Golf course · Mossel Bay, the Garden Route
Pinnacle Point
Peter Matkovich · opened 2006 · par 72
About the course
On the cliffs above the Indian Ocean
Peter Matkovich’s course opened in 2006 on a promontory just south of Mossel Bay, about half an hour’s drive from George airport. Darren Clarke opened it with him.
Seven holes line the rock cliffs above the Indian Ocean, and four of them are played over ocean and cliff. From the 7th, an island green on a clifftop, whales are often seen below in winter.
The estate lists World Golf Awards wins as South Africa’s best golf course in 2016, 2017, 2022 and 2024, and in 2007 it was named one of the top ten new courses in the world by Golf Travel & Leisure.
The caves in the cliffs below the clubhouse are a Provincial Heritage Site. Excavations since 2000 have found that people lived there between 170,000 and 40,000 years ago, with the earliest evidence anywhere of people systematically gathering food from the sea. The estate runs guided tours.
It is played with carts only, no caddies. The clubhouse has the Cliffside Restaurant and the Pinnacle Bar, with views over the ocean.
Photos: our partner on the ground
The holes
Holes to remember
An island on the cliff
A par 3 of 111 metres to an island green on top of a cliff. Whales are often seen below it in winter.
Risk and reward
A par 4 of 315 metres. Going for the green from the tee means carrying more than 200 metres of ocean.
Over the ocean
A par 3 of 156 metres to a green on a sheer 40-metre cliff. The direct line from the back tees crosses 185 metres of ocean and rock.
The signature hole
A par 3 of 125 metres across an ocean chasm. The club calls it its signature hole, with eight different tees.
Along Eden Bay
A par 5 of 463 metres along the cliffs of Eden Bay, with about 300 metres of white bunker sand down the left.
Play it on these trips
6 trips play it
Every trip is built around your group: we can add the Pinnacle Point to any trip in South Africa.
Questions golfers ask
Playing the course
Nearby
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PezulaKnysna · on the Eastern HeadPlay Pinnacle Point with us
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Course facts from Pinnacle Point: the course, golf club, the caves, the estate.
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