1926
The idea begins
Tom Field calls a meeting at Field’s Hotel and offers fifty acres of family farmland for the project.
KLOOF COUNTRY CLUB
TURNS 100
1927 – 2027
Honouring our past. Shaping our future.
A CENTURY OF
Kloof Country Club
A hundred years ago, Kloof started with a simple idea, fifty acres of family farmland and a group of people who wanted to build a golf course.
In 1926, Tom Field called a meeting at Field’s Hotel and offered fifty acres of family farmland for the project.
OUR STORY
KEY MOMENTS FROM 1926 TO 2027
1927
First nine holes
Sir John Dove-Wilson opens the first nine holes. The following day members compete for the Anniversary Cup.
1928
223 members
The Club grows rapidly and plans begin for an eighteen-hole course.
1943
A defining decision
Members have to decide whether Kloof Country Club will continue at all.
1947
Rebuilding Kloof
The new national road cuts through the course. Three holes and the clubhouse are lost.
1952
A new chapter
A redesigned course, a fully paid clubhouse and 700 members mark a remarkable recovery.
TODAY
One Club
Golf, squash, tennis, padel, cricket and athletics — with a clubhouse full of families.
The Leopard
A heraldic artist was commissioned to design our crest. The main motif was a leopard.
A hundred years later,
the leopard is still ours.
the leopard is still ours.
TWO CENTENARIES. ONE REMARKABLE YEAR.
The Comrades Marathon turns 100 alongside us in 2027, and we’ll be cheering on our athletics members every step of the way.
100 YEARS.
ONE CLUB.
ALWAYS WELCOMING.
1927 – 2027