A brief glance at the history of the Royal Cape Grant reveals that golf fanatics were also alive and well in the Cape way back in 1885. During that year, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry D'Oyley Torrens sailed into Table Bay to take command of the British troops at the Cape of Good Hope. Nine days later he started contacting prominent citizens with the intention of starting a golf club, the first in South Africa. And so the Cape Golf Club (the 'Royal' prefix was added in 1910) was born with the golf-mad Sir Henry as the first captain.A 9-hole course was fashioned out of Waterloo Green and in 1886 the first competition, a monthly medal, was staged.

Members of Royal Cape will testify that little has changed over the past 100 plus years. The notorious Cape Doctor, the southeasterly wind, still whistles across the course, although it has since been moved to another part of Wynberg.On a benign day Royal Cape can be forgiving, but in a stiff breeze it can be an absorbing and often very difficult challenge, although the ferocity of the wind is tempered slightly by the many trees that line the fairways.

Irrespective of the wind direction, there is inevitably a good mix of demanding holes where a par is hard won, and easier ones where (with the wind at the golfer's back) that sought-after birdie becomes a distinct posibility.A good stretch of holes on the outward loop includes the 433 meter par-four 3rd, where a par against the wind is a near miracle, and the 5th, a longish par-5 where a slice will be swallowed up in the tall trees on the right and a hook will end up out-of-bounds on the railway line.

The five finishing holes elevate Royal Cape to an international class course. The 14th is an incredibly difficult par-four; the 15th a medium-length par-three where a big water hazard extends to the front of the green. The dam on the right and trees on the left give the par-five 16th a make-or-break birdie-or-bogey quality. The 17th and 18th are relatively easy par-fours, especially if the southeaster is blowing from behind.

The club was the first ever in South Africa to be given a Royal Charter, following a visit by the Duke of Connaught in 1910.

The course has been chosen as the venue to host the Vodacom Players Championships. The selection of Royal Cape as the "Home of the Vodacom Players Championships" further underlines the championship status of the course.

With lovely views of Table Mountain from most holes, this championship course offers a beautiful setting that will make your visit here truly memorable. Royal Cape Golf Club is a true championship course, having hosted the South African Open no less than eleven times and the SA Amateur Championships eight times, a measure of the high esteem in which the course is held.

Course Type : Parklands	Par: 72
Course Length : 6121m	Holes : 18