Eastern Cape
Amateur golf in Eastern Cape is administered by the Eastern Province Golf Union (with 7,000 members in 26 clubs) and Border Golf Union (which has around 3,000 members in 23 clubs). The Eastern Cape Women’s Golf Association looks after female golfers, and this governing body oversees the golfing affairs of members in 26 affiliated clubs. Humewood is said to be the only true links layout in the whole country and it dates back to the late 1920s when SV Hotchkin set out the course whilst on a visit from England. He also, during the same trip, had a hand in the design of the East London course on a site that the club had moved to in 1923. Of more recent vintage, Robert Trent Jones Jnr’s Wild Coast course near Port Edward and the Jack Nicklaus St Francis Links layout hold lofty positions in the national ranking charts.
St Francis Links
Eastern Cape, South Africa
St Francis Links
The course at St Francis Bay lies a little inland from the coast and it displays many links traits with fairways laid out on rugged, tumbling, sandy terrain...
Humewood Golf Club
Eastern Cape, South Africa
Humewood Golf Club
Greens at Humewood are firm and fast, requiring a sure putting touch – which was needed when the South African Open returned to this top class links in 2006.
East London
Eastern Cape, South Africa
East London
East London Golf Club has hosted the South African Open seven times (between 1930 and 2001) and it’s widely regarded as one of the top courses in the Eastern Cape.
Wild Coast
Eastern Cape, South Africa
Wild Coast
Set in natural bush between the Umtamvuna and Mzamba rivers, Wild Coast Sun’s fairways rise and fall then twist and turn...
Olivewood
Eastern Cape, South Africa
Olivewood
Situated a few of kilometres inland from Chintsa in the Wild Coast region of the Eastern Cape, the 18-hole layout at the Olivewood Private Estate & Golf Club is the first design of former Sunshine Tour professional Algy Kietzmann, who became so involved with the project that he personally shaped all of the green complexes.
St Francis Bay
Eastern Cape, South Africa
St Francis Bay
Bob Grimsdell laid out the course at St Francis Bay Golf Club in 1975 and this 9-holer was extended to a full 18-hole layout in 1999 by Danie Obermeyer.
Wedgewood Golf & Country Estate
Eastern Cape, South Africa
Wedgewood Golf & Country Estate
Situated in nearly 900 acres of parkland adjacent to the Hopewell Nature Reserve near Port Elizabeth, lies the Wedgewood Golf & Country Estate, which sports a reconstructed Golf Data course at its centrepiece.
Royal Port Alfred
Eastern Cape, South Africa
Royal Port Alfred
One of four South African clubs with a regal prefix, Royal Port Alfred Golf Club obtained its royal status in 1924, seventeen years after its formation.
Port Elizabeth
Eastern Cape, South Africa
Port Elizabeth
Founded in 1890, Port Elizabeth is the second oldest golf club in South Africa and it marked 125 years as a golfing institution by hosting the South African Amateur Stroke Play Championship in 2015.
