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1 | 2018-09-02 21:44:38 | St Francis Links | 6 | 1 Jack Nicklaus Drive, St Francis Bay 6312, | http://www.stfrancislinks.com | 64 miles W of Port Elizabeth | Contact in advance | Jeff Clause | Jack Nicklaus | Not known | “True Links,” the excellent George Peper and Malcolm Campbell book that was first published in 2010, lists only 246 links golf courses worldwide and it features only one South African course, Humewood, a fine old layout established by Colonel Stafford Ver | |
2 | 2018-09-02 21:56:06 | Humewood | 5.3333333333333 | Marine Drive, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth, | http://www.humewoodgolf.co.za | 5 miles SE of Port Elizabeth, off the M4 | Welcome any day | Andrew McLean | S.V. Hotchkin | Brendon Timm | Humewood Golf Club was rated by the late, great Bobby Locke as one of the best links courses he’d ever played and for a man with four Open Championships to his name between 1949 and 1957, he was certainly well qualified to voice such an opinion. Dr Charle | |
3 | 2018-09-02 21:56:09 | Wild Coast | 5 | Main Bizana Road, | http://www.suninternational.com | Off the N2/R61, 110 miles S of Durban | Welcome, contact in advance | Myan Moodley | Robert Trent Jones II | Fred Beaver | Wild Coast Sun Country Club – another of the popular vacation destinations owned by the Sun International Leisure Group of Hotels, Resorts and Casinos – is laid out within a 1,800-acre estate on the edge of the Eastern Cape, overlooking the Indian Ocean, | |
4 | 2018-09-02 21:56:16 | East London | 22 Gleneagles Road, Bunkers Hill, East London, | http://elgc.co.za | Off the R72 North East Expressway | Contact in advance | Wellington Sonanze | George Peck, S.V. Hotchkin | Michelle de Vries | The ground at Bunkers Hill was the third and final site chosen by East London Golf Club members and the course opened in 1923, thirty years after the club was formed. The course has hosted the South African Open six times (between 1930 and 2001) and it’s | ||
5 | 2018-09-02 21:56:23 | Fish River | http://www.suninternational.com | Off the N2 between Port Alfred and East London | Welcome anytime | Wessel Benson | Gary Player | Not known | The Fish River Sun Country Club – formerly part of the Sun International Leisure Group of Hotels, Resorts and Casinos – is located just outside Port Alfred on the Eastern Cape coast. It’s a Gary Player designed parkland course which plays to nearly 7,000 | |||
6 | 2018-09-02 21:56:30 | St Francis Bay | Lyme Road, St Francis Bay 6312, | http://www.stfrancisgolf.co.za | 64 miles W of Port Elizabeth | Welcome anytime but book in advance | Margie Dolgoy | Bob Grimsdell, Danie Obermeyer | Not known | In the mid 1970s, developer Leighton Hulett transformed part of the Sea Vista area – situated to the south of where the River Kromme reaches the ocean – into a 9-hole course designed by legendary golf architect Bob Grimsdell. Danie Obermeyer subsequently | ||
7 | 2018-09-02 21:56:44 | Wedgewood Golf & Country Estate | Old Cape Road, Greenbushes, 6070 Port Elizabeth, | http://wedgewoodvillage.co.za | 26 miles SW of Port Elizabeth city centre | Members and their guests only | Hector Nicou | Sean Quinn of Golf Data | Matthew Thompson | Members of the Port Elizabeth Jewish community established Wedgewood Park Country Club in 1949 and it was named in honour of British politician Josiah Clement Wedgwood, a strong campaigner for social justice who was also instrumental in saving the lives o | ||
8 | 2018-09-02 21:56:49 | Phakalane | 5 | Golf Drive, Phakalane Golf Estate, Phakalane, | http://www.phakalane.com | 15km N of Gaborone | Welcome - contact in advance | Lesang Magang | DDV Design Group | Not known | ||
16 | 2018-09-02 21:56:57 | Allegria | 4.5 | Km.38 Cairo - Alexandria Road, Sheikh Zayed, 6th October City, | http://www.theallegriacairo.com | 20 miles W of Cairo city centre | Welcome | Chris Geraghty | Greg Norman | Naela El Attar | Developed by SODIC, Egypt’s leading real estate company, The Allegria is Greg Norman’s first North African golf course design, opening to rave reviews when it was first unveiled in 2010 on the outskirts of Cairo. King Golf International – who recently bui | |
17 | 2018-09-02 21:57:09 | Katameya Dunes (Lakes) | 6 | 5th District, New Cairo City, | http://katameyadunes.com | 17 miles E of Cairo city centre | Welcome, contact in advance | Simon Duffield | Nick Faldo with Schmidt Curley Design | Gerard Bent | Despite harsh economic times felt worldwide, Sir Nick Faldo’s design business continues to grow at a steady rate and he broke into the North African market in 2010 with a 27-hole Egyptian project that was undertaken in collaboration with the formidable ar | |
18 | 2018-09-02 21:57:20 | Cascades at Somabay | 4 | Km 48 Safaga Road, | http://www.sheraton-somabay.com/golf | 30 miles S of Hurghada airport | Welcome, discounted green fees for local hotel guests | Mohamed Mansour | Kozie Mentz of Gary Player Golf Design | Mohamed Abdel Halim Kahoul | The emergence of Somabay as a top end tourist destination on Egypt’s Red Sea coast has been due in no small part to Abu Soma Development Company’s desire to provide visitors with first class sporting amenities like this Gary Player golf complex – it's har | |
