World No.2 Jason Day has given the Kingston Heath layout the thumbs up after its confirmation as the venue for this year's World Cup of Golf in Melbourne.
As the defending 2013 individual champion, Day will qualify automatically as the top-ranked player for Australia and will have until August to choose his partner for the tournament which has returned to a two-man format.
The event will be played from November 21-27.
In all, teams from 28 countries will tee off for an $US8 million ($A11.3 million) purse with the winning team sharing more than $US2.5 million ($A3.5 million).
"It's great that the World Cup of Golf is going to Kingston Heath," said Day. "The course has tremendous tradition and it is one of the reasons that Melbourne's sandbelt is considered home to several of the world's great golf courses."
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The 2016 tournament will return to a 72-hole, stroke play, two-man team format.
The first and third days of competition will be the foursomes (alternate shot) format and the second and final days are fourball (best ball) play.
The top 28 available players of different countries, according to the world rankings as of Monday, August 1 (day after the PGA Championship) will choose their teammates for the competition.
The top 28 teammates have until Thursday, August 12 to commit to play in the tournament.
