Parow
Golf Club
The Parow Golf Club is probably the most easily reached
golf course in Cape Town, being very central and just
off the N1 main highway.
Still, we regard ourselves as one of the best kept
secrets of the city, especially where overseas visitors
are concerned.
Traditionally these visitors throng towards the more well
known southern suburbs courses such as Mowbray, Rondebosch,
Royal Cape, Clovelly and Westlake, but with the increase
in tourism to Cape Town (278% between 1994 and 2002) and
crowds of visiting golfers, these Clubs have had no option
but to increase their fees to protect their members.
More and more overseas visitors are realizing that
the Northern golf clubs such as Parow, Durbanville,
Bellville, Kuilsrivier and Milnerton offer equally good
courses, and area as much of a challenge as the rest
of the courses in Cape Town, whilst the fees that we
charge are in effect much lower than those of the better
known courses, which are being overrun by visitors.
With this in mind, we would like to extend a hearty welcome
to all visitors, both overseas as wells as SAGU affiliated.
Please check our fee structure below, and you will see
that our fees are very competitive, whilst we offer all
the facilities that our more famous counterparts do.
As far as the course is concerned, we offer a gentle,
park like stroll amongst some of the most abundant bird-life
to be seen in Cape Town. The course is immaculately turned
out and has some very interesting water features. There
is a dam with an island which is a natural haven for the
large variety of species which congregate there at sunset,
and the large flocks coming in to land provide a spectacular
sight to compliment your sundowners in the modern (soon
to be revamped) bar.
The prevailing South-Easter as well as the North-Westerly
winds make the course very challenging, but during the
Cape’s winter months (April, May, June, July &
August) we have some of the most incredible days that
can be experience anywhere in the world with little or
no wind. The term ‘Indian Summer’ can best be
used to describe these magnificent days.
It is also a well known fact that when most of the
Cape’s courses are water-logged during the rainy
season, our course dries off the fastest of all and
becomes perfectly playable as little as two or three
hours after heavy rain. This is because of the fact
that we have a sandy base which acts as a sponge and
absorbs even the heaviest downfall with ease.
We are a friendly Club, and like to make our visitors
feel welcome. Our resident professional is Johan Engelbrecht
who is rated as one of the top 20 teaching professionals
in the country, and who has been associated with our Club
for some 12 years. He runs the Pro-Shop, hires out equipment
and golf carts and offers teaching lessons to young and
old.
We are at this moment in time (May2004) busy with the
completion of the Club’s new downstairs corporate
facility which comprises a prize-giving room, bar facility
and toilets built around the Pro-Shop.
As soon as this is done, we will be revamping the upstairs
existing bar facilities, which will make the most of the
magnificent vista of the gentle grey giant which stands
brooding over Cape Town, and also looks over the dam with
it’s island (and offers braai facilities on the extended
patio).
THE COURSE
7th Hole. Par 3. 165 Metres
A large, newly elevated tree gives a view of the high
bank behind the green that allows you to be bold at
this long par 3, a feeling you will need, as anything
hit short will land you in water!. Your shot is carried
all the way to the green where there is a deep bunker
to the front right.
8th Hole Par 4 395 Metres
On this tee, it is immediately obvious that the hole
curves gently to the right in between an avenue of newly
planted trees. This makes for a tight driving hole.
There is also a drainage ditch running the length of
the fairway on the right. The green sits on a slight
plateau and your ball may run away from the left, that
is, if you do not land in the large sand trap on that
side. Two bunkers wait for any shot pushed right of
the elevated, and sharply sloping green.
9th Hole Par 4 392 Metres
This dogleg left has a dam lining the left hand side
but this is only of concern to the big hooker as it
is some distance from the fairway. The second shot will
have to carry a water hazard which crosses the fairway
and here, you should aim left of the grassy, tree-lined
mound. The large, seemingly flat green (there is a small
slope from right to left) is surrounded by bunkers,
two on the right and two on the left.
Book Now
| Back
|
|
|
|
|
