While details are still sketchy, this render video beautifully captured by Harris Kalinka using Gary Lisbon’s drone footage brings to life the proposed new layout to be built on the land to the left of the par-5 12th hole.
Sanctuary Lakes’ life began from a low base. The site of a former salt works on the edge of Melbourne’s Port Phillip Bay was flat, exposed and almost featureless from an architectural point of view.
This year marks 50 years since Royal Hobart hosted the only Australian Open ever held in Tasmania, and recent years have seen slow but steady improvements to the venerable club.
Think about how few golf holes allow you to see the flag while standing on the tee. Doglegs, treelines, spurs in the land – anything might obscure the view.
Australian Golf Digest
