Wedgewood

Beautifully kept greens. Very friendly club.

Abraham Van Leeuwen

26 September 2024

Wedgewood is an enjoyable layout in excellent condition. Good design variety with varied shot shapes required off the tee and approach shots. Putting surfaces impressive with a beautiful roll. Similarly, the bunkers are well presented and the sand is consistently good. Wedgewood has varied front and back nines, with the "risk-reward" theme being common on the 4s. The par-3 12th has similarities to No 12 at Augusta National with strong bunkering and water guarding the front of the greens complex. Scoring opportunities abound on the short 5s (460m and less), though they are defended by prevailing winds and hazards around the greens. The finishing stretch from 16-18 includes a strong 4, reachable 4 and a brutal 5. The 18th was difficult into a breeze. Overall good experience with attentive service and a well designed 19th.

Jon James

19 August 2024

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Playing Wedgewood at different times of the year, I can say that their green's complexes are consistently some of the best. This includes the greenside bunkers kept in neat condition. The front nine is flat, but with well structured holes, while the back nine offers aesthetically pleasing holes with the Par-3 12th the flagship for me. Pleasant clubhouse and good value deals especially midweek. The only gripe can be pace of play on weekends. Nice practice green, but given the space available Wedgewood could do with a range and short-game area.

Adrian Ristow

17 August 2024

A treat to play with the greens always in great condition. Rest of the course has improved dramatically with ongoing work. The two nines play differently from each other (almost like two different courses), the first nine flat and long, the back nine hilly and shorter, which makes Wedgewood enjoyable and challenging.

Sandor Kovacs

31 January 2024

The Wedgewood greens were in excellent condition, the best greens I have played on for quite a long while.

Jaco Ackermann

04 January 2024

Pleasing to see that pathways for the walking golfer have been made in the waste areas between tees and fairways. A big improvement on holes 2 & 3 in particular. The par-5 fourth has been visually improved, with a major clean out of reeds and overgrowth in the two dams right of the fairway. Greens running true and fast as always. Wedgewood's front nine is particularly strong and challenging with most greens well protected by large bunkers and runoffs. Accurate iron play into all greens is required or scoring will be difficult. Don't be fooled by the distance on the scorecard. This course is tougher than its relative shortness suggests.

Hedley Austin

08 August 2023

A course I could play regularly for its general playability and smooth rolling greens. However, it does have an odd mix of very good holes and more than a few ordinary ones. The back nine impressed me until I reached 17 and 18 which looked a bad fit. Attractively designed greens in keeping with the rest of the course, but unimaginative holes to conclude a round. 18 is a messy par 5 where you can't see what's happening ahead and might have been better as a par 3 played over the deep ravine between green and fairway. Hard to fathom why the clubhouse was built away from the ninth and 18th greens and the first tee in between. Big opportunity missed by the estate developers. How spectacular would a double-storey clubhouse have looked like as the backdrop to these finishing holes and what a view for everyone on an upstairs deck. The club would have quadrupled its bar takings.

Lamprecht de Villiers

03 April 2023

Wedgewood is an excellent pay-and-play facility which possibly isn't as appreciated in this part of the Eastern Cape as it would be anywhere else in South Africa where there is a bigger demand for tee times. Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha) already has Humewood and PEGC, and Wedgewood is thought to be inconveniently out of the way. So it doesn't do anywhere near as many rounds as it should. It has a mix of interesting and testing holes (each of the four par 3s are brilliant), and its greens are worth driving any distance to experience. They are, and always have been, sensational in the quality of the roll, speed and design. Good to see work being done to highlight the water hazards bordering fairways. The one right of the tee shot on the par-5 fourth really needs to be more of a defining feature to enhance the aesthetics and danger of a long yet fairly bland hole.

Stuart McLean

15 March 2023

Probably the best greens in the country. The course staff have put in a tremendous effort to get them to this condition, true and fast, just the way I like it.

