Bosch Hoek Golf And Lodge

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Golf course & country club Hostel Hotel

Number One 9-Hole Golf Course in South Africa ⛳️ Book your stay✨ https://book.nightsbridge.com/23090 Situated in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, the Bosch Hoek Golf Club is home to a nine-hole course that has an interesting history, as it formed part of a farm that was among the original voortrekker claims to be settled in the 1850s. Jan Abraham Naude and Lucas Janssen van Vuuren were granted 5 863 acres of land, and after an official survey, the property was registered in their names. Read more The survey was done by government draughtsman Alfred Watts, whose original 1855 map of the colony of Natal – on which Bosch Hoek farm appears – is today a rare item of Africana. As farming methods improved in the region and the demand for farmland increased, the property was subdivided and sections sold. A century later and vastly reduced in size, Bosch Hoek was acquired by the legendary industrialist Charles Sydney ‘Punch’ Barlow who transformed it into a model farm, employing the most advanced farming methods and animal husbandry. Although it was something of a hobby for Barlow, it became a highly successful operation. It was in the early 1960s that an interesting connection was made between The River Club, an exclusive private golf club in Johannesburg, and Bosch Hoek. A group of influential businessmen had decided to form their own club in Bryanston, The River Club, and one of these founder members was Barlow. The celebrated course architect Robert Grimsdell was commissioned to design and construct the new club’s layout, and as part of the contract Grimsdell undertook to lay out Barlow’s own nine-hole course on his farm in the Natal Midlands. The first shot on Bosch Hoek was played in 1963, and thereafter for thirty years the club remained in the private domain of Barlow and his friends. After Barlow died in 1979, his stepson Peter Gallo acquired the farm and continued to maintain the golf course as a private facility. In 1990, Gallo formed the Bosch Hoek Golf Club and Country Estate and some time later sold the development to the homeowners of the estate – who in turn sold the golf course to the current owner, South African entrepreneur, Ivan Clark. The Bosch Hoek course has the advantage of being surrounded by glorious countryside, and the residential estate, wisely restricted to only 35 properties, is positioned well away from the playing areas. Close to the N3 highway, the course is screened by trees, and it is easily accessible without be Update description

Address:

1 Bosch Hoek Lodge Bosch Hoek Golf Club & Country Estate Balgowan, 3275
uMngeni

Telephone:

+27609749961

Web site:

boschhoek.co.za ⇒

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Bosch Hoek Golf C. 2016-10-26
Summer has arrived in the KZN Midlands.

Bosch Hoek Golf C. 2016-10-22
Bosch Hoek Golf Club wishes you a wonderful weekend.

Bosch Hoek Golf C. 2016-10-21
Bosch Hoek at its best.

Bosch Hoek Golf C. 2016-09-04
Bosch Hoek Golf Members hard at work planting new Yellow Wood trees. Thank you to all who took part during this special time of the year.

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Bosch Hoek Golf And Lodge has a total of 2157 visitors (checkins) and 1983 likes.

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