One of the special rounds I have experienced in my travels. The grandeur of the setting for this 9-holer is stunning. Yet it must be one of the least played courses in South Africa. People mainly come to this remote hotel to relax and hike, not for golf. In my rounds at Cathedral Peak, and admittedly I have only visited in winter, I have only ever seen one other fourball at one time. It’s a lonely round if you’re on your own like I was, but a tranquil walk with nothing to disturb the quiet. The clubhouse is open though, with someone usually there in case hotel guests want to play. The opening hole is underwhelming yet the rest thereafter are excellent by 9-hole standards. It’s the quality and variety of the holes, the changing terrain, that makes this one of the more interesting 9-holers, not just the scenery. The conditioning is more than acceptable. The fairways are lush kikuyu, the greens a bayview cynodon which goes dormant in winter and runs at a good pace.
