Walmer is a booming and busy club, boasting the biggest membership in PE, ahead of PEGC and Humewood. With a modern clubhouse it is attractively situated in an upmarket suburb, with its own classy residential estate, and has good views over the scenic Baakens Valley. The 9-hole course itself could do with improvements and defining features, yet it’s playable and fun, and the greens are good. Visitors shouldn’t come with high expectations though. It’s not an easy layout on which to score low. It begins with an excellent opening 4 and ends with another good one. In between is a mix of quality. There’s a superb par 3 at No 4/13 which many top clubs would love to have. That’s followed by a short 4 where a monument stands in the middle of the fairway not far short of the green, a unique feature. The two par 5s run alongside each other at 7/16 and 8/17. Houses right of 7/16 look a bit close to the fairway for comfort.
