South African golf courses - Glendower

Designed by Charles Hugh Alison, one of England's most respected golf architects after the Second World War, the course was opened in 1937. Glendower was proclaimed a nature reserve in 1973 due to its lush vegetation and varied bird life.
The course is set against tree-covered slopes and has immaculately kept kikuyu covered fairways featuring numerous hazards and leading to excellent greens. It has 85 bunkers and water comes into play on eleven of the holes.
The outward loop offers one of the best nine hole stretches imaginable with the aesthetically pleasing 508 meter 2nd hole as one of the best par 5's in the country. It requires an accurate tee shot to a fairway flanked by trouble left and right and a recently placed water hazard left of the green.