Set atop rolling hills and rugged cliffs that give way to vast sea views and an ever-present horizon, Cape Kidnappers is home to the 18-hole golf course crafted by Tom Doak, and luxury resort Rosewood Cape Kidnappers. Cape Kidnappers is not true links terrain, with the wrinkles of sand dunes; instead the land tilts toward the sea as a series of ridges jutting out toward the edge of the cliffs. Yet, the play is seaside golf at its finest. The experience builds dramatically from the opening holes through an inland front nine filled with compelling terrain and ravines, before erupting into the stunning back nine where cliff-edge fairways feel tethered to the earth by little more than nerve and dream. Three times, you'll have to make the perilous leap from the end of one ridge to the end of the next. And at the sixth and fifteenth holes it's possible to pull your approach off the very end of the earth, though it will take nearly ten seconds of hang time for your ball to reach the ocean below.
Clifftop masterpiece designed by Tom Doak featuring ridge-and-valley routing with cliff-edge fairways, deep ravines, and dramatic ocean vistas.
<cite index="11-4">The golf course and adjacent resort, Rosewood Cape Kidnappers, occupy a 6,000-acre working sheep and cattle station protected by over 10 kilometers of predator proof fencing.</cite> <cite index="27-5">Twenty-two cottage suites and the owner's cottage.</cite> <cite index="27-8">Rates include breakfast, pre-dinner drinks with hors d'oeuvres, gourmet dinner, free minibar including domestic beers (excludes spirits and wine) and use of lodge facilities, except spa treatments and use of the golf course.</cite>