BANKENVELD
BANKENVELD GOLF
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WITBANKS HIDDEN
Formerly a farm called Doornpoort, Bankenveld is a beautiful Witbank Dam and Nature Reserve, with a Douw van der golf course. Construction of the course began in 2008, visitors a month later were members of the Italian rugby Springboks in Witbank.
The clubhouse was completed in September 2014 and With its own entrance, separate from the residential clubhouse is on an elevated point of the property
The golf course has four holes built along the banks have notable views over the estate. The opening converts to a 410-metre par 4 on the second nine. and some interestingly shaped greens. Golf carts are preferred over walking as the countryside over undulating terrain, away from be seen here. These holes are among metres climbing uphill to the over the surrounding land. the eco estate and the par 4, and No 13 is a No 5/14 is a beautiful green with the dam 185 metres. The next shoreline, Number 8th/17th is a short (continued overleaf)
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beautiful residential estate overlooking the der Merwe designed 9-hole championship and it opened in May 2010. Among the first rugby team who played a Test match against the
and opened by Springbok legend Frik du Preez. residential estate, the golf club is easy to access. The and has a lovely restaurant attached to it.
banks of the dam, and the opening holes before them opening hole is a reachable par 5 playing downhill which nine. A feature of the layout is the variety of tee boxes,
opening four holes negotiate rural grassland from the residential homes. Various species of buck can among the longest on the course, the par-5 third being 480 the green. On the high fourth tee golfers have superb views land. This is a steeply downhill dogleg left hole heading towards the Witbank Dam. The first time round it plays as a 410-metre a 484-metre par 5.
beautiful par 3 played from elevated tees down towards a large dam as a backdrop. Tees range in length from 110 to next two holes are par 4s which hug the Number 7 being a stroke 1 at 413 metres. The par 3 played over wetlands and a water hazard. overleaf)
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The round ends with a strong uphill par 4 back towards the clubhouse, 356 metres at No 9 and 385 metres at No 18. There’s a wetland area on the left of the fairway and a hidden pond to the left of the green.
Bankenveld has a Par 3 course for the 9/18 holes, using forward tees, a full-size driving range, a short-game facility with two big greens (one for putting and one for chipping) and designer Douw van der Merwe originally laid out 18 holes on the property (only nine holes were built) so there is plenty of unused space.
Bankenveld Golf Club is a safe, family orientated golf club that gears its services toward accommodating all members of the family. This vision is perfectly encapsulated by their logo which consists of four roaming elephants. Elephants are a strong family orientated species. The strong family structure is emphasized by the elephants grouped together as a family and of course the Oliphants river runs through the Witbank dam.
