Olivewood’s closing hole eighteen is relaxed from start to finish providing a great way to end a round. This par 5 is laden with opportunity – those wishing to protect their scores can play the hole conservatively, easing the ball up the fairway and to the green in three shots, others, intent on making up… View Article

Hole seventeen have panoramic vistas of the fourth and eighteenth fairways, as well as the clubhouse, offices and restaurant in the distance. This is a tricky, short par 3 – particularly on a windy day. While it is flat, with veld grass presenting the only trouble between the tee and the green’s fringe, problems may… View Article

Were it not for its ruggedness, hole sixteen would be an almost perfect mirror image of the benevolent fourteenth. However, the tees are staggered at an acute angle to the fairway. The back tee may lure better golfers into taking on the demanding shot over the corner of the rough, but anything too far left… View Article

Olivewood’s signature hole fifteen is sure to remain in a golfer’s memory long after the round is over. The tee and green are on opposite slopes of a formidable, forested ravine, leaving one option for the tee shot – clear it or take another ball. As a concession to the difficulty, the seniors’ and ladies’… View Article

After the rigorous climb to the top of the thirteenth, a path from the green cuts through coastal bush and opens onto the spacious hole fourteen fairway. The hole is a true golfing pleasure, both for its view and for its challenge. The fairway resembles a wide green road, which climbs and curves gently upwards… View Article

Hole thirteen is the first of three linking holes that thread their way upwards back to the plateau. It is by far the steepest hole. From the tee, which overlooks the river plain, the hole doglegs its way sharply to the right. As this is a linking hole, the fairway has to rise sharply however,… View Article

After completing the eleventh hole, golfers make their way around the front of the dam, across a bridge onto a peninsula tee complex to hole twelve. A stretch of water lies between the tees and the fairway but, although it might intimidate less competent golfers, this is more of a feature than a hazard. While… View Article

Hole eleven is definitely Olivewood’s most charming hole, set alongside the river and backed by a bamboo forest and riverine bush. The green nestles up to the dam and has a bunker to its front. The direct line of sight from tee to green is over the water, a daunting shot in any wind. For… View Article

Amen Corner is a name given to the renowned eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth holes, that can make or break any round, at Augusta National Golf Club in the USA, home to the Masters Tournament. Olivewood has its own version – made up of the tenth, eleventh and twelfth holes. Hole ten is invitingly broad, with… View Article

Hole nine is a short stroll from the eighth green. Instead of heading downhill towards Olivewood’s lake the fairway does an about-turn, winding its way back up the hill. At the apex of its climb, a mere lob shot to the green, the fairway gives the illusion of merging with the thirteenth, however it ducks… View Article