I'm going to commit an unpardonable sin and nominate Coomonwealth and Kingston Heath as two courses who have made the most of limited sites.
I haven't played either, just walked extensively, but, aside from the fact they are built on sand, they are fairly ordinary pieces of ground.
Smallish, rectangular, only a little movement but incredible.
Worst? Tie between Moonah Links and Royal Birkdale.
Matt Cohn,
You should remember Melbourne's weather before making outlandish statements like ... "they're all watching at RM now".
It may have been 44 degrees Saturday, it may have been 35 degress yesterday, but today... bucketing down. Royal Melbourne was under water.
Many of the Aussies would have mentioned the Ocean Course at The National near Melbourne as one of the biggest missed opportunities...except they're all busy watching at Royal Melbourne right now!
Best use of not much...how about PGA West, Shadow Creek, etc.? Or was that land perfect because they could do anything with it?