Rose set to continue love affair with Houghton Golf Club
BY Bruce Young | European PGA Tour | 2003 Alfred Dunhill Championship | Preview | 13 Jan 2003
Justin Rose returns to the scene of his maiden win on the European Tour when he tees it up in the Dunhill Championship on Thursday.
The Houghton Golf Club in Johannesburg is once again the venue for the tournament the eighth consecutive year it has been stage here at the seventy seven year old course. The course measures some 6500 meters which is long enough in terms of distance but the fact that it is in the Highveld means it plays shorter than it measures.
Designed originally by the Club professional A.M.Copland in1926, the course underwent significant remodelling in 1993 then again in 1996 by the South African design firm of Matkovich and Hayes, the Hayes being the brilliant South African golfer Dale Hayes who disappeared from the tournament scene in the eighties.
Recent winner have included Rose, Adam Scott (2001), Anthony Wall (2000), Ernie Els (1999) and Tony Johnstone in 1998.
Leading players entered at this stage are Justin Rose, Tim Clark, and Paul Lawrie. Anders Hansen, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwod and Andrew Coltart.
Lucas Parsons and Stephen Scahill are both entered but it may be that they will line up in Auckland instead.
