[COURSE CLOSED IN 2008]
Montagu Street (R404), Blanco, George, Western Cape 6529
Office
+27 (0)44 804 0000Golf pro
Roger Wessels (Academy Head of Golf).Academy
Bramble Hill Golf AcademyThe Course:
18 holes. Links-style & parkland. Undulating terrain - a few slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Rural countryside.
Designer:
Gary Player Design Co.
18-hole golf courses at Fancourt: LINKS course (par-73, 6930 metres from back tees; members and resort guests only); MONTAGU course (par-72, 6714 m; day visitors welcome); OUTENIQUA course (par-72, 6312 m; day visitors welcome); par-70 BRAMBLE HILL course (par-70, 5517 m; currently closed).
-33.962850
22.400479
6 km W of George (centre)
From Cape Town follow the N2 highway direction George. Take exit 425 (George Airport/Herolds Bay) and head north on the R404, direction George Airport/Blanco/Oudtshoorn. After 5.5 km Fancourt is well signposted, on your right off the R404.
Fancourt (Bramble Hill)
Bramble Hill Golf Course: GOLF COURSE WAS CLOSED IN 2008; parts of it are now incorporated into the internationally acclaimed Bramble Hill Golf Academy. Fancourt's three other championship courses (Links, Montagu and Outeniqua) remain fully open for the club's members, resort guests and day visitors (no day visitors on The Links).
[Original Where2Golf description]: Of the four Fancourt courses, only Bramble Hill is open to outside visitor play. Although not as grandiose as its stablemates, Bramble Hill nonetheless contains some of the genetic make-up of the other three. Its rugged, linksy openness, bears a resemblance to the mighty Fancourt Links.
Bramble Hill may not be of quite the same pedigree as its stablemates, but does contain its fair share of undulating terrain, rolling fairways, pot bunkers, and bumps and hollows around the greens. Like the Links, the greens are elevated and full of tricky slopes and borrows.
The Bramble Hill course comes close to rubbing shoulders with its more revered sibling (The Links) at the short par-4 10th hole, which is played towards the clubhouse of the Links course. The very short par-3 5th provides a good opportunity to look across the course with the picturesque Outeniqua mountains providing a fabulously scenic backdrop.
For the closing six holes, Bramble Hill moves closer to the parkland persona of the Montagu and Outeniqua. Again not quite up to their lofty standard, but good enough to ensure a testing finish to your round, even if the tiny par-3 17th goes down as one of Bramble Hill's most idiosyncratic holes.
Course closed as an 18-hole public-access facility in 2008.
Non-metal spike facility. Golf carts available for hire. Caddies available at all times, but not compulsory.
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Fancourt's Bramble Hill golf course closed as an 18-hole public-access golf facility in 2008. Parts of it are now incorporated into the internatioanlly acclaimed Bramble Hill Golf Academy.
Montagu Street, George 6530
+27 (0)44 804 0000
Visit websiteA combination of old world charm and contemporary luxury makes the Fancourt Hotel a distinctive and luxurious stay and play location. Guests can choose between a room in the beautifully restored Manor House or one of the many stately Garden Suites and Studios.
Fancourt (The Links, Montagu and Outeniqua courses).
George; Kingswood
Oubaai
Cnr Meade & Cathedral Streets, George 6529
+27(0)44 874 7130
Visit websiteOakhurst is a boutique Manor House Hotel, deliberately small and exclusive. The hotel is centrally situated in the business centre of George and makes it perfect for business and sight seeing.
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George; Kingswood; Fancourt (Montagu, Outeniqua, The Links & Bramble Hill courses)
Oubaai
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