Golf
Course History
Tomojiro Maruyama, a Japanese Golf Course Architect, was engaged by MID (the original owners) to design the Resort's 27-hole course which was opened in 1990. In April 1996, a fourth 'gold' nine was officially opened at Royal Pines and completed the Resort's West Course.
In early 2002, the West Course was closed and preparations began for a new nin-hole course. The new nine holes were designed by Graham Marsh Golf Design. This saw the Resort move back to a 27-hole composite Course, with the evolution of the course names, Binnowee, Wangara and Aroona.
After RACV purchased the 27-hole Golf Course in September 2008, a decision was made to move back to the traditional golf course operation by renaming the 3 courses with the colours GOLD, GREEN and BLUE.
Golf Format
The Toll Ambrose is a 2 ball Ambrose Event with a 4 ball Ambrose format off each tee. On each tee all 4 players tee off and the best shot is selected. From the best shot the 2 ball Ambrose teams then finish the hole in a traditional 2 ball Ambrose format. At the end of the round both players handicaps are added together and then divided by 4 to give a team handicap. This team handicap is then deduced from the team gross score to give a final nett score. The team with the lowest nett score will be deemed the winner of the event. If players do not have an official AGU handicap, men play from a handicap of 18 and ladies play from a handicap of 27.
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