Some years since visiting Paarl for golf, and I was extremely impressed with how good a golf course it has become during three days of caddieing for my son Daniel at the 54-hole Boland Open this week. This is a superior layout to most of those in the Cape Peninsula & Winelands, in beautiful condition, and thus has to be far better than 70 in the rankings. It was a demanding challenge for the players. Only nine of the country’s leading amateurs were under par after 54 holes (Altin van der Merwe won on 13-under 203 with a low round of 65 — he played the front nine in 29), and the 36-hole cut was 9-over.
