Mark Sampson
Humewood Golf Club
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa•Public
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Humewood Golf Club
Marine Drive, Summerstrand
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape 6001
South Africa
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Overview
Humewood Golf Club was designed by S.V. Hotchkin in 1931 with some tweaks by Donald Steel in the mid-1980s. The course is nestled into the sandy shores of Algoa Bay overlooking the Indian Ocean. The club features low sand dunes sprouted with native grass, wide fairways straddled by thick seaside brush and brutally challenging windswept greens. The two nines are set up as out-and-back loops with the front side featuring the long par-3 third, often playing over 200 yards to a green protected by the prevailing breeze, two deep bunkers, and a large mound often protecting the pin location. The back nine at Humewood is known to be more scenic than the front and is highlighted by the par-4 13th playing straight uphill into the wind to a green shielded by high dunes and thick brush. A significant renovation by Golf Data and designer Sean Quinn was completed in 2008 with all 18 greens rebuilt and resurfaced with bentgrass.
