According to a news release from Victorian Planning Minister Matthew Guy, the redevelopment of the Lonsdale Golf Club is set to proceed after approval was given to rezone the existing site. The club has pursued the redevelopment for more than 10 years, and has been working with Ogilvy Clayton Golf Design on extending the golf course, maintenance facility and water storage facility into an adjoining rural property. Permission to subdivide part of the existing golf course site to create a resident....

According to the accompanying editorial, the very first Golf Digest World Top 100 ranking was produced via ballots completed by the magazine’s USA based judges and those associated with its 27 international affiliates.

For local golfing fans this past summer was truly one to remember. Aside from Adam Scott’s masterful play and the euphoria of his celebratory Green Jacket tour around Australia, we had a string of terrific events, some world-class visitors, the comeback of Jarrod Lyle and the unique bonus of back-to-back major tournaments at Royal Melbourne. It will come as no surprise to those who watched either the Talisker Masters or the World Cup that the West Course at Royal Melbourne has once again been confirmed as Australia’s number 1 golf course. Its holes played superbly during both events, and in 2014 the course separated itself further from the rest of the Australian Golf Digest Top 100 field.