Metropolitan Golf Course Top 100 Review

The Metropolitan Golf Club is one of South Africa's premier golf courses, located in central Cape Town. Originally created in 1895, the course was rebuilt in 2010 by local architect Mark Müller. The layout features 18 holes with separate tees and 14 world-class greens shared across 9 fairways, creating a unique design on parkland terrain. The course is characterized by bent grass greens and Kikuyu fairways. The greens are particularly notable, maintained to a consistent stimp roll of 10 to 10.5 throughout the year, earning a reputation among tour professionals and elite golfers for their true roll and challenging play. The Metropolitan is described as one of the best putting surfaces in the Western Cape. The course's central location and scenic setting, combined with its challenging greens and well-maintained fairways, make it a distinctive venue that has remained a prominent fixture in Cape Town's golfing landscape for over a century.