19 | 2018-09-02 21:57:43 | Katameya Heights | 6 | New Cairo City (Fifth District), West Heliopolis, | http://katameyaheights.com | 18 miles SE of Cairo city centre | Welcome, Sunday to Thursday | Not known | Yves Bureau | Steven Burton | Katameya Heights was to be Egypt’s first residential golf resort when it was first proposed in the early 1990s and the developers tasked Yves Bureau – who also takes the design credit for the Amarante Golf City project, 20 miles to the north of here – wit | |
20 | 2018-09-02 21:57:46 | Mirage City | 3.5 | Ring Road, | 20 miles E Cairo city centre | Welcome, except Friday mornings | Not known | Peter Harradine | Karl-Anders Grundin | Peter Harradine was the architect behind the 18-hole championship layout at Mirage City in the late 1990s – returning a decade later to add a 9-hole par 32 executive layout – and his design company has been very busy in recent times with another couple of | ||
21 | 2018-09-02 21:57:55 | Sokhna (B & C) | 6 | Ain Sokhna, | http://sokhnagolfclub.com | 90 miles SE of Cairo | Welcome | Ali Mohamed | Thomson, Perret & Lobb | Not known | The 27-hole Sokhna Golf Club complex was officially established in January of 2015 when the eighteen holes at the El Ein Bay resort were amalgamated with the 9-hole layout at the Little Venice Golf Resort.The main 18-hole layout, a Galalah Touristic Inves | |
22 | 2018-09-02 21:58:05 | Dreamland (Championship) | 3 | Dreamland City, Alwahat Road, | http://www.dreamlandgolf.com | West of the Great Pyramids | Welcome | Hefny Higazi | Carl Litten | Not known | Designed by US architect Carl Litten and stretching out beyond 7,200 yards from the back tees, the Championship course at Dreamland Golf & Tennis Resort can play tough. Select one of the four sets of tees according to your standard and enjoy your game at | |
23 | 2018-09-02 21:58:12 | Palm Hills (A & C) | 26th July Corridor, 6th October City, | http://palmhillsgolfcourse.com | 27 km W of Cairo city centre | Welcome | Teymour Abou El Kheir | John Sanford and Nicklaus Design | Ihab Hosny | Florida-based architect John Sanford has designed several new millennium Egyptian courses, including the 9-hole Little Venice layout (now the “A” nine at the 27-hole Sokhna Golf Club complex outside Ain Sokhna) and the 18-hole Madinat Makadi course situat | ||
24 | 2018-09-02 21:58:18 | Madinat Makadi | 5.25 | Qesm Hurghada, | http://www.madinatmakadigolf.com | 18 miles S of Hurghada airport | Welcome | Kieron Morrissey | John Sanford | Gamal Moawad | In recent years, American architect John Sanford has been making a name for himself in North Africa whilst working work on a number of Egyptian golf projects – including Jolie Ville in Sharm-el-Shiekh and Taba Heights in Sinai – and this big budget resort | |
25 | 2018-09-02 21:58:28 | Stella Di Mare | Km. 46 Suez - Hurgada Road, | http://www.stelladimare.com | 90 miles W of Cairo | Welcome | Clinton Norris | Karl Litten | Cairn Patrick | Karl Litten was no stranger to golf design in Egypt – having already laid out the 27-hole Dreamland golf complex a decade earlier – when he set out the course at Stella Di Mare in 2006. Indeed, ten years before Dreamland opened, the architect had supervis | ||
26 | 2018-09-02 21:58:37 | Sofitel Malabo Sipopo Le Golf | Zona Sipopo, | http://www.sofitel.com/gb/hotel-8212-sofitel-malabo-sipopo-le-golf/index.shtml | 25 km E of Malabo city centre | Welcome | Sylvain Chauvet | Thierry Sprecher | Clement Rousseau | Situated along the northeast coastline of Bioko, a 20-minute drive east of the capital Malabo, the fairways of the Sofitel Malabo Sipopo Le Golf course were literally carved from the dense tropical rainforest that covers most of the island by architect. B | ||
27 | 2018-09-02 21:58:47 | Achimota | PO Box AH8, Achimota, | http://www.achimotagolf.com | 6 miles N of Accra city centre | Welcome | E.K. Oteng-Aboagye | Paul McGinley | None | |||
28 | 2018-09-02 21:59:13 | Vaal de Grace | The Island, | +27 (0) 56 811 2013 ‹ Previous › Next Golf Club Website | http://www.vaaldegracegolfestate.co.za | 71 miles SW of Johannesburg city centre | Welcome | Dean O'Riley | Nick Price | Dean O'Riley | The course at Vaal de Gráce is situated six miles along the Vaal River from Parys Golf & Country Estate in the Free State and it’s the first South African design project for Nick Price. In recent times, Nick has collaborated with the likes of Tom Fazio, C | |
29 | 2018-09-02 21:59:25 | Parys | c/o Briel and Venus Street, | http://www.parysestate.co.za | 66 miles SW of Johannesburg city centre | Welcome anytime | TBC | Cobie Le Grange with DDV Design | Jandre Nel | Parys Golf Club was founded in 1976 and it sits on the banks of the Vaal River in Free State province. Interestingly, the town lies within the Vredefort Dome – a large crater that was formed by an asteroid strike millions of years ago – which is now a UNE | ||
