The Metropolitan Golf Club crestThe Metropolitan.Golf Club, Cape Town
The course

Playable, characterful, unforgettable

A Mark Muller design that reopened in 2010, walkable and welcoming, with a sting in the tail.

The design

Reimagined by Mark Muller

When the original course made way for the Cape Town Stadium ahead of 2010, architect Mark Muller was given a blank canvas alongside the new Green Point Urban Park. The result is a modern layout that doubles as a biodiversity showcase.

Wide, forgiving fairways and large greens make the Met accessible to amateurs, while subtle contouring and the ever-present coastal wind give better players plenty to think about.

  • An 18-hole, par-70 round played across 9 fairways, with separate tees and 14 greens
  • Two par 5s at holes 3 and 12
  • A par-3 finish over water to a green beneath the clubhouse
Course card

By the numbers

70.4
Course rating
127
Slope rating
14
Separate greens
9 / 18
Holes / tees
Signature moments

What you will remember

The water finish

A par 3 played across water to a green tucked beneath the clubhouse. Nerve and a smooth swing required.

Parkland in the city

Bent-grass greens and kikuyu fairways set against four species of local rough and the new urban park.

The Cape wind

When the south-easter blows, club selection becomes the whole game. The course never plays the same way twice.

Course tour

A hole-by-hole tour before golfers book

Give visitors and members the same confidence they get from a proper stroke-saver: a guided view of every hole, with drone footage, landing lines, approach notes, green detail and a direct booking path.

Benchmark: De Zalze's course tour invites golfers to explore the layout from an interactive map. The Met can do that in its own style, with a more cinematic Cape Town feel and cleaner booking flow.
Video tour
Flyover view
Course layout
18 holes, 9 fairways
Playing notes
Tee to green
Golf course layout

Eighteen holes across a compact nine-fairway loop

The layout view turns the course page into a useful pre-round guide: visitors can understand the loop, see where the clubhouse sits, and move from the video into the hole-by-hole notes before booking.

Course format
18 holes, par 70, 14 greens
Finish
Par three over water
Setting
Urban park, stadium and sea
Mouille Point loop
Clubhouse finish
1
Opening view
Settle into the city-side fairway
2
Find the fairway
Position for the best approach
3
First par five
Long-hole route and lay-up choice
4
Parkland edge
Urban-park turn through the middle
5
Scoring chance
Attack with the safe miss in mind
6
Wind line
Use the wind and pick a committed target
7
Water in sight
Decide between safe and aggressive
8
Set up the finish
Leave the right angle into the last
9
The finale
Water carry back to the clubhouse
1
Hole

Opening view

A confident first look at the tee shot, the city backdrop and the safest landing area before visitors arrive.

2
Hole

Find the fairway

Show the generous landing zone, the wind direction to watch and the best angle into the green.

3
Hole

First par five

A clear route plan for the longer hole: carry, lay-up option, approach line and where trouble starts.

4
Hole

Parkland edge

Frame the urban-park setting and help first-time players understand how the hole moves from tee to green.

5
Hole

Scoring chance

Highlight the shot shape, short-game miss and the putt golfers want to leave themselves.

6
Hole

Wind line

Turn the Cape wind into useful guidance with one simple target line and a club-selection note.

7
Hole

Water in sight

Let the drone show the hazard, the conservative play and the attacking line for better players.

8
Hole

Set up the finish

Explain the ideal side of the fairway and why the approach angle matters before the clubhouse stretch.

9 / 18
Hole

The finale

The par-three finish over water deserves its own cinematic flyover, from tee shot to clubhouse reaction.

All 18 holes, par 70Played across nine fairways

Ready to play the Met?

Book your tee time online, or call the pro shop.