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The original sugar estate was founded in 1859 by Captain
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William Smerdon. The estate was sold to Mauritian Jules Langlois in 1876 and then bought by a group of Natal businessman in 1878.
In 1924 a nine hole golf course was built by a group of Natal Estates employees, all golfing enthusiasts, who felt that driving to Durban was too far, which in those days involved a trip through sugar cane fields and over dirt roads lasting a couple of hours. The first committee formed was that of Mr. H.V. Franklin as Secretary and Mr. W. Wiltshire as Greenkeeper.
Mr. Franklin later took over the Greenkeeping and in 1933 drew up plans for an 18 hole golf course. Work started on the enlargement of the course in the November of 1933 and opened for play on the 1st of April 1935 as development on the Natal Estates Sports Club began.
Twenty two years later membership was extended to "town" members and a more substantial clubhouse was opened. This was the beginning of a historical yet testing period from the flood in 1987 to the fire in 1988 reducing Huletts Country Club to a blackened shell within an hour. It was from this heartbreaking ruin that the highly acclaimed Mount Edgecombe Country Club was born.
The original estate was named after the 7th Earle of Mount Edgecombe, Edward Piers Edgecumbe, whose family coat of arms and that of Mount Edgecombe Country Club, "The Boar's Head", are still found hanging above the fireplace in the main hall of the Cotehele House in Cornwall.
In conjunction with the development of the residential component, Hugh Baiocchi and his team of architects were commissioned to introduce design improvements to the original golf course. It now combines attractive water features, multi-tiered greens and forgiving roughs. These and the avenue of trees that line most the fairways require accuracy and is considered a true test of target golf. On the 12th of October 1989, the magnificent clubhouse rebuilt, was officially opened.
Plans for the second course began in 1994. Dyson, De Villiers and Van der Merwe were commissioned to design the second championship course with the philosophy being challenging but fair. It's undulating fairways and spectacular layout is where the serious golfer can test his skills and the occasional golfer can thoroughly enjoy their game. Course Two was officially opened in 1997.
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