Our history
More than a century and a quarter of golf in the heart of Cape Town.
Born of the city, in 1895
The Met began in 1895 as the Green and Sea Point Golf Club, founded because the growing golfing population of Cape Town, Green Point and Sea Point found the trek to Rondebosch increasingly inconvenient.
It has been part of the city ever since, through a war, a renaming, a new clubhouse and a complete rebuild.
A timeline of the Met
- 1895
The club is founded
Established as the Green and Sea Point Golf Club to serve Cape Town, Green Point and Sea Point.
- 1899 to 1902
War-time closure
The course closes during the Anglo-Boer War, reopening with a new layout once peace returns.
- 1906
A new name
The nine-hole course is redesigned and the club is renamed The Metropolitan Golf Club.
- 1922
An Open champion
Club professional Fred Jangle, appointed in 1917, wins the South African Open.
- 1959
The clubhouse opens
The modern clubhouse, still in use today, is officially opened on 20 August 1959.
- 2007 to 2010
Rebuilt for a new era
The course makes way for the Cape Town Stadium, then is completely redesigned by Mark Muller and reopened in May 2010.
- Today
The finest 9-hole course in Africa
A modern, walkable layout and a biodiversity showcase, with over 100 years of golf still being played at the Met.
The Swedish cannon
Among the club's heritage is a cannon cast around 1780 at a Swedish artillery works, once part of Dutch colonial munitions. It remains part of the Met's story, a small reminder of just how much history this corner of Cape Town has seen.
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