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MOWBRAY GOLF CLUB
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| Designed by:
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S V Hotchkin
(1929) Bob Grimsdell (1954) |
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Combination
of Links and Parklands |
| Holes: |
18 |
| Par: |
72 |
| Fairway: |
Kikuyu |
| Greens:
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Bent Grass |
| Length:
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Championship: 6070m |
Senior: 6094m |
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Club: 5705m |
Ladies: 6094m |
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Mowbray Golf
Course: Raapenberg Road, Mowbray, Cape Town. Situated
approximately 10 minutes from Cape Town city
centre, the Mowbray Golf Club was established in 1910. The club is
recognised as being one of the best in the country with all major
amateur championships having been played here. Mowbray has hosted the
SA Open seven times and the Bells Cup three times.
The Course: Set in a very central
area - about 15 minutes from the Waterfront and Cape Town's
Airport - Mowbray is a parkland course, which provides an excellent
test of golf. The terrain is flat, but plenty of trees and water
features make for an interesting experience, with the beauty of the
mountain and abundant wild life dominating the scenery. A significant
feature of any coastal course is, of course, the wind. This is where
Mowbray is unique, in that the holes have been so laid out that you
will seldom find yourself with the wind directly in your face or right
at your back. Also, believe it or not, the wind in Pinelands is seldom
as severe as in other parts of the peninsula.
Members generally appreciate the wind, as the "windy season" coincides
with the summer, keeping the heat at bay. The rainy season is in the
winter - in the months of June through August but strangely enough,
most wives of members have come to believe that it never rains on the
golf course! Certainly, golf is very much a year round activity here
and it is seldom that the course has to be closed due to wet
conditions.
Both fairways and greens remain soft throughout the year. The fairways
consist predominantly of kikuyu grass while the greens are a mixture
of fine grasses which provide an excellent putting surface.
Experiments with pure bent grass have not been successful, so the
indigenous grasses are now being "managed", with more than
satisfactory results.
While the course is not particularly long, the golfer will find
Mowbray a real challenge. It is generally accepted that the S A Golf
Union ratings of 71 from the back tees and 69 from the front make it
about 2 or 3 strokes more difficult than average. Don't let this put
you off, however. If you hit the ball straight, you'll do well and
even if you go off line here and there, the rough is very forgiving
and is kept well trimmed.
Signature Hole: With the imposing Devils Peak as your aiming
point off the tee, the 15th is a tough par-4 with a narrow fairway
lined by pine trees. |
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Did
you know?
Set in a very central area - about 15 minutes from the Waterfront
and Cape Town's International Airport. |
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