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It doesn’t get any better for golf lovers – the Presidents Cup tees off in Melbourne on December 12, with the stakes sky high for the Internationals.

The calm before the storm: Royal Melbourne Golf Club's West Course is renowned worldwide for its fast and undulating greens. Gary Lisbon

Richard Allen

Nov 22, 2019 – 12.00am

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Royal Melbourne, the host club for this year’s Presidents Cup, is used to witnessing miracles.

In 1963, South African Gary Player flew for 58 hours from Paris to Melbourne – via New York, San Francisco, Hawaii, Fiji and Sydney – to play in the Australian Open there, landing only five hours before he was due to tee off. Without seeing the course beforehand, and with a local caddie on his bag, Player shot 70, 70, 70 and 68 to win the tournament by seven shots.