This modern-looking course in 1994 replaced the club’s original layout on the dunes of the False Bay shoreline. It’s close to the Strand beachfront, but without any sea views. Although built on a flat, inland site, it’s a varied and challenging parkland design, particularly in windy conditions, with a strong par-5 18th in front of the clubhouse. A large water hazard guards the right hand side of the fairway and another the front of an undulating raised green.
The club, which has an attractive double-storey clubhouse with good facilities, will be celebrating its centenary in November 2023
Water hazards, streams and dams are a feature of a layout built by Golf Data on a low-lying vlei, particularly on the back nine where they come into play on two exceptionally testing par 3s, Nos 14 and 17.
The tree-lined front nine has an unusual variety of different holes, dogleg par-5s, driveable par-4s and testing par-3s, while seven holes on the back nine are played on the other side of a highway, reached by a tunnel after playing the tenth. The course is renowned for good quality and slick greens.
The par 5s are among the more interesting and testing holes. To play them without a bogey is a feat. The second is short but has two large trees with wide canopies in the middle of the fairway, about 100 metres apart, which can snag golf balls. The fifth zig-zags through trees with a green on the edge of a hazard. No 16 is long and straight, played into the prevailing wind, with a cluster of bunkers near the green. And No 18, the longest at 508 metres, is usually played into the wind