ers on the fingers of one hand. There’s a fine clubhouse, yet it stands empty other than during special events. Perched high above the river and the course is the 85-year-old Cathedral Peak Hotel – an extremely comfortable and homely establishment still serving guests three meals a day and tea/coffee in mid-morning and afternoon. It was full of guests in midweek, no surprise for a destination which offers a fabu- lously remote and relaxing retreat from city life. – STUART MCLEAN
the lower slopes of a hill, and the other par 3 plummets more than 50 metres downhill. One of the hotel walks is to the pre- cipitous Baboon Rock, and baboons are daily visitors to the course, gener- ally around midday, living as they do on the craggy hillside, and appeared startled by the presence of golfers in their playground. That’s likely because the course must be one of the quietest in the country. During my few days there I could count the number of other golf-
or take in the gorgeous scenery. My two favourite holes are the par-4 third, with a blind tee shot played from an elevated tee over a rise, downhill to a green fronted by a pond; while the par-4 eighth is a brilliant short 4 which any course in the country would love to have as their own. From a high tee the perfect tee shot is a fade off the side of a ridge over a stream into the fairway to reveal the green hidden on the other side of the stream. The green of a short par 3 is set on
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