There is no doubt this type of golf is different to what most of the globe is used to, particularly those in the U.S. So we went to International captains assistant Geoff Ogilvy — who has played Royal Melbourne more times than he can remember — to find out the seven secrets of sandbelt golf.
Ogilvy’s Seven Keys To Playing Royal Melbourne
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- Category: Inside Golf
- Published: 2019-12-13
By BEN EVERILL, PGATOUR.COM
MELBOURNE, Australia — If you want to be successful at Royal Melbourne Golf Club, you better have the keys to the sandbelt.
The sandbelt is an incredible region where the golf gods set up conditions for near-perfection when it comes to golf course design. Some of the world’s best championship courses are scattered around here. Royal Melbourne is clearly one of those.
The term comes from the sandy loam soil that provides the ideal foundation for shaping a course that can boast undulating and firm greens, tight-cut greenside bunkering and all-year round playability. The courses are kind of like a hybrid between parkland and links golf.
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