East London Golf Club

Cut into the dense seaside brush of the Eastern Cape and set above the Indian Ocean is East London Golf Club. The club opened in 1923 and was originally laid out by George Peck before S.V. Hotchkin remodeled and completed it. The club is set above the Indian Ocean on a prime piece of real estate in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The courses, a mixture of parklands and links, feature undulating greens, steep dunes, native plants and wildlife, and a stifling breeze blowing off the ocean. Tumbling and hilly fairways make for unexpected lies and approach angles into the difficult elevated putting surfaces. The highlight of “East Bank” as the course is locally referred to, is the winding downhill par-4 ninth with an approach flanked by thick coastal bushes. The back nine features the seaside green on the par-4 12th appearing to slope off into the sea behind it. The elevated clubhouse offers stunning views of the sea and beaches in the town below, however, very little of this hidden course is visible from the outside, adding to the excitement.