18 Parkland Course
Kikuyu fairways, bent grass greens
Built to USGA specifications
Length
5926m (Men) 5081m (Ladies)
Par
72 / 71
Visitors
Open 7 days a week. Visitors welcome.
Soft spikes, long or above ankle length short socks – predominantly white. Long trousers or shorts and collared shirts on the course. Smart casual in the Clubhouse.
Green Fees
SAGA Affiliated -D, Non-SAGA Affiliated -E, Scholar / Students -A
Course Designer
Fred Hawtree. Opened: 1977.
Recently been upgraded by Rob O’Friell
Location
On the Southern Tip of the African coast, 240km West Port Elizabeth and 110 km East of George, in the stunning Piesang valley.
Take Marine Drive from Plettenberg Bay town centre, turn left on the N2 (towards Knysna), left again at Piesang Valley Road.
From Knysna, take the N2 towards Plettenberg Bay and turn right into Piesang Valley Road.
Facilities
• Club House overlooking the valley
• Restaurant, lounge
• Conference Facilities
• Cater for tourist groups, organised golfing tours are welcome – bookings should be made in advance,
• Half-way house
• Pitching, Chipping and putting greens
• 4 Tennis Courts, 2 Bowling greens
This course winds its way through magnificent indigenous forest in an acclaimed Nature Reserve. There are no intrusive houses or traffic noise but monkeys, birdlife such as the Knysna Loerie, woodpeckers and the occasional deer.
The course is well-maintained and playable all year round.
This is a course for the longer hitters with some relatively short par fours and par fives that are reachable in two. However, three par fours in particular will require a combination of distance and accuracy.
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