30 | 2018-09-02 21:59:28 | Royal Johannesburg & Kensington (East) | 5.5 | 1 Fairway Avenue, Linksfield North, | http://www.royaljk.za.com | Exit 116 from N3 eastern bypass | Welcome, except Saturdays and Sunday mornings | Chris Bentley | Robert Grimsdell | Greg Jacobs | It came as something of a shock to the system when Royal Johannesburg and Kensington golf clubs merged in 1998 to form the one club – after all, had both clubs not been established more than 100 years before? Proceeds from the sale of the Kensington prope | |
31 | 2018-09-02 21:59:40 | Glendower | 5 | 20 Marias Road, Dowerglen ext2, Bedfordview, | +27 11 453 1013 ‹ Previous › Next Golf Club Website Take the Linksfield turn off from the N3 Welcome, except Saturdays | http://www.glendower.co.za | Take the Linksfield turn off from the N3 | Welcome, except Saturdays | Sandy Burnard | C.H. Alison | Rudy Whitfield | Formed back in 1935, the Glendower Golf Club engaged the services of Harry Colt’s associate, Charles Hugh Alison, to lay out an 18-hole parkland course in two loops of nine on some old Glendower farmland. Fifty years later, the club embarked on a major up |
32 | 2018-09-02 21:59:52 | River Club - Johannesburg | 4 | Links Road, Sandton, | +27 (0) 11 783 1166 ‹ Previous › Next 12 km N of downtown Johannesburg Members and their guests only | 12 km N of downtown Johannesburg | Members and their guests only | Gustav Putter | Robert Grimsdell | Not known | Founded in 1967 by businessman Punch Barlow, the River Club is an ultra-exclusive golf club located in the well-to-do Sandton district of Johannesburg. Unlike most top South African courses, the River Club do not operate a pay-and-play facility so the onl | |
33 | 2018-09-02 21:59:58 | Blair Atholl | Centurion, | http://www.blairatholl.co.za | 30 miles NE of Johannesburg city centre | Welcome - contact in advance | Paul Marks | Gary Player | Paul Marks | Situated just outside the Rhenosterspruit Nature Conservatory to the north of Johannesburg, Blair Atholl was Gary Player’s home for almost quarter of a century before developer Robbie Wray helped transform the property into a low density residential estat | ||
34 | 2018-09-02 22:00:06 | Johannesburg (Woodmead) | 5 | Lincoln Street, Woodmead, | http://thecountryclub.co.za | Exit 29 from M1 | Welcome, contact in advance | Bevan du Plessis | F. Hawtree | Richard Fulford | Woodmead is regarded as the more prestigious of the two 18-hole courses at the Country Club of Johannesburg though the Rocklands course is a very good, more open layout than its neighbour and well worth combining in a 36-hole visit. Located in the norther | |
35 | 2018-09-02 22:00:16 | Steyn City | Midrand, | http://www.steyncity.co.za | 40 km N of downtown Johannesburg | Members and their guests only | Norman Mashaba | Sean Quinn of Nicklaus Design | not known | |||
36 | 2018-09-02 22:00:24 | Kyalami | 5 | Maple Road, | http://www.kyalamicc.co.za | Take the Allandale off ramp from the N1 | Welcome Monday to Friday | Pierre Brink | Arthur Tomsett | Not known | Kyalami is perhaps better known in sporting circles as the race track used for the South African motor racing Grand Prix when it was held there between 1967 and 1993. The golf course near to the race circuit goes back even further in time though as it was | |
37 | 2018-09-02 22:00:32 | Royal Johannesburg & Kensington (West) | 1 Fairway Avenue, Linksfield North, | http://www.royaljk.za.com | Exit 116 from N3 eastern bypass | Welcome, except Saturdays and Sunday mornings | Chris Bentley | Laurie Waters | Greg Jacobs | For over a hundred years, Royal Johannesburg and Kensington golf clubs each went their separate ways until 1998 when they amalgamated to form a new club. The Kensington property was sold and the money used to upgrading the clubhouse and the two courses on | ||
38 | 2018-09-02 22:00:45 | Randpark (Firethorn) | Setperk Street, Randpark, Randburg 2194, | http://www.randpark.co.za | Take Bayers Naude Drive off ramp from N1 | Welcome, except Saturday mornings | Mellett Hendrikse | Sid Brews, Sean Quinn (Golf Data) | Martin Whitcher | The Randpark course was established in the mid-1960s when Randpark Golf Club acquired some land adjacent to their Windsor Park course and Sid Brews was tasked with routing a second 18-hole layout. Mark Muller later redesigned the Randpark course greens in | ||
39 | 2018-09-02 22:00:52 | Serengeti (Masai Mara) | Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg, | +27 (0) 11 552 7200 ‹ Previous › Next Golf Club Website | http://serengeti.co.za | 10 km NE of Johannesburg | Welcome – contact in advance | Mark Renwick | Jack Nicklaus | Pierre van Vuuren | Named after the game reserve in Kenya, the Masai Mara course at the Serengeti Golf & Wildlife Estate was designed by the Golden Bear and opened for play in June 2009. The main Masai Mara championship layout is accompanied by the 9-hole Whistling Thorn cou | |
