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Event Info
Starts: 4th December 2025
Course: Royal Melbourne GC, Melbourne, Australia
Par: 71
Length: 7,087 yards
2024 Champion: Joaquin Niemann
Course Info
Designer: Alister MacKenzie
Type: Australian Links/Sandbelt.
Par 5's: 14th and 17th
Significant Info To Be Aware Of
- The last top level professional event played at Royal Melbourne was the 2013 Australian Masters, along with the 2013 World Cup of Golf (played in consecutive weeks).
- Royal Melbourne hosted the President's Cup in 2019, several of this week's field played in that event.
- Royal Melbourne also hosted the 2014 and 2023 Asian-Pacific Amateur event.
2025 Australian Open Stats Analysis
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2025 Australian Open Course Quotes
"The course is so unique. I've heard a lot about it, but I think it's one of those things that people did a good job explaining it, but also didn't. It, you can't explain it. There's so many blind shots. It's just, the golf course plays so different over the course of a couple days. If the wind changes and somebody were at a good point today, if it's at the end of those 36-hole days, or I guess only on Saturday is a 36-hole day, if it gets windy this course could get really, really firm and crispy." Justin Thomas, 2019 Presidents Cup
"I still won't forget that 85 percent 9-iron I hit into 3 today and that front flag, landed right next to the hole and bounced over the green. You have to get used to doing that and with how slopey the greens are, you have to be creative." Patrick Reed, 2019 Presidents Cup
"Being able to land the ball exactly where you need to (is the biggest challenge) because you can't just go at the pins. So you have to really pick your spots and just let the golf course give you some chances. You can't really push anything. You can't really be super aggressive." Abraham Ancer, 2019 Presidents Cup
"They're pretty severe greens. They're fast. They're firm, very firm. I mean, firmest we've played since maybe Carnoustie a couple years ago. Yeah, if you aim it straight at the pins it's not going to end up there. You've got to hit it in a certain area to get it in another part of the green with the right speed and the right shape. It's a great golf course like that. You can't just aim it straight in the hole. You have to know where the slopes are, use them and play the right shot to use them. It's a great golf course in that respect." Marc Leishman, 2019 Presidents Cup
"It's an Alister Mackenzie design and you have to be on point with your ball-striking no matter what. It's why I like the golf course personally. It's why I like Augusta. You have to be strategic with it and play to the right side of the green, and if you don't execute your shots, you can get panelized heavily for it. That's the beauty about Mackenzie designs." Bryson DeChambeau, 2019 Presidents Cup
