Shark River Golf Club

9-hole golf club in Forest Hill PE

Description

Shark River Golf Club is a great place to enjoy golf and make friends. The challenging 9-hole course is within the military base at Forest Hill, Port Elizabeth, which surely makes it one of the safest golfing environments in South Africa!

In recent years the club has invested substantially in improving the greens, fairways and course layout. And today, the club enjoys a reputation as the best value-for-money golf club and watering hole in Port Elizabeth.

Explore our site to find out more about what this vibrant golf club has to offer. And if golf is your game, be sure to join us soon -- as a new member or a visitor!

Shark River Golf Club (formerly Eastern Province Command Golf Club) was established in 1948. The then policy of the Defence Force was to establish sporting facilities to promote leadership. The course was exclusively for Defence Force personnel and consisted of five holes.

In 1978 the course was opened to the public. The course was managed and maintained in all aspects by the Eastern Province Command. Due to the interest shown by the public, the course was developed as a nine hole course and over the next seven years was lengthened and redesigned to its present state.

Owing to government policy the Eastern Province Command was renamed General Support Base Port Elizabeth and hence the name change of the golf club. The name Shark River was derived from the fact that the course lay in the then “Zark River” in the early 1900’s. Shark River Golf Club is a fully affiliated member of the SAGA, SALGA, ECGU and ECGWA. We enjoy reciprocity with Alexandria, Craddock, Graaff-Reinet, Humansdorp, Jeffreys Bay and Kirkwood Golf Clubs.       

The current course is 5 403m long and is under a programme of constant improvement with the present focus on greens and a new practice area.

Contact Details Shark River Golf Club 041 581 6188 041 581 6188 Enquire now View Rates View Directions