40 | 2018-09-02 22:01:04 | Durban (Country Club) | 5.2 | Durban, | http://www.durbancountryclub.co.za | 5km from Durban City Centre | Contact in advance | Pascale van Maris | Laurie Waters & George Waterman | Don Gammon | The Country Club course at Durban Country Club is universally considered to be one of the finest layouts in South Africa and it is regularly ranked as one of the World’s Top 100 golf courses. The experience is unforgettable and it has played host to seven | |
41 | 2018-09-02 22:01:09 | Zimbali | 4 | http://www.zimbali.co.za | Take exit 210 from the N2 | Welcome anytime | Gavin Woodroffe | Tom Weiskopf | Kyle Caitano | Tom Weiskopf has designed more than 40 courses worldwide since he stopped playing competitively, which is not a prodigious number compared to other top-end golf course architects. However, Tom is in the business of providing quality, not quantity and Zimb | ||
42 | 2018-09-02 22:01:11 | Champagne Sports | Winterton 3340, | http://www.champagnesportsresort.com | 15 miles from Winterton, off the R600 | Welcome anytime | Trevor Livesey | Hugh Baiocchi | Not known | Johannesburg golfer Hugh Baiocchi – well respected member of the European Tour in the 1970s and 1980s – designed the 18-hole championship course at Champagne Sports Resort and it first opened for play in 1997. Located in the Drakensberg mountain region be | ||
43 | 2018-09-02 22:01:21 | Cotswold Downs | Inanda Road, Hillcrest, | http://www.cotswolddowns.com | 24 miles NW of Durban | Welcome, book in advance | Wayne Krambeck | Peter Matkovich | Not known | Located just south of the Valley of 1,000 Hills, the fairways at Cotswold Downs Golf & Country Estate are routed in a figure of eight round a former sugar cane plantation where a number of wetland areas have been retained or introduced to enhance the natu | ||
44 | 2018-09-02 22:01:27 | Durban (Beachwood) | 4 | 9 Beachwood Place, off Fairway Drive, Durban, | http://www.durbancountryclub.co.za | 5 km N of Durban Country Club, off the M4 | Welcome, contact in advance | Wynand Du Bruyn | Gary Player Design Group | Wynand Du Bruyn | Since 1996, when the Beachwood course was acquired, Durban Country Club members have been in the fortunate position of being able to play on two great championship courses. The Gary Player Design Group and Top Turf remodeled Beachwood, substantially alter | |
45 | 2018-09-02 22:01:33 | Prince's Grant | 6 | The Lodge, 1 Babu Bodasing, Stanger, | http://www.princesgrant.co.za | Stanger/Blythdale Beach exit from the N2 | Welcome, contact in advance | Roelf du Toit | Peter Matkovich | Dane Vosloo | George Wilson Prince acquired Prince’s Grant, formerly part of Hyde Park sugar cane farm, in 1856 through Deed of Grant from Queen Victoria for the princely sum of two pounds, five shillings and four pence. Not a bad price for nearly three and a half thou | |
46 | 2018-09-02 22:01:37 | Gowrie Farm | 3 | Nottingham Road, | http://www.gowrie.co.za | 20 miles NW of Howick, via the R103 highway | Welcome | Justin Roux | Guy Smith | Not known | Intriguingly, the eighteen holes on the Gowrie Farm layout play to only twelve greens in what might best be described as a highly unconventional golfing configuration. The course was designed by Guy Smith, the developer behind the Prince’s Grant Golf Esta | |
47 | 2018-09-02 22:01:50 | Victoria Country Club | Duncan Mackenzie Drive, Pietermaritzburg 3201, | +27 (0) 33 347 1394 ‹ Previous › Next Golf Club Website | http://www.victoria.co.za | 48 miles NW of Durban | Welcome anytime, book in advance | Not known | Bob Grimsdell, Golf Data | Mark Truter | The city of Pietermaritzburg is the capital of the KwaZulu-Natal province and it sits on the main road between the Pretoria-Johannesburg conurbation in the interior and the harbour city of Durban on the coast. The Victoria Country Club lies five miles to | |
48 | 2018-09-02 22:02:00 | San Lameer | Main Road, Lower South Coast, | http://www.sanlameer.co.za | 95 miles S of Durban, off the N2/R61 | Welcome anytime | Meyer du Toit | Peter Matkovich and Dale Hayes | Not known | As part of a 470-acre residential estate where development is limited to 40% of the landscape, the San Lameer Country Club course was designed by Peter Matkovich and opened for play in 1992. Houses line the fairways at several holes but never intrusively. | ||
49 | 2018-09-02 22:02:06 | Vulintaba | D 96 District Road, Newcastle 2940, | http://www.vulintaba.co.za | 27 kms SW of Newcastle | Welcome, contact in advance | Francois Wessels | DDV Design Group | Matthew Gale | Developed by the Ni-Da Group, which is also involved in mining, construction and transportation activities across seven countries, the Vulintaba Country Estate sits a mere 30-minute drive from Newcastle, in the northwest corner of the Kwazula-natal provin | ||
50 | 2018-09-02 22:02:15 | Vipingo Ridge | 6 | Vipingo, | http://www.vipingoridge.com | 28 miles N of Mombasa | Welcome | Mike Round-Turner | David Jones | Saleem Haji | Situated less than an hour’s drive north of downtown Mombasa, the Baobab course is the first of two 18-hole layouts planned for an ambitious residential development at Vipingo Ridge and its location – only a couple of miles from the coast – affords golfer | |
