| Lake Karrinyup Country Club | |
| Location: | Karrinyup, Western Australia |
| Coordinates: | -31.8616°N 115.7853°W |
| Type: | Private |
| Holes: | 27 |
| Tournaments: | Australian Open (1952, 1960, 1968, 1974) Lake Karrinyup Bowl (1962-63) Johnnie Walker Classic (2002–03) Perth International (2012–19) |
| Website: | Lake Karrinyup Country Club |
| Course1: | Championship Course |
| Par1: | 72 |
| Length1: | 6,531 metres (7,142 yards) |
| Rating1: | 75 |
| Record1: | 63 (Retief Goosen, 2002; Craig Spence, 2003) |
Lake Karrinyup Country Club is a private golf club located in Karrinyup, Western Australia. The golf club consists of an 18-hole championship golf course, and a 9-hole "short course". The championship layout at Lake Karrinyup was founded in 1928, designed by Alex Russell who was the Australian partner of the famed golf course architect, Alister MacKenzie.[1]
The championship course is a par-72 layout that winds its way through undulating ground, native gum-trees, and indigenous vegetation.[2] Designed by Alex Russell in 1928 and opened for play in 1930,[3] the course has seen a number of changes in its lifetime. The most significant changes occurred between 2007 and 2008, when Michael Clayton Golf Design was enlisted to undertake a significant overhaul of the golf course to return it, aesthetically and architecturally, to Alex Russell's principles.[4] Dominated by the lake from which the course gets its name, the most memorable holes are ones which run adjacent to and over this natural feature.[2] The signature 8th hole is a 201-metre par 3 which requires a shot that carries the lake onto a raised green. Also notable is the 507m (1,663feet) par-5 3rd hole which is flanked along its length by the lake, and the short 302m (991feet) par-4 14th which, due to clever bunkering, presents a number of options off the tee.[5]
The championship course scorecard is as follows. Please note that all measurements are from the Black (Championship) tees.[6]
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The course record of 63 is shared and was initially achieved by South African, Retief Goosen, playing in the 2002 Johnnie Walker Classic. The record was then equalled in the same event the following year by Australian golfer Craig Spence.[7]
Lake Karrinyup is consistently ranked as one of the top 20 courses in Australia.[5] A slip in its ranking early in the 2000s was part of the motive for the Clayton redesign.
Lake Karrinyup has played host to four Australian Opens (1952, 1960, 1968, 1974), two Lake Karrinyup Bowls (1963, 1964), two Johnnie Walker Classics (2002, 2003), and was the venue for the Perth International since 2012.