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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.

  1. Zimbali

    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Zimbali's 18 holes are laid out within a coastal forest reserve and the course is routed through wetlands and woodland with substantial changes in elevation throughout.

  2. Champagne Sports

    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Johannesburg golfer Hugh Baiocchi designed the 18-hole championship course at Champagne Sports Resort and it first opened for play in 1997.

  3. Prince's Grant

    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    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...

  4. Victoria Country Club

    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    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.

  5. Gowrie Farm

    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    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.

  6. Cotswold Downs

    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    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.

  7. Mount Edgecombe (The Woods)

    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    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.

  8. San Lameer

    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    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.

  9. Umhlali

    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    One of the earliest designs of the prolific architect Peter Matkovich, the moderately undulating, tree-lined course at Umhlali Country Club first opened for play as an 18-hole layout in 1979.

  10. Umdoni Park

    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    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...

  11. Mount Edgecombe (The Lakes)

    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Opened in 1997, the open parkland number two course (now called The Lakes) at Mount Edgecombe Country Club lies to the south of the No.1 course and its undulating fairways weave around a sizeable housing estate.

  12. Southbroom

    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Southbroom is an Indian Ocean charmer that may never come top of the South African “best course” listings but it will always be a “favourite course”...

  13. Bosch Hoek

    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Designed with nine holes and eighteen teeboxes, the once-private course at Bosch Hoek Golf Club in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands is an early 1960s Bob Grimsdell layout which has recently been upgraded with bent grass greens by Golf Data.

  14. Simbithi

    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    A Peter Matkovich design, the layout at Simbithi Country Club is an executive golf course that plays to a par of 60; consisting of thirteen par threes, four par fours and one par five.

  15. Royal Durban

    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    In 1932, Durban Golf Club was given permission to use the “Royal” prefix forty years after its formation. Interestingly, the club’s 18-hole course lies in the middle of a horseracing track.

  16. Kloof

    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    The course at Kloof Country Club dates back to the “Golden Age” of architecture and was extended to 18 holes in 1929 by Woodhall Spa's Colonel SV Hotchkin...

  17. Vulintaba

    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Opened for play in 2013, the 9-hole layout at the Vulintaba Country Estate operates from seventy-two tee boxes, allowing a wide range of alternative tee positions on every hole...

  18. Selborne

    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Selborne is laid out within a 200-acre estate in two returning loops and most holes have water to contend with...

  19. Port Shepstone

    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    The course at Port Shepstone Country Club lies on the south coast of Kwazulu-Natal and it’s been in play since 1928, thirteen years after the club was founded.

  20. Umkomaas

    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Golf at Umkomaas dates back to 1913, but the course in play today (where PGA Tour winner Tim Clark learned his trade) is a Bob Grimsdell creation from 1932.