The Pin High blog
My top ten South African golf courses — and only one of them made the panel's top ten
The whole point of Pin High is that your list and mine will never match. So here's mine, in the open: ten courses I'd tee it up on tomorrow, from a Benoni links to a Waterberg bushveld track.
Five hidden gems: South African golf courses worth the detour
From a top-100 course up a Winterberg mountain pass to an 1890 original in the diamond fields — five South African golf gems that fly under the radar, and are worth a rating.
The Garden Route golf trip, rated: eleven courses in one glorious stretch
From Mossel Bay to Plettenberg Bay lies the densest run of quality golf in South Africa. Here's the route — and how golfers are rating every stop.
In defence of the 9-holer: South Africa's small-town courses deserve your Sunday
More than 200 of South Africa's golf courses are small-town 9-holers — and almost none of them have ever been rated. Time to fix that.
Golf Digest just ranked South Africa's best courses. Do you agree?
Golf Digest's panel puts Fancourt Links first, Blair Atholl second and a Kalahari mining-town course in the top ten. Time for the golfers to weigh in.
Why we built Pin High: golf rankings without the panels
Every golf ranking in South Africa is decided by a small panel of raters. We think the 139,000 golfers who actually play these courses every week deserve the vote instead.
How to rate a golf course: what our six categories actually mean
Value, course condition, layout, halfway house, staff — a quick guide to what each Pin High rating category covers, and how to score like you mean it.
The search for South Africa's best 19th hole starts now
The round is only half the story. Pin High now ranks SA's clubhouse bars and halfway houses — atmosphere, drinks, food, view and service. Nominate yours by rating it.