The Men's Australian Open was scheduled to return to Kingston Heath in 2020 but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The original scorecard read as below: Advice was sought from Alister MacKenzie during his visit to Australia in 1926, who provided a suitable bunkering strategy for the course.

Although many link MacKenzie to the actual design of Kingston Heath, his only course routing input was to change the 15th hole.

This was a short par 4 (222 yards) which played as a blind tee shot over a hill before descending to the green.

MacKenzie's recommendation was to shorten the hole, bringing the green to the top of the rise and becoming a tricky, uphill par 3.

Kingston Heath was the preferred Australian venue of the R&A for the staging of International Final Qualifying for The Open Championship, which was held each January from 2004 to 2013.