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The DP World Tour is at The Belfry this week for the Husqvarna British Masters, 27 to 30 August, hosted by Sir Nick Faldo.

It is played on the Brabazon, and no course anywhere has staged more Ryder Cups. Four of them, in 1985, 1989, 1993 and 2002. Nowhere else has managed more than two. Dave Thomas and Peter Alliss built it on Warwickshire farmland and opened it in 1977.

The 10th is the hole people remember, a par 4 of just over 300 yards with water down the whole left side, daring you to have a go at the green. The South African line is a name most have forgotten: Hugh Baiocchi won the 1983 State Express Classic here.

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Steenberg Golf Club ⛳

📍 Tokai, Cape Town
⛳ Par 72 · 5,844 metres
🎨 Peter Matkovich · 1996
🌱 Bent grass greens, kikuyu fairways

Under 5,900 metres, and still one of the courses people talk about most in the Cape. Matkovich routed it through the old Steenberg farm with the Constantiaberg standing over the back nine.

Short by modern numbers, which is the point. Position matters more than distance here.

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Bryanston Country Club.

📍 Johannesburg, South Africa
⛳ Par 72 · 6,690 metres
🎨 Charles H Alison · 1951
🌱 Kikuyu fairways & tees, bent grass greens

Alison is one of the more serious names in golf architecture to have worked in South Africa. He was a partner of Harry C**t, and the man behind a string of courses in Japan and the United States. Bryanston opened in 1951.

It's a proper parkland course in the middle of the suburbs: tree-lined, quiet, and a lot more subtle than its length suggests. The Krom wetland runs through the property.

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Pinnacle Point 🌊

📍 Mossel Bay, Western Cape
⛳ Par 72 · 5,805 metres
🎨 Peter Matkovich · 2006
🌱 Bent grass greens

Cliff-top golf on the Indian Ocean. Several holes play along the edge itself, and the 13th is the one everyone photographs: a short par 3 with the ocean sitting between the tees and the green.

At 5,805 metres it's not long. The wind off the water does most of the defending.

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