Capital Golf Club, Melbourne

[Ronald Montesano]

John Huggan gives us this wee bit on the Capital Golf Club, in Melbourne...
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/sport/John-Huggan-No-change-here.6625164.jp?articlepage=2

Anyone with experience on the course have time to make a thread of this notion?

[Scott Macpherson]

I'm pretty sure it was designed by Thomson Wolveridge and Perrett.  Even their staff were not allowed access to the course, and only high rollers get to play the course. I seem to recall someone telling me that it was in the Greenkeepers contract to play the course 3 times a week... and he had played the course more than anyone else. They did a lot of earthworks and planting around the perimeter of the course so nobody can see in from the road.

What is true and was is myth is hard to know though.

[Gerry B]

played it a few years ago -at the time they had very little play - concept was shadow creek of australia - shadow creek was better as a reference

was only person on course that day   - average at best - but the service etc was fabulous and was short drive from melbourne city centre - adjacent to kingston heath if i remember correctly

[David_Elvins]

I post these links with extreme trepidation. I would like to point out the the owner of Capital Golf Club, if he is reading, that I do not endorse the content in the links, and post them as reference material only. 

http://www.thegolfforum.com/index.php?showtopic=3773

http://www.thegolfforum.com/index.php?showtopic=3774

http://www.thegolfforum.com/index.php?showtopic=3795

[Mark_F]

John Huggan gives us this wee bit on the Capital Golf Club, in Melbourne...
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/sport/John-Huggan-No-change-here.6625164.jp?articlepage=2

Anyone with experience on the course have time to make a thread of this notion?

Like most things written about Capital, it is incorrect.  Even an article published recently in Golf Australia magazine contained inaccuracies - and it was written by a (former)staff member.

Even their staff were not allowed access to the course, and only high rollers get to play the course.

Not true.  I played the course 7 or 8 times when I worked there.  I could have played it more often had I wished.

I seem to recall someone telling me that it was in the Greenkeepers contract to play the course 3 times a week...

That isn't true, either.

I post these links with extreme trepidation. I would like to point out the the owner of Capital Golf Club, if he is reading, that I do not endorse the content in the links, and post them as reference material only.  

http://www.thegolfforum.com/index.php?showtopic=3773

http://www.thegolfforum.com/index.php?showtopic=3774

http://www.thegolfforum.com/index.php?showtopic=3795

I also, in case Mr Williams is reading this, don't endorse the content of those reviews.  

[Scott Warren]

It is, however a wonderful golf course review on par with one a chap on the same site did of some hotel course in Fiji.

[Matt_Cohn]

That review is pretty entertaining, and those hedges look terrible.

[Matthew Rose]

That course review was absolutely hysterical. I had to steal something from it.

[Dónal Ó Ceallaigh]

Any chance of getting Julius to join this DG?

[JMEvensky]

Any chance of getting Julius to join this DG?

I thought the same thing.Maybe he already is but can't publicly take credit for his review.

[Andrew Thomson]

Julius is here, and contributes regularly 

[RJ_Daley]

Praise and thanks for all the wit and humor that makes up the character of those from the land down under.  What would our little hobby of discussion GCA be without them!!! Julius for emperor!  All hail Julius Siezure.   

[Chris Kane]

Julius is dead right in his review - it is a terrible golf course. It would struggle to make the top 30 in Melbourne.

It was once said of the former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd that he was only popular and had high public standing among people who had never actually met him. Capital is pretty similar - I don't know of anyone who has actually seen it who rates it as highly as its reputation would suggest.

[Charlie Goerges]

Frank discussion of golf course architecture. It's alive and well!