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Gary Player Shares Deep Bond With Royal Melbourne Ahead Of Australian Open Return

Player says Royal Melbourne is “one of the greatest golf courses in the world” and recalls winning the 1963 Australian Open there by seven shots. He flew Paris–New York–San Francisco–Hawaii–Fiji–Sydney–Melbourne, arrived three hours before tee time, “ate a sandwich on the drive in” and won without seeing the course, calling it perhaps his greatest achievement in professional golf.