Designed by Robert Grimsdell in the 1960s, The River Club in Sandton near Johannesburg is a fine, lightly played, members-only club that boasts some of the best golf land in Gauteng.

Here you regularly drive up or down slopes, with some excellent approach shots then played into sizeable greens, many of which were raised during a 1990s upgrade. The biggest failing of the course is the fairway bunkering, which is strategically located but shallow and barely a test at all for decent golfers.

Highlights include the likes of the 3^rd – 5^th, 7^th, 11^th, 12^th and 14^th which are all good. The 18^th is a strong closer as well, the hole played over a rise and then across a pond, as is the cross pond 16^th.

Without setting the world on fire, The River Club is a nice, understated golf experience with a real touch of class.