Country Club of Johannesburg: Rocklands

This 1993 Martin Hawtree layout is situated in a contrasting setting to its older CCJ sibling, the parkland Woodmead, being a rare bushveld-style course in the heart of Gauteng, with rock formations and rough edges. On its undulating terrain, it has indigenous trees and natural grasslands, and the holes offer spectacular views of nearby Sandton skyscrapers and the more distant Magaliesberg mountain range. It began as a 9-holer in the mid-1970s and CCJ was a 27-hole facility for 15 years. Rocklands was very much the secondary course at CCJ, before being transformed in 2008 by Golf Data designer Sean Quinn. The Rocklands is slightly longer off the championship tees and hosted the 2013 men’s SA Amateur Championship won by Thriston Lawrence.