European Tour) and a host of the region’s top Known as the Home of Golf SA, R&K continues
amateur Championships. to play a central role in terms of golf with the
The club has also received a number of significant
awards over the years.
The most recent of these were its East Course
layout being voted as the Best Course in Africa
and the Best Course in South Africa in 2018, by the
prestigious International World Golf Awards.
The two courses, (the West designed in 1927 and
the East course in 1939), are superb both in terms
of conditioning and layout.
Professional Golfers Association of South Africa,
the Gauteng Seniors and the Club Managers’
Association all having their bases at the club.
Above all R&K is a beacon of service excellence
and prides itself on both the quality of its facilities
and its services.
As the club’s moniker ‘The Royal Experience’
underlines, great efforts are made to afford a
warm welcome to every visitor to the club and
amplified by its management team’s determination
However the club and its management pride to treat every member and guest as part of its
themselves on always looking to ‘be better’, so the Royal family.
facility continues to evolve.
This included the revamp of the original Grimsdell
layout in 1998 by Mark Mueller, to the planned
refurbishment of the West Course in 2020.
Perhaps the most telling indication of a club that is
capable of evolving is in its ability to adapt.
In Royal’s case this could not be better
FACT BOX
A privately owned members club,
where visitors are welcome.
Home of Golf South Africa
A place where history and tradition
meets modern hospitality.
demonstrated than by the virtually seamless
merge with the former Kensington Golf Club, which
amalgamated in 1998 with Royal to form what is
A fully dedicated Inbound and
outbound Travel Department.
now the Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf
Club or ‘R&K’ as it is affectionately known.
www.royaljk.co.za
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