they have much influence on the approach.18The championship tee added for the 1997 Australian Open stretched this hole out to 434 metres and into a wind from the north it’s a brutally difficult hole.The hole is actually dead straight and it is the blocked drive that is caught by the fairway bunkers down the right, but when the flag is on the left of the green it’s clearly beIn the 1979 Australian Open, Greg Norman hit two terrific shots, the second with a five iron, just under the tier of the two level green and then three putted to lose by one to Jac
Holes Distances in
Yards Meters
Hole: 1 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 8/4 Yards 473 0
380
339
0
Meters 433 0
347
310
0
Hole: 2 Par: 3/3 Hcp: 14/16 Yards 175 0
160
110
0
Meters 160 0
146
101
0
Hole: 3 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 4/8 Yards 423 0
387
321
0
Meters 387 0
354
294
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Hole: 4 Par: 5/5 Hcp: 18/10 Yards 520 0
476
389
0
Meters 475 0
435
356
0
Hole: 5 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 10/6 Yards 413 0
355
313
0
Meters 378 0
325
286
0
Hole: 6 Par: 5/5 Hcp: 16/2 Yards 514 0
470
444
0
Meters 470 0
430
406
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Hole: 7 Par: 3/3 Hcp: 6/12 Yards 220 0
201
159
0
Meters 201 0
184
145
0
Hole: 8 Par: 5/5 Hcp: 12/14 Yards 521 0
476
400
0
Meters 476 0
435
366
0
Hole: 9 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 2/18 Yards 432 0
395
379
0
Meters 395 0
361
347
0
Hole: 10 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 3/17 Yards 457 0
418
381
0
Meters 418 0
382
348
0
Hole: 11 Par: 3/3 Hcp: 17/15 Yards 168 0
154
123
0
Meters 154 0
141
112
0
Hole: 12 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 9/1 Yards 405 0
370
319
0
Meters 370 0
338
292
0
Hole: 13 Par: 3/3 Hcp: 7/11 Yards 159 0
173
132
0
Meters 145 0
158
121
0
Hole: 14 Par: 5/5 Hcp: 15/13 Yards 596 0
525
408
0
Meters 545 0
480
373
0
Hole: 15 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 1/3 Yards 467 0
427
337
0
Meters 427 0
390
308
0
Hole: 16 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 13/9 Yards 377 0
345
264
0
Meters 345 0
315
241
0
Hole: 17 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 11/7 Yards 430 0
393
317
0
Meters 393 0
359
290
0
Hole: 18 Par: 4/4 Hcp: 5/5 Yards 474 0
395
325
0
Meters 433 0
361
297
0
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