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ROYAL CAPE GOLF CLUB
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Charles Murray |
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Combination of Links and
Parklands |
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18 |
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72 |
| Fairway Grass: |
Kikuyu |
| Greens Grass:
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Bent Grass |
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Championship: 6121m |
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Ladies: 5392m |
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Royal Cape Golf
Course, Wynberg, Cape Town. Founded in 1885, the Royal Cape
Golf Club is South Africa’s oldest and most exclusive club featuring a
course with narrow fairways lined by trees. The Royal Cape Golf Club
is in the , a 15 minute drive from the city centre and from the Cape
Town International Airport.
A true championship course, having hosted the South African Open
eleven times and the South African Amateur Championships eight times,
it has recently undertaken a reconstruction programme of all eighteen
greens strictly to the specifications of the United States Golf
Association.
The course today is a fine test of golf especially when the
south-easter is blowing. Essentially it is a flat parkland course,
well maintained and a pleasure to play with lovely views of the Table
Mountain range. The fairways are narrow and tree-lined.
Wayward shots are penalised by trees and the greens are well bunkered.
There is also plenty of water on the course, particularly at the
corner of the 3rd and 4th and 5th holes and also at the 14th, 15th and
16th holes. The most difficult holes are the par 4 third, at 435m the
longest two-shotter on the course, and the par 4 14th played into the
teeth of the prevailing south-easter with water guarding the right of
the green. The greens are well bunkered and there is plenty of water
on the course.
Course Regulations: Appropriate golf attire required. The
Golf Course is reserved for members on Saturdays, closed Good Friday
and Christmas Day. Handicap certificate compulsory. Soft spikes are
required on the golf course. |
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Did
you know?
the Royal Cape Golf Club is South Africa’s oldest and most
exclusive club featuring a course with narrow fairways lined by
trees. |
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