Alex Russell

Alex Russell MC (4th June 1892 - 22nd November 1961) was an Australian grazier, soldier, golfer, and golf course architect.

Alex Russell was born in Geelong, Victoria, and was sent to Glenalmond College in Scotland for his early schooling before returning to Australia, where he attended Geelong Grammar School, from which he graduated in 1911 having won distinction in both academic and sporting pursuits. He traveled to England a second time in 1912 to study engineering at Cambridge University and whilst there he married Jess Lucy Fairbairn.

Commissioned in the Royal Garrison Artillery on the 9the of October 1914, Russell served on the Western Front during World War I, where he was twice wounded and won the Military Cross. After the war, he and his wife returned to Australia and lived at Sandringham in Melbourne, close to the Royal Melbourne Golf Club.

Both the Russells became enthusiastic amateur players; Alex won the Australian Open in 1924, the Australian foursomes of 1924 and 1926, and the Victorian and South Australian championships in 1925. Jess herself won the National Ladies' Foursomes in 1926 and 1927 and was runner-up in the 1927, 1930, and 1932 Ladies' Amateur Championships.

During his time as a course designer, Alex helped to design the Black Rock west golf course (opened 1931) and supervised its construction; he also designed the eastern course, as well as courses at Karrinyup in Perth, Yarra Yarra in Melbourne, and Paraparaumu Beach, near Wellington in New Zealand.

Website: https://www.ausgolf.com.au/golf-course-architects-alex-russell

Golf Courses designed by Alex Russell

Lake Karrinyup Country Club

Karrinyup, WA, Australia
Distance: 6531m Par: 72
Lake Karrinyup Country Club is widely acknowledged as Western Australia's premier golf club and is now home to the ISPS Handa World Super 6. Just 13-kilometres north of Perth's CBD, Lake Karrinyup is a tranquil botanical haven for wildlife including native birds and marsupials. Founded in 1928 with a course layout designed by Alex Russell,...

Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club

Paraparaumu Beach, Wellington, New Zealand
Distance: 6014m Par: 71
Located just 45-minutes from Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand's South Island is the publicly accessible Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club. Regarded by many as one of the greatest links-style courses in the southern hemisphere, Paraparaumu Beach's 18-hole championship course is a world-renowned walk or cart layout on the undulating dune land of the Kapiti...

Riversdale Golf Club

Mount Waverley, VIC, Australia
Distance: 5895m Par: 72
Situated in Melbourne's famed Sandbelt region and only 20-minutes from the city is the publicly accessible Riversdale Golf Club. Home to the Riversdale Cup, Australia's premier amateur event, the course's fairways are amongst the best in the area with Santa Anna couch spread throughout and improved drainage meaning that even in the winter Riversdale will...

Royal Melbourne Golf Club East Course

Black Rock, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Distance: 6007m Par: 71
The famed Royal Melbourne Golf Club East Course is as befitting of the reputation it holds. Previously ranked as Australia's first and sixth finest courses (the West and East respectively) and within the world's top 10, the club is steeped in history having first been established in 1891. The host of 16 Australian Opens, it...

Yarra Yarra Golf Club

Bentleigh East, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Distance: 6072m Par: 72
Established in 1898 Yarra Yarra is one of Melbourne's most prestigious golf clubs, boasting an immaculately presented 18-hole golf course and heritage-listed clubhouse. Located at Bentleigh East this private par 72 layout is one of the eight Melbourne sandbelt championship courses and is renowned for its par 3s. The original architect of this renowned Sandbelt...

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