Alice Springs Golf Club is a golf club in Australia. It is located in Desert Springs, Northern Territory. It was formed in 1985. It has hosted several notable golf tournaments. The Alice Springs Golf Course, an 18-hole championship layout golf course designed by the architects Thomson Wolveridge, was opened in 1985 by a challenge match between top professionals

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and

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. The course record of 64 is held jointly by, amateur members, Leigh Shacklady and Kerryn Heaver, beating professional

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's 65. Adam Scott won the

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Championship held there in 1997.

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