Tim Liddy recently went to Australia with a golf study tour of Alister MacKenzie courses by the ASGCA, SAGCA and EIGCA . They studied New South Wales, Royal Sydney, Metropolitan, Royal Melbourne and Kingston Heath. Tim has a good friend (Andy Coogan, who grew up across the street from Carnoustie Golf Course in Scotland -another story) that lives in Melbourne and is a member of Victoria Golf Club, so he took the opportunity to study Victoria and talk to its Director of Grounds Ian Todd.

Above is some of their conversation.

Thanks to Tim for shooting and editing this interview. When I was at Victoria in 2003, I had the pleasure of playing the course with Mike Clayton who has been in charge of restoring and renovating the course. It was one of the most pleasurable rounds of the decade and his thoughts on golf course design made a strong impression on me at the time. The work he has done there is remarkable, and Victoria is not to be missed.