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Parkview Golf Club
Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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Parkview Golf Club
Cnr of Wicklow and Emmarentia
Randburg, Gauteng
South Africa
Overview
Parkview is one of Johannesburg’s oldest clubs, founded in 1916 close to the city centre. It has a close association with four-time Open champion Bobby Locke. As a 17-year-old amateur he won his first South African Open here in 1935, the only time the championship was played at Parkview. Locke was a club member in his older years, and his statue stands alongside the clubhouse. A Bobby Locke festival week is held annually. Designed by Laurie Waters, Parkview Golf Club is an unusual layout, the holes being narrowly confined on either side of a wide stormwater sluit running through the property. The front nine does a clockwise loop around the stream, and then switches back and forth on the back nine.
