The Wanderers Golf Club

l lost three of its opening holes when the Wanderers Cricket Stadium was built in the 1950s. The modernised stadium now towers over the par-five 10th hole, the longest on the course at 533 metres. Situated in a prime locale, it is one of the most central courses in Gauteng, and home to an exceedingly friendly and social membership. The Wanderers has long held a reputation of having a convivial 19th hole, and its sporting connections have attracted many of this country’s top sportsmen and women as members. They include Graeme Po***ck, John Robbie, Hugh Bladen and Terry Paine. The par 71 Wanderers layout has an unusual routing, in that it has three par-3s on the back nine, just one on the front. The front nine, which opens with a hole that underwent a major change in the renovation process, being lengthened from a long par 4 into a 516-metre par 5, has seven par 4s. There are two strong par 4s on each nine where you need to bring out the driver. The 440m fifth, with a wider fairway than most, has been toughened with the addition of another fairway bunker. The 441m seventh has been toughened with the addition of a water hazard on the right of the fairway, in order to narrow the landing area for tee shots on this classic dogleg par four