Adrian Otaegui 35/1 © Volvo China Open – Richard Castka/Sportpixgolf.com
The European Tour stays in Africa but now moves back to South Africa and the Eastern Cape, to a course that has created much debate as to whether it is a true links course or not.
The course opened for play in December 2006 and was quickly voted the Best New Course in South Africa in 2007 and has consistently been ranked as one of the top 10 golf courses in South Africa. But according to George Peper and Malcolm Campbell authors of the “True Links” bible, which features 246 links golf courses worldwide, St Francis Links isn’t among them.
