Hello All,
I wanted to thank everyone for there insight and advice.
I had a wonderful trip to South Africa! A quick rundown and if anyone one has questions I will answer them the best I can.
I landed in Joburg and spent the night there after finding the hotel and my friend. The next day we drove to Maccauvlei Golf Club. The course just has that welcoming feeling and gets you excited to play as you drive by a couple holes on the way to the club house.
(I will write more about the course)
From here we headed east towards Krueger National Park, where we spent the next couple nights. If you like wild animals you have to get there sometime in your life!
As we left the park we played Leopard Creek Country Club. From here we drove to Durban for a couple nights and the amazing Durban Country Club. The vegetation is amazing, it feels like you are in a jungle in areas.
From Durban we drove inland on our way to East London and East London Golf Club. There was some construction and then a bad accident on this stretch of road.
East London Golf Club was a wonderful surprise, it is very similar in feel to Durban CC, just a smaller version. Unfortunately they have planted and continue planting to many trees which is taking away the strategy of the course.
From East London we continued driving west towards Port Elizabeth. If anyone wants to go to the tallest bungee jump spot in the world, you will find it here!
In Port Elizabeth, I literally ran into the couple I sat next to on the flight from Atlanta to Joburg. It really is a small world! Here we played Humewood Golf Club, before we headed to Cape St. Francis.
Here is a lovely beach town and the surprisingly good St. Francis Links! It was so much better than I expected and that is always a great surprise!
Next we continued west to Knysna, where we played in the famous lagoon and played Pezula Golf Course. I would head back to the place we stayed in a heart beat, it was just a great spot. On the way out of town we played Sedgefield Links! It is a must play for the love of the game!
From Knysna we headed to the town of Wilderness, just on the coast from the city of George and the Fancourt Resort.
We spent the next day playing both the Links Course and the Montague. It was a great day of golf, and interesting to see the difference in maintenance between the two courses. The Montague played much better in my opinion, as the Links Course was almost sponge with the amount of water they used on the day I visited.
From George we drove to Cape Town for some sightseeing, Robben Island, and the Cable Car to Table Mountain were great activities. From here my friend headed home. I played Royal Cape before flying back to Joburg. It is a nice parkland course with great views of Table Mountain.
I got very good at driving at night in Joburg. The next day I played Glendower Country Club and got paired up with two South African PGA tour professionals. They played the course completely differently than I did, but they were nice enough to put up with me and played the last two holes with my hickories. We were all surprised that club heads went flying off!
My last day in town I played Brynston Country Club. Another course I knew very little about and had my expectations beat. It seems to me Allison designed solid courses all over the world.
Philip- thanks for the good advice! There was no trouble at all driving.
Sam- Go! I loved the course and enjoyed the town. You will enjoy not get bored playing the course and there is another course in town. There are also many non golf activities to keep you busy.
MKrohn- I was told we should of played Simosa instead. In my opinion Pezula is a one and done unless you own a house there.
Marty- The Country felt safe for the most part. We were told repeatedly not to drive at night, and there where places we drove through I was glad it was day light out. I can take you to places here in Cleveland like that though.
Pete - thank you for the write ups you did. I will do a write up of the courses in the next couple of days.
chris