51 | 2018-09-02 22:02:23 | Muthaiga | 5 | PO Box 41651, | +254 2 762414 ‹ Previous › Next Golf Club Website | http://www.muthaigagolfclub.com | 15 km N of Nairobi city centre | Welcome, contact in advance | Aquinas Mungatia | Peter Matkovich | Anil Shah | Muthaiga Golf Club is located on the edge of the Karura forest in the affluent suburb of Muthaiga, to the north of Nairobi. The original 9-hole layout was established in 1913, with the full 18-hole course finished in 1926, so the club is one of the Kenya’ |
52 | 2018-09-02 22:02:29 | Sigona | 5 | PO Box 40221, | http://www.sigonagolf.com | 14 miles NW of Nairobi city centre | Welcome | Charles Ngugi | Tom Simpson | John Kiondo | Sigona Golf Club sits to the northwest of Nairobi in Kikuya, just off the main road to Lake Naivasha, on a hilly site that was once a wattle tree plantation. Designed by the accomplished English course designer Tom Simpson and opened in 1938, the course l | |
53 | 2018-09-02 22:02:37 | Karen | 5 | Karen Road, PO Box 24816, Karen, | http://www.karencountryclub.org | 16 km from Nairobi | Welcome, contact in advance. | Sam Mwai | Remy Martin | John Njunge | Karen Country Club is located close to Karen Blixen’s house, which is now a museum dedicated to the late Danish author whose memoir, Out of Africa, was her most famous work. Karen Country Club was founded in 1937, the same year that Out of Africa was publ | |
54 | 2018-09-02 22:02:42 | Nyali | 4 | PO Box 95678, Off Links Road, | http://www.nyaligolf.com | 5 miles NE of Mombasa city centre | Welcome | Ernest Chea | Monty Lowry and Bill Bradshaw | Jimmy King’Ori | ||
55 | 2018-09-02 22:02:49 | Windsor | 5 | Kigwa Road, Ridgeways off Kiambu Road , PO Box 45587 - 00100, | http://www.windsorgolfresort.com | 13km NE of Nairobi city centre | Welcome | Christine Murai | Tom Macauley | Rizwan Charania | To play and stay at the Windsor Golf Hotel and Country Club is an unforgettable experience. The resort has an overpowering impact which is difficult to prepare for as it was designed to recall the early days of Kenya's aristocratic British pioneers and to | |
56 | 2018-09-02 22:03:05 | Limuru | 5 | PO Box 10, | http://www.limurucountryclub.co.ke | 20 miles N of Nairobi | Welcome | Not known | Unknown | James Ngigi and Peter Mwangi | Negotiations with the local authorities over a 200-acre site at Limuru began in 1945 and once farmers had completed a program of bush clearing, the first nine holes of the golf course opened in 1949, around a horse race track that was formed at the same t | |
57 | 2018-09-02 22:03:09 | Great Rift Valley | 4 | North Lake Road, | http://www.heritage-eastafrica.com | 70 miles NW of Nairobi city centre | Welcome | Susan Karfra | Thomas Fjastad | Madoya Justus | The Great Rift Valley Lodge and Golf Resort lies halfway between the Samburu and Masai Mara reserves, near Lake Naivasha and, since opening in 2000, the course has gained the reputation as one of the most challenging of all Kenya’s championship tracks. La | |
58 | 2018-09-02 22:03:19 | Leisure Lodge | 4 | P.O. Box 84383, | http://www.leisurelodgeresort.de | 20 miles S of Mombasa | Welcome | Nassor Mbwana | Tommy Fjastad | John Davis Junior | The 18-hole championship Leisure Lodge course – home to the largest annual amateur event in Kenya, the Diani Beach Masters – is part of a huge resort on the shores of the Indian Ocean that includes a hotel, swimming pools, shopping arcade and casino. Open | |
59 | 2018-09-02 22:03:23 | Royal Nairobi | Off Ngong Rd, Along Mucai Road, | http://www.royalnairobigc.com | 10 minutes from downtown Nairobi | Welcome | Joseph O Otuke | Unknown | Not known | The Royal Nairobi Golf Club is the oldest golf society in Kenya, founded in 1906. The original 9-hole course with sand greens was expanded to a fully grassed 18 holes in the 1920s. Wild animals roamed the course in the early days and a marauding leopard w | ||
60 | 2018-09-02 22:03:32 | Elements | 5 | Cyferfontein Road 440KR, | http://www.elementspgr.co.za | 80 miles N of Pretoria via the N1 highway | Contact in advance | Ian Leach | Peter Matkovich | Not known | The Limpopo Province is the most northerly district in South Africa and its beautiful Waterberg Bushveld region is home to a number of stunning, modern golf courses, two of which – Elements and Zebula – are situated within twenty-five miles of each other. | |
61 | 2018-09-02 22:03:42 | Zebula | Bela Bela 0480, | http://www.zebula.co.za | 150 km N of Pretoria | Welcome - contact in advance | Not known | Peter Matkovich | Conrad du Plooy | The number of top class golf course designs by Peter Matkovich that are featured in the Top 100 South African rankings is now into double digits and the bushveld course at Zebula is yet another – like De Zalze, Elements and Pinnacle Point – that he has cr | ||
62 | 2018-09-02 22:03:49 | Euphoria | Naboomspruit, | http://www.euphoriaestate.co.za | 97 miles NE of Pretoria via the N1 highway | Welcome | Not known | Annika Sorenstam with Stan Eby of EGD | Pierre van Nieuwenhuizen | Designed by Annika Sorenstam in conjunction with Stan Eby of European Golf Design, the course at Euphoria Golf Estate and Hydro nestles in the foothills of the Waterberg Mountains, where you generally only see the hole that you’re playing on this beautifu | ||
