Architect
Dr Alister MacKenzie
English golf course architect whose designs span four continents; in 1919 he formed the London firm Colt, MacKenzie & Alison with Harry Colt and Charles Alison. Source
- Life
- 1870–1934
- Firm
- Colt, MacKenzie & Alison
Painting: Royal Melbourne (West). Watercolour. Original image from Top100GolfCourses.com
On The Golf List
8 courses credited to MacKenzie, best ranked first.
- 1Royal Melbourne (West)
VICBlack Rock · Australia · opened 1931
- 2
Kingston HeathVICCheltenham · Australia · opened 1925
- 5
New South WalesNSWLa Perouse · Australia · opened 1928
- 9
VictoriaVICCheltenham · Australia · opened 1927
- 11Royal Adelaide
SASeaton · Australia · opened 1906
- 11
TitirangiNorthNew Lynn · New Zealand
- 14Metropolitan
VICSouth Oakleigh · Australia · opened 1908
- –Flinders
VICFlinders · Australia
Unranked
History
In order, each line from a published source.
- 1926
Royal Melbourne Golf Club hired MacKenzie after its president, L.K.S. Mackinnon, asked the R&A in London to recommend a course architect. Source
- 1926
He arrived in Melbourne on the liner Otranto on 25 October 1926, commissioned to carry out work for Royal Melbourne. Source
- 1926
In his first week he also inspected Metropolitan and Kingston Heath, advising Kingston Heath on a new bunkering scheme, before leaving for Adelaide. Source
- 1926
He mapped out the 18 holes of Royal Melbourne's West Course, which opened in 1931. Source
- 1926
Club member Alex Russell became his partner in Australia and carried on the Royal Melbourne work with head greenkeeper Mick Morcom. Source
- 1926
Flinders Golf Club, on the Mornington Peninsula, paid him £100 to visit and draw up a report and plan of its course. Source
- 1926
In Sydney he routed a new course for New South Wales Golf Club at La Perouse. Source
- 1927
He then sailed from Sydney to New Zealand, arriving in Auckland on the Marama on 4 January 1927 to redesign the course now known as Titirangi. Source