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The 10 Best Golf Courses In South Africa
outh Africa’s courses in world golf. The course
offer some of the world's undulates along the coastline,
best golfing and the not far from the Indian Ocean,
climate is ideal for golf and wind variations will have a
year-round. Many of the courses big effect on your game.
have featured on both the
European PGA Tour, as well as the Fancourt Hotel Country
local Sunshine Tour. Compiling a Club
list of the top ten courses will Located on the picturesque
be contentious, but here goes. southern Cape, at the foot of the
imposing Outeniqua Mountains, the
Arabella Country Club four courses here have something
Host to the Nelson Mandela to suit all types of golfer.
Invitational since 2003, and Designed by Gary Player, the main
designed by Pete Matkovich, this courses have hosted major events,
Western Cape course was ranked and Fancourt has one of the
among the top 100 best courses in finest golf academies in the
the world, outside of the United world, with state-of-the-art
States. Bordering a large natural practice and teaching facilities.
lagoon, this demanding course
stretches over rolling fairways, Gary Player Country Club
and has deceptive bunkers and Set in an extinct volcano in the
tricky water traps. Pilanesberg Mountains, this
iconic par 72, 18-hole course
Durban Country Club hosts the annual The Million
The host of 16 South African Open Dollar Golf Challenge tournament.
Championships, this prestigious One of South Africa’s longest and
18-hole, par 72 course has the toughest courses, it includes two
honour of having three of its holes that rank in Golf Online’s
holes listed in the top 500 holes list of the world’s 500 best
holes. The course requires National Park, was designed by
accurate approaches, due to the Gary Player. Wild animals such as
many bunkers and water hazards. lions, elephants and rhinoceroses
are separated from players
George Golf Club through innovative landscaping
Near Fancourt, in the southern techniques, and over 200 bird
Cape, this par 72, 18-hole species have been noted. The
picturesque course, lined with elegant clubhouse is sited on the
trees, features wide fairways and bank of the Crocodile River.
requires accuracy, especially on
the long seventeenth, which is Pecanwood Golf and Country
rated one of the 500 best holes Club Estate
in the world. This Jack Nicklaus-designed, flat
course, bordering the
Glendower Golf Club Hartebeespoort Dam, and with the
Founded in 1937, the 18-hole, par beautiful Magaliesberg Mountains
72 course hosted the Transvaal in the distance, has well-placed
Open in which champion Bobby bunkers and caters for golfers of
Locke made his world-record all standards. Carefully
score. Over the years, the course positioned water features and
has been reshaped and rebuilt, strategically placed bunkers make
and trees, water hazards, and the course a challenge.
bunkers are plentiful. The
fairways feature numerous hazards River Club Golf Course
and the greens are excellent. The exclusive River Club Golf
Course in Johannesburg is for
Leopard Creek Country Club members and their guests only.
Arguably South Africa’s The long course is kept in
best-known course, on the border stunning condition, and has one
of the world famous Kruger of the toughest finishing
stretches in South Africa. Port Edward has a testing layout,
with wide fairways and huge
Wild Coast Country Club greens, and is one of the most
With the Indian Ocean as your scenic in the country. When the
backdrop on nearly every hole, wind is up, this course is
this 18-hole, par 70 course near tricky. Carts are compulsory.
About the Author:
Rod Ritchie writes for many publishers including AA Publishing and Fodors. Bill Goff Golf Tours and Longshot Golf Holidays offer great value golf breaks to many European and worldwide destinations.
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