63 | 2018-09-02 22:04:00 | Legend Golf & Safari Resort | 4 | Entabeni Safari Conservatory, Sterkrivier, | http://www.legend-resort.com | 130 miles NE of Pretoria | Contact in advance | Nico Truter | Doue van der Mere of DDV Golf Design | Nico Truter | Developer Peet Cilliers wanted the scale of the golf facility in the Entabeni Safari Conservancy to match the surrounding African landscape so he made a wise move to bring in Kuwaiti-based IFA Hotels and Resorts as a partner when it came to financing an a | |
64 | 2018-09-02 22:04:06 | Hans Merensky | 4 | Club Road, Phalaborwa 1390, | http://www.hansmerensky.com | 140 miles N of Nelspruit, off the R40 | Welcome, book in advance | Jeff Jackson | Robert Grimsdell | Sean Pappas | The former mining town of Phalaborwa is situated on the western edge of the Kruger National Park, a couple of hours drive away from the Mozambique border. The town has reinvented itself as a modern tourist destination and one of its major attractions is t | |
65 | 2018-09-02 22:04:10 | Leopard Creek | 5.5 | Malelane, | http://www.leopardcreek.co.za | 4-hour drive from Johannesburg | Welcome midweek | Derek Muggeridge | Gary Player | Johan Piek | Leopard Creek Country Club is an exclusive facility, which opened in 1996. Businessman Johan Rupert owns it and his company sponsors the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews in Scotland. The front gate to the club is at the bridge leading over | |
66 | 2018-09-02 22:04:17 | Highland Gate | 5 | Dullstroom, | http://highlandgate.co.za | 15 km E of Dullstroom | Welcome Tuesday to Sunday | Vince Coetzee | Ernie Els | Michael Hopkins | Nestled in the Steenkampsberg mountain range near Dullstroom, the Highland Gate Golf & Trout Estate boasts an Ernie Els signature course as the main sporting attraction of an upmarket residential development. The 18-hole layout is set at high altitude amo | |
67 | 2018-09-02 22:04:26 | Mbombela | Wilhelm Street, Nelspruit, | http://www.nelspruitgolfclub.co.za | 22 miles N of Barberton | Welcome, contact in advance | Richard Rillema | Bob Grimsdell, Peter Matkovich | Steve Lawrence | The city of Nelspruit is situated in the fertile flood plain of the Crocodile River in the province of Mpumalanga and it’s home to around half a million people. Nelspruit Golf Club was founded in 1928, moving to its current location eleven years later. Bo | ||
68 | 2018-09-02 22:04:37 | Gary Player | 5.5 | Sun City Resort, | http://www.suninternational.com/sun-city/activities/golf/ | 100 miles NW of Johannesburg, off the R556 | Welcome - Course is closed on Mondays for routine maintenance | Paul Kelley | Gary Player | Not known | The Gary Player Country Club is perhaps South Africa’s most famous course thanks to the annual Nedbank “Million Dollar Golf Challenge” which has been hosted here since 1981. Naturally the “Black Knight” designed the course and it’s one of the longest cour | |
69 | 2018-09-02 22:04:41 | Millvale | Millvale Road, Koster District, Koster Dam, | 20 km W of Rustenburg | By invitation only | Not known | Gary Player and Tyrone Yates | Not known | Few know much about the course at the ultra-private Millvale Golf Estate, which is located in the North West Province, near Koster and not far from Rustenburg. Back in January 2012, we stated that we should feature Millvale within our South African rankin | |||
70 | 2018-09-02 22:04:52 | Lost City | 4 | Sun City Resort, | http://www.suninternational.com/sun-city/activities/golf/ | 100 miles NW of Johannesburg, off the R556 | Welcome, except Tuesdays (when closed), book in advance | Kenny Payet | Gary Player | Not known | The Sun City resort in North West province is adjacent to the fourth largest game park in South Africa (the Pilanesberg National Park) and it’s an opulent man-made oasis in an inhospitable, semi-desert region.Operated by the Sun International Leisure Grou | |
71 | 2018-09-02 22:05:03 | Pecanwood | 5 | R512 Provincial Road, | http://www.pecanwoodgolf.co.za | 20 miles W of Pretoria | Welcome, except Mondays | Jane van Niekerk | Jack Nicklaus | Riette Laas | Pecanwood – the name comes from the grove of pecan nut trees found on the property – was the first Jack Nicklaus Signature course in South Africa and it first opened for play in 1998. The well respected Golf Data company actually built the course, moving | |
72 | 2018-09-02 22:05:15 | Goldfields West | West Driefontein Mine, Carletonville 2500, | http://golf.ifm2.com/goldfields | 49 miles SW of Johannesburg city centre, via the N12 | Welcome, closed on Mondays | Boyce Harris | Johnny van der Ness with Bob Grimsdell | Ockie Brits | The gold-mining town of Carletonville in western Gauteng is one of the richest gold-producing places on earth and the golf course at Goldfields West Golf Club lies around nine miles to the south east of the town in the Wonderfontein Valley. The golf facil | ||
