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Wedgewood

Port Elizabeth - Eastern Cape

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Acting GM: Vernon Waters
Golf director: Siegmund Human
Greenkeeper: Vernon Waters
CRITERIA SUMMARY: Total points 64.3 out of 100
Conditioning14.4 / 20
Playability12.6 / 20
Aesthetics10.2 / 15
Design Variety10.5 / 15
Shot Values8.0 / 15
Memorability8.6 / 15

Course Summary

Three tees / Par 72

Yellow, 5930 metres, CR72.1/138
Blue, 5411 metres, CR69.3/135
Red, 4518 metres, CR65.1/4518
Women’s blue, CR75.2/145
Women’s red, CR69.4/133

Visitor green fee

R350 affiliated
R450 non-affiliated
R300 seniors, R200 students
Golf cart R350

Course designer

Sean Quinn (Golf Data) 2013

Contact

041 450 9595
www.wedgewoodgolfclub.co.za

Previous ranking

86 (2022) & 78 (2021)

The new Wedgewood course has been a major attraction for PE golfers even though it is 20 kilometres west of the city on the way to Cape Town. Outstanding bent grass greens which compare in quality, true roll and speed with any course in the country have upped the enjoyment factor.

Golf Data built and own the facility, part of a residential estate on what used to be the old Wedgwood CC property, where Gary Player was a regular winner in 1960s/70s tournaments. Only a handful of the original Bob Grimsdell holes are recognisable; what designer Sean Quinn did was reverse the routing. The new tenth hole plays downhill on what was the uphill 17th.

The new course is shorter than the old and a fun experience for golfers of varying abilities. The creative modern greens are what makes it special. The two nines are distinctly different. The front nine on the entrance road is flat and long, with some of the more challenging holes and a few water hazards. The back nine is 300 metres shorter and more unconventional as it traverses rolling terrain. Long hitters can drive the green on the opening two short par 4s.

While Wedgewood has a membership at affordable subs, it operates more as a pay-and-play facility. There is no club committee.

Additional Course Facts

Course Record

60 by Sieg Human in January 2017. He had 2 eagles, 9 birdies and one bogey.

Note: 62 by Werner Deyzel (Woodhill) in 2020 Eastern Province Strokeplay with 11 birdies, including 7 in a back nine 28

Feature Holes

The 317-metre 13th is an original classic Grimsdell par 4. An elevated tee with trouble to carry before a narrow fairway bordered on the right by a stream which continues around the front of the green. It’s followed by a unique par 3, the green situated over the crest of a rocky krans. Anything short is in trouble. The two par 5s on this nine are relatively short, and 18 is a risk-and-reward hole where a long tee shot leaves an uphill approach to the green over a gorge. Both 9 and 18 are formidable for high handicaps.

MEN'S CLUB CHAMPIONS

2022 Ivan Daniels
2021 & 2020 Not played
2019 Naldo Claassen

Did You Know

1/ Wedgewood offers affordable membership at R4 000 a year, R3 000 for seniors, R1 750 for students and R1 150 for juniors.

2/ Busy on Saturday and Sunday mornings, it’s quiet on weekend afternoons.

3/ The housing estate is steadily growing, and has 53 homes. There is bass fishing in the dams, cycle paths, and the adjoining Hopewell wildlife estate has extensive mountain bike trails.

4/ A new practice putting green has been built, and plans are in place to build a range and short-game area.

5/ Samuel Simpson (Royal Cape) won both the 2020 and 2021 EP Strokeplay titles at Wedgewood, with a 17-under total of 199 for 54 holes in 2020 (64-65-70) and 202 in 2021 (67-68-67). The winner in 2022 was Kyle de Beer on 202 (69-64-69).

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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
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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
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