Sandor Kovacs

30 December 2022

Wedgewood continues to provide quality greens of an extremely high standard when it comes to pace, true roll and texture. What a delight to putt on. And they are interestingly designed, making them an enjoyable feature of a round at this rural estate outside Port Elizabeth. Wedgewood at 5771 metres is one among six attractive 18-hole Eastern Cape courses which play under 5800 in total from the back tees. Others are St Francis Bay (5647), Katberg (5661), West Bank (5680), The Belmont (5719) and Royal Port Alfred (5732). These distances speak volumes for the wind factor which is part and parcel of East Cape golf. Good group of courses for a social golf tour. The emphasis at each centres around a fun challenge, with a broad selection of short par 4s to whet your appetite for possible birdies. Many are the opening holes of the round, 238 metres at West Bank, 256 at Katberg, 294 at Port Alfred.

Stuart McLean

19 June 2022

After playing at Humewood I was invited to play this modernised Golf Data layout on the outskirts of Port Elizabeth for the first time. I was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed the experience. The course has some tricky holes demanding good shot-making.

Neville Clarke

26 January 2022

Wedgewood is always improving and the greens are way above expectation. The newish practice putting green has added to the value of the course. The pace of play is slow on the weekends, but doesn't detract from a great layout.

Sandor Kovacs

07 January 2022

I would like to see paths created through the rough off the front of certain tees (2, 3, 4 and 16) to the fairways for golfers who are walking. The telephone poles and lines on the ninth and 18th need to be buried underground to improve the look of these finishing holes and enhance the general aesthetics. The 18th would also benefit by building a footbridge across the weir of the dam on to the green for the walker. The current approach to the green is terrible and should only be used by golf carts.

Hedley Austin

19 May 2021

Caught Wedgewood on a cold and windy day which made it all the more challenging. The front nine lines up one difficult hole after another. The shorter back nine offers some respite, yet trouble lurks left on the tee shot of the terrific downhill tenth, and also what I think is the course's signature hole, the 13th. I remember this being the short par-4 16th on the old Wedgwood layout, and its strength lies in the danger from tee to green, first of all the long carry to what looks a narrow fairway, then the approach shot to a raised green fronted by a stream. Two excellently designed par 3s at 12 and 14 also demand your full attention.

Stuart McLean

19 May 2021

Two different nines to contend with and a great layout. Greens among the best in the country. Last year's addition of a practice putting green adds value to the experience.

Sandor Kovacs

06 April 2021

First round at Wedgewood and was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Generous fairways and the course will take on a different feel when more homes are built on the estate. Fairways and greens were good without being wonderful. Finding the short grass off the tee makes the next shot much easier.

Chris Wood

17 January 2021

Vernon Waters continues to do an amazing job with the greens at Wedgewood. They are outstanding and make chipping and putting a joy. The course itself is fun to play and has some memorable holes on the hilly back nine. The stretch from 10 to 14 is terrific. Even though they comprise three short par 4s and two par 3s they are not easy and only reward the best of shots. The 13th is 317 metres from the back, yet it's a tiger into the westerly wind, with a narrow fairway and stream fronting the green. The 398-metre 16th is one of the best par 4s in the country, slightly downhill to a fabulously devious green, which has a stream running along its right edge.

Stuart McLean

30 October 2020

Very good and playable layout with exceptional greens. A good test from the back tees.

Craig Haverly

28 July 2020

The redesigned Wedgewood is not as good as the original Bob Grimsdell routing, yet it remains a pleasant experience with excellent greens.

Simpson

03 June 2020

Two completely different nines here. Great design variety. Greens impeccable. Overall conditioning is top class!

Sandor Kovacs

28 April 2020

Very few good golf courses exist in SA where you're out in the country, no traffic to be seen, and houses don't line every fairway. Wedgewood is therefore unique. And the "new" Wedgewood boasts exceptional quality bent grass greens. I like the simple clubhouse. It's a good model for pay-and-play golf.

Stuart McLean

21 February 2020

This is an excellent layout with great design variety. Some good water holes and beautiful old trees. It is playing firm in the drought conditions.

Ivan Palframan

20 February 2020

Port Elizabeth - Eastern Cape

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