73 | 2018-09-02 22:05:38 | Leopard Park | Nelson Mandela Drive, Mmabatho, | http://www.leopardpark.co.za | 192 miles W of Pretoria | Welcome | Leon Bevan | Peter Matkovich | JG Claasen | Mafikeng, the capital of South Africa’s North West province is situated close to the border with Botswana and it’s best known in recent history as the garrison town that came under siege during the Second Boer War, with heavily outnumbered British forces | ||
74 | 2018-09-02 22:05:43 | Orkney | Scott Avenue, | http://www.orkneygolfclub.co.za | 111 miles SW of Johannesburg city centre, via the N12 highway | Welcome, call in advance (closed on Mondays) | Martin Scheepers | Bob Grimsdell, Golf Data | Barries Cornelius | Laid out on the northern bank of the Vaal River, the course at Orkney Golf Club began life as a 9-holer in 1939 when Bob Grimsdell marked out the fairways. This basic layout was then expanded to a full eighteen holes a few years later. In 1992, the course | ||
75 | 2018-09-02 22:05:56 | Magalies Park | Krugersdorp Road, Hartbeespoort Dam, | http://www.magaliespark.co.za | 45 miles NE of downtown Johannesburg, exit 78 from the N1 | Welcome | Muis Lombard | Loutjie van Aswegen | William van Mierlo | Situated close to the Magalies River, at the foot of the Magaliesberg Mountains, the golf course at the Magalies Park Resort is a largely unheralded hidden gem in the North West Province that lies within a designated bird sanctuary. The narrow, tree-lined | ||
76 | 2018-09-02 22:06:08 | Sishen | 5 | Kathu 8446, | http://www.sishengolfclub.co.za | 370 miles W of Johannesburg, off the N14 | Welcome anytime | Philip Adamson | Robert Grimsdell | Not known | The mining town of Kathu, “the town under the trees,” sits in a huge Camelthorn forest at the southern edge of the Kalahari Desert in the Northern Cape. This extensive bush area, along with a number of nearby saltpans, was given nature reserve heritage st | |
77 | 2018-09-02 22:06:20 | Fancourt (Links) | 6 | George, | http://www.fancourt.co.za | 7 km W of George | Hotel residents only | Ryan Reid | Gary Player | Tyronne Farrell | The Links course at Fancourt opened for play in November 2000 and it represents a unique and very tough South African golfing experience. The course was designed by Gary Player but only after the Black Knight’s team had studied in great detail the charact | |
78 | 2018-09-02 22:06:30 | Fancourt (Montagu) | 5.5 | Montagu Street, Blanco, | http://www.fancourt.co.za | 7 km W of George | Fancourt Hotel residents only, book in advance | Ryan Reid | Gary Player, David McLay Kidd (2005) | Adam McKinlay | German entrepreneur Hasso Plattner – co-founder of computer software giant SAP – is the leisure time yachtsman and golfer whose vast financial resources were used to update the golfing complex at Fancourt in 1994. Located between the Outeniqua Mountains t | |
79 | 2018-09-02 22:06:32 | Arabella | 5.4444444444444 | Kleinmond, 7195 Cape Province, | +27 28 2840 000 ‹ Previous › Next Golf Club Website 10km NW of Hermanus Contact in advance Mike Munro Peter Matkovich | http://arabellacountryestate.co.za | 10km NW of Hermanus | Contact in advance | Mike Munro | Peter Matkovich | Mike Munro | Arabella Golf Club is set dramatically on edge of the Bot River Lagoon. This wetland is home to thousands of waterfowl, so keep your eyes peeled for the Blue Crane… this beautiful bird is even the Arabella club emblem. The prolific architect Peter Matkovi |
80 | 2018-09-02 22:06:37 | George | 5.5 | Langenhoven Street, | http://www.georgegolfclub.co.za | 1 km NW of George Central | Welcome, except Wednesday and Saturday afternoons | Sandra Lennox | Dr Charles Molteno Murray | Not known | George Golf Club members have played on the same site for more than 85 years so it’s little wonder George is sometimes referred to – by Fancourt visitors in particular – as “the Old Course.” It was laid out by Charles Murray in the 1930s (he was responsib | |
81 | 2018-09-02 22:06:46 | Pearl Valley | 4.6666666666667 | Wemmershoek Road, Paarl 7646, | http://www.pearlvalley.co.za | 50 km NE of Cape Town | Limited tee times – book in advance | Damian Wrigley | Jack Nicklaus | Not known | Pearl Valley was the second Jack Nicklaus Signature course to open in South Africa when it was officially inaugurated in a match between the Golden Bear and another golfing great, Gary Player, in 2003. Laid out within a 500-acre residential estate in the | |
82 | 2018-09-02 22:06:52 | Pezula | 4.6666666666667 | Lagoonview Drive, East Head, | http://www.pezulagolf.com | 40 miles E of George, off the N2 | Welcome anytime, book in advance | Ingrid Diesel | Ron Fream | Jason Vermeulen | The fairways at Pezula – meaning “high up with the gods” – are part and parcel of a sizeable residential estate laid out on a commanding headland at Knysna (pronounced “Niazs-na”), in the heart of the Garden Route, east of George. The course was formerly | |
83 | 2018-09-02 22:06:56 | Simola | 5 | 1 Old Cape Road,, | http://www.simolaestate.co.za | Just off the N2 at Knysna | Welcome | Alistair Beaumont | Jack Nicklaus | Jamie Kietzmann | The Jack Nicklaus designed Simola opened in 2005 – only the third Golden Bear signature course in South Africa – and it sits majestically on a wooded landscape overlooking the Knysna River, with the Outeniqua mountain range in the background. The course i | |
