Glendower Golf Club
Glendower Golf Club: Charles Hugh Alison (1937). Par 72, 7,627 yards. Brandon Stone won the 2016 South African Open here with 274 (−14).
Glendower Golf Club: Charles Hugh Alison (1937). Par 72, 7,627 yards. Brandon Stone won the 2016 South African Open here with 274 (−14).
Glendower Golf Club: Charles Hugh Alison (1937). Par 72, 7,627 yards. Brandon Stone won the 2016 South African Open here with 274 (−14).
Updated October 24, 2026
9 editions on the record, by event, newest first.
Sunshine Tour; European Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Brandon Stone | 274 (−14) | by 2 strokes |
| 2015 | Andy Sullivan | 277 (−11) | won in a playoff |
| 2013 | Morten Ørum Madsen | 269 (−19) | lowest winning score in this event · by 2 strokes |
DP World Tour; Sunshine Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Chris Paisley | 267 (−21) | by 3 strokes |
| 2017 | Graeme Storm | 270 (−18) | won in a playoff |
Sunshine Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Clinton Whitelaw | 279 (−9) | by 2 strokes |
| 1989 | Fred Wadsworth | 278 (−10) | by 1 stroke |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Matteo Manassero | 262 (−26) | by 3 strokes · DP World Tour; Sunshine Tour |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Vijay Singh | 270 (−18) | by 1 stroke · Sunshine Tour; European Tour |
Two years after Glendower opened on 7 March 1937 it hosted the Transvaal Open, which Bobby Locke won with what the club calls a world record 265 (66-69-66-64).
Source: Glendower Golf Club about us
In 1973 Glendower was proclaimed a nature reserve to protect the birdlife on the course.
Source: Glendower Golf Club about us
Matteo Manassero won the 2024 Jonsson Workwear Open at Glendower as darkness fell, after a course-record 61 in the second round.
Source: Business Day · SA Top 100 Courses
Each of Glendower's 18 holes is named after a bird species, and all 18 species are found on the property; the club logo is a Blue Crane.
Source: SA Top 100 Courses
A river crosses the property and recurs as a hazard: left of the par-5 2nd, beside the short 3rd, in front of the 7th green, in a pond guarding the 10th, as a carry from the 12th tee and in a pond left of the 13th green.
Source: SA Top 100 Courses
The original card of Bobby Locke's flawless 63 against Sam Snead's 68 in a 12 February 1947 exhibition, played when Glendower was a par-75 course with seven par 5s, hangs framed in the clubhouse entrance.
Source: SA Top 100 Courses
The course was planned by Charles Hugh Alison, partner of Harry Colt and Alister MacKenzie, and built by South African professional A.F. Tomsett; a polo pitch in the original plan was dropped because levelling the ground cost too much.
The club counts 64 bunkers, 27 on the front nine and 37 on the back, with water hazards on 11 of the 18 holes.
Source: Glendower Golf Club about us
Charles Hugh Alison
1980s: all 18 greens reshaped and rebuilt, new tee positions, water hazards cleared and extended, new water features added
Source: Glendower Golf Club about us
course upgraded; sloping green complexes
Source: SA Top 100 Courses
water features renewed and bunkers being rebuilt with white sand (work in progress per 2026 reviews)
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.
| Year | Event | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jonsson Workwear Open 7–10 March 2024 | Matteo Manassero | DP World Tour |
| 2018 | BMW SA Open 11–14 January 2018 | Chris Paisley | DP World Tour |
| 2017 | BMW SA Open 12–15 January 2017 | Graeme Storm | DP World Tour |
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The routing and ground are drawn from OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). The clubhouse is drawn by GNN from reference photographs; the photographs stay private.
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