Oppenheimer Park Golf Club

Overview: Around Witpan in Welkom, Oppenheimer Park Golf Club presents an 18-hole parkland course on the edge of Welkom, arranged beside Witpan and framed by mature trees. The current club describes a course designed to test strategy at every level, while the hole-by-hole guide shows a varied routing: an opening dogleg par five, a drivable island-green par four, a par three played from an island tee and a demanding finish. The club also offers a driving range, practice green, chipping green and an active junior programme.

History: Oppenheimer Park Golf Club was established in 1949 and is associated with course architect Bob Grimsdell. The club’s current material presents the course as a historic Welkom venue that has been upgraded while retaining its core identity. Because public references disagree on the headline par and total measurement, the profile records the verified design and date but leaves those scorecard fields open.

Did You Know? The second hole is described by the club as a drivable par four with an island green, making it a clear risk-and-reward feature early in the round. The third then changes the decision completely: its tee boxes sit on an island, with water around both tee and green, so precise club selection matters even before the longer holes return.