De Zalze Golf Course (Stellenbosch)

De Zalze Golf Course, situated within the De Zalze Winelands residential Golf Estate, was designed by Peter Matkovich who has made the most of the stunning setting and created a course that places a premium on accuracy.

The course has an excellent mix of parkland holes with its main defences coming from the water features on several of the holes as well as the Oak tree lined Blaauwklippen River which winds its way through the golf estate and comes into play at various intervals.

Since the opening in 2000, the club was quick to reap rewards. De Zalze was selected to host the 2006 World Amateur Team Championships, moved from 44th to 24th in the latest Golf Digest Top 100 Courses, was recently placed 13th in the Top 30 Best Conditioned courses and De Zalze also received a service-orientated “Five-Star Golf Experience” Award, managed by Compleat Golfer, joining only 14 other courses out of over 450 courses in South Africa to achieve this honour.

De Zalze is also the first golf course in the world to be recognised for adherence to Fair Trade principles and criteria and has been Fair Trade certified.

Course Information

• Course Design: Peter Matkovich
• Hole: 18
• Par: 72
• Championship: 6385m
• Club: 5937m

Course Availability: Visitors welcome every day of the week