Randpark Bushwillow Course
Randpark Bushwillow Course: Bob Grimsdell (1948), redesigned by Robert Grimsdell (1952). Par 72, 7,152 yards. Joachim B. Hansen won the 2020 Joburg Open here with 265 (−19).
Randpark Bushwillow Course: Bob Grimsdell (1948), redesigned by Robert Grimsdell (1952). Par 72, 7,152 yards. Joachim B. Hansen won the 2020 Joburg Open here with 265 (−19).
Randpark Bushwillow Course: Bob Grimsdell (1948), redesigned by Robert Grimsdell (1952). Par 72, 7,152 yards. Joachim B. Hansen won the 2020 Joburg Open here with 265 (−19).
Updated October 24, 2026
2 editions on the record, by event, newest first.
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Joachim B. Hansen | 265 (−19) | by 2 strokes · DP World Tour; Sunshine Tour |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Shubhankar Sharma | 264 (−23) | by 3 strokes · DP World Tour; Sunshine Tour; Asian Tour |
Bushwillow began as Windsor Park, founded during the Second World War as a 12-hole layout; it reached 18 holes by 1948 and was redesigned by Robert Grimsdell in 1952.
Source: Randpark Bushwillow course page
Golf Digest South Africa reported that Golf Data upgraded the former par-70 layout to par 72 by turning two long par 4s into par 5s, building a new par 3 and changing the routing in places.
The 378-metre par-4 16th curves right to left with a stream running the entire length of the hole on the left.
Source: SA Top 100 Courses
The par-5 3rd (448 m from the club tees) asks whether to go for the green in two over water fronting its right side, with a bunker short left.
Source: SA Top 100 Courses
Shubhankar Sharma shot 61 on Bushwillow at the 2017 Joburg Open, but it is not the official course record because preferred lies were in force; the record stands at 62.
Source: SA Top 100 Courses
Bob Grimsdell
redesign (course expanded from 12 to 18 holes by 1948)
Source: Randpark Bushwillow course page
modest renovation for 60th anniversary: layout altered slightly, new green complexes (April 2012); Golf Digest SA (via PlanetGolf): upgraded from par 70 to par 72 by lengthening two par 4s to par 5s, new par 3, routing changed (date not given, presumed this renovation)
Source: Randpark Bushwillow course page · PlanetGolf
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.
| Year | Event | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Joburg Open | Joachim B. Hansen | DP World Tour |
| 2017 | Joburg Open 7–11 December 2017 | Shubhankar Sharma | DP World Tour |
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's tour-course research (profiles, championship history, the tour's visits since 2017, stories, details and course changes, each with its sources). A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. The light in the room is the sun's real position on the last day of a recorded visit.
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.
Data: randpark-bushwillow.json. Spot an error? See corrections.