KwaZulu-Natal
The KwaZulu-Natal Golf Union is the governing body for male amateur golfers in the province and its 88 member clubs are spread throughout the five districts of Zululand, Northern Natal, Midlands, North Coast and Southern Natal. Female golfers have their own provincial authority, the Kwazulu-Natal Ladies Golf Association, an organisation that can trace its roots back to 1918. Any list of top tracks in KwaZulu-Natal has to include three terrific Peter Matkovich courses at Prince’s Grant, Cotswold Downs and San Lameer. Hugh Baiocchi’s Champagne Sports course at Winterton and the 18 holes of Tom Weiskopf’s Zimbali course are wonderful late 1990s designs, but the “Best in Province” tag still belongs to the old Durban (Country Club) layout that was first played in 1922.
Champagne Sports
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Champagne Sports
Johannesburg golfer Hugh Baiocchi designed the 18-hole championship course at Champagne Sports Resort and it first opened for play in 1997.
Prince's Grant
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Prince's Grant
The signature hole at Prince’s Grant is the 560-yard par five 15th. "Umvoti" plays from an elevated tee to a green down beside the Indian Ocean...
Victoria Country Club
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Victoria Country Club
Upgraded to USGA standards by Golf Data in 2007, the course at Victoria Country Club is set out over wonderful rolling terrain in the parklands beside the Queen Elizabeth Nature Reserve.
Gowrie Farm
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Gowrie Farm
Intriguingly, the fairways of the nine-hole Gowrie Farm course play to twelve greens in what might best be described as a highly unconventional golfing configuration.
Cotswold Downs
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Cotswold Downs
Peter Matkovich routed the Cotswold Downs golf course across a former sugar-cane farm. The undulations on this elevated site make the golf exciting and the club is renowned for its tip-top conditioning.
Mount Edgecombe (The Woods)
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Mount Edgecombe (The Woods)
Mount Edgecombe Country Club’s number one course (now called The Woods) is a fine old parkland layout that was laid out by Sid Brews in 1935 then redesigned to USGA specifications by Hugh Baiocchi in 1992.
San Lameer
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
San Lameer
As part of a 470-acre residential estate where development is limited to 40% of the landscape, the San Lameer Country Club course was designed by Peter Matkovich and opened for play in 1992.
Umdoni Park
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Umdoni Park
Umdoni Park, named after the indigenous tree of the same name, was established as a Trust by sugar magnate Sir Frank Reynolds back in 1920...
