Durban Country Club
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Where to stay while you play Durban Country Club
2 hotels package this course — cheapest first, every one tailored to your group.
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Beverly Hills
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The Benjamin Hotel
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You do not need to bring a four. Sue travels with the group and hosts the table in the evenings, so couples and single golfers are looked after from the welcome dinner onwards.
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About Durban Country Club
Durban Country Club golf course overlooks the Blue Lagoon estuary and the Indian Ocean. This superb course has hosted the South African Open 17 times, including the centenary SA Open in 2010, more than any other club in South Africa.
The third hole is a particular favourite, rated at the best of its kind in the world. A long par five you play down the narrow fairway lined with dense bush with a tricky bunker on the left to ambush you.
- Clubhouse restaurant
- Third hole rated the best in the world
- Buggies
- Golf courses within 30 minutes include Beachwood, Zimbali and Royal Durban
Our take
No club in South Africa has staged the SA Open more often than Durban Country Club, and one round over its bush-lined fairways above the Blue Lagoon tells you why.
- Serious golfersSeventeen SA Opens set the benchmark, and the third, a long, narrow par five squeezed by dense bush with a bunker lurking left, is rated among the best of its kind anywhere; it plays like it too.
- Higher handicapsGentle underfoot, with under 30 metres of climb across the whole round, but the bush lining the fairways gives nothing back; take whatever club finds grass and treat the day as the occasion it is.
- Buddy tripsThis is the round your group will still be talking about at dinner, the SA Open course above the Blue Lagoon estuary with the Indian Ocean beyond, and the clubhouse restaurant handles the aftermath properly.
Tell us who’s coming and how you like to play, and we’ll shape the right trip around you.
What you are actually facing
The walk. Flat, and an easy walk — 29 metres of climb over the round.
The wind. The wind is usually south-westerly, averaging 13 km/h, gusting to 46. It is the club selection that catches people out, not the yardage.
The water. 3 hazards in play. Bring a few more balls than you think you need.
The design. Laurie Waters and George Waterman.
The holes that will cost you. The 14th, the 10th and the 16th. The 14th is the one you will be talking about afterwards.
Hole by hole — how we would play it
Terrain and prevailing-weather data, read hole by hole. It is our own assessment of how the course plays, not an official course or slope rating.
The course at a glance
The par-5 3rd, played from the highest point on the course down into a valley within the dunes overlooking the Indian Ocean
South African Open host
WHERE TO STAY
Places to stay while you play Durban Country Club
Base yourself near the course — every venue here includes Durban Country Club in your golf holiday.
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