President’s Cup
Well the President’s Cup is not far away and is sure to be a massive event. Mr Obama will be in the Australia around this time (officially in Sydney) but being a golf fan I am sure he will get around to dropping down to Royal Melbourne Golf Club.
Both golf course that make up the composite course at Royal Melbourne Golf Club are in superb condition, although this has not always been the case and herein lies dilemma. Many purists believe that golf courses the ilk of RM should be served up as the elements allow. As most people will know, Australia has been in the grip of drought for the last 10 years and Royal Melbourne had been badly affected. The club held off installing dams obviously to the detriment of the course, however as members who played the other courses in the area; who had ample water on hand for irrigation, many tapped into the artesian water table( consequences yet to be quantified) saw golfers from these clubs hitting off manicured Santa Anna fairways that RM members would die for.
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