84 | 2018-09-02 22:07:08 | Erinvale | Hotel & Spa, Lourensford Road, | http://www.erinvale.co.za | 25 miles SE of Cape Town, off the N2/R44 | Welcome, except Saturdays. Limited play at other times – contact in advance | Blyth Reid | Gary Player and Phil Jacobs | Morne Oosthuizen | Erinvale was one of the earliest residential estate courses in South Africa to open back in 1995 and it made an immediate world wide impact the following year when it hosted the World Cup of Golf (which Ernie Els and Wayne Westner won for the home nation, | ||
85 | 2018-09-02 22:07:17 | Fancourt (Outeniqua) | 4.3333333333333 | Montagu Street, Blanco, | http://www.fancourt.co.za | 7 km W of George | Fancourt Hotel residents only, book in advance | Ryan Reid | Gary Player | Adam McKinlay | The fantastic Fancourt golf complex was constructed back in 1990 when an initial 27 holes were laid out, followed seven years later by an additional 9 holes which then became the Montagu and Outeniqua courses, with the Links following in 2000 and the Bram | |
86 | 2018-09-02 22:07:23 | Pinnacle Point | 5 | 1 Pinnacle Point Road, | http://www.pinnaclepointestate.co.za | 3-hour drive E of from Cape Town | Contact in advance | Carl van der Linde | Peter Matkovich | Nic Grundtvig | According to Peter Matkovich – the architect behind Pinnacle Point – this is: “The most dramatic golf course site I've ever encountered anywhere in the world!” Voted one of the ten “Best New Courses of 2006” by Travel and Leisure magazine, Pinnacle Point | |
87 | 2018-09-02 22:07:26 | Royal Calcutta | 5 | 18 Golf Club Road, Tollygunge, | http://www.royalcalcuttagolfclub.com | 5 minutes from the city centre | Contact in advance | Not known | John Harris & Peter Thomson | Not known | Older than any club in the world beyond the British Isles – older, indeed, than most of those in Britain itself – the Royal Calcutta Golf Club has antecedents stretching back to the days when the power of the British Raj was gaining strength, beyond the b | |
88 | 2018-09-02 22:07:34 | Tollygunge | 120 Deshapran Sasmal Road, Kolkata 700 033, | +91 33 2417 6022 ‹ Previous › Next Golf Club Website 11 kilometres S of Kolkata city centre | http://www.tollygungeclub.org | 11 kilometres S of Kolkata city centre | Welcome. | Mr. A. R. Mukerji | Various | Air Commodore K B Menon (Retd.) | When Sir William Cruikshank acquired 100 acres of land just outside what was then known as Calcutta in 1895 and founded the Tollygunge Club, I wonder if he envisaged that over 115 years later his vision would remain as one of the most unique golf destinat | |
89 | 2018-09-02 22:07:39 | DLF (Gary Player) | 6 | DLF City, Phase-V, Gurgaon-122 002, | http://www.dlfgolfresort.com | 20kms of New Delhi airport | Welcome, contact in advance. | Karan Bindra | Gary Player | Anitya Chand | India's biggest property developer, Dehli Land and Finance, is the driving force behind DLF City in Gurgaon, a new town that lies to the south of the nation's capital city. Though golfers with an interest in cricket may also have heard of DLF through thei | |
90 | 2018-09-02 22:07:51 | Delhi (Lodhi) | 5 | Dr. Zakir Hussain Road, | http://www.delhigolfclub.org | 2 miles S of downtown New Delhi | Welcome, contact in advance. | Rajiv Hora | General J.H. Wilkinson (1951), Peter Thomson (1977 redesign) | Not known | Indian roller, hoopoe, coucal and tree pie are just some of the many species of birds that can be seen at Delhi Golf Club. In fact, each hole is named after a bird, but if it’s birdies you’re after, you’ll need to be on top of your game, as Delhi Golf Clu | |
91 | 2018-09-02 22:08:00 | Royal Springs | 6 | Boulevard Road, Srinagar-190 001, | +91 1942 501158 ‹ Previous › Next Golf Club Website 5 miles E of Srinagar | http://www.royalspringsgolfcourse.com | 5 miles E of Srinagar | Welcome | Not known | Robert Trent Jones Jnr | None | |
92 | 2018-09-02 22:08:12 | Jaypee Greens | 5 | Sector G, Surajapur Kasna Road, Greater Noida, 201 308, | http://www.jaypeegreensgolf.com | 45 kilometres SE of New Delhi city centre | Welcome, contact in advance. | not known | Greg Norman | not known | Opened for play in 2000, Jaypee Greens is Greg Norman’s first – and, so far, only – Indian design. Intended as the golfing centrepiece of a 430-acre residential development that lies an hour’s drive from New Delhi city centre via the Greater Noida Express | |
93 | 2018-09-02 22:08:24 | Classic (Ridge & Valley) | 5 | Hasanpur, Nauranbpur, Tauru District, Gurgaon, | http://www.cgronline.com | 50k from New Delhi just off NH 8 National Highway. | Welcome, contact in advance. | Col. Narender Singh | Jack Nicklaus | The 27-hole course at the Classic Golf Resort was the first Jack Nicklaus course to open for play in India (Kalhaar Blues & Greens in Ahmedabad became the Golden Bear’s second Indian layout in 2012) when the Ridge, Valley and Canyon nines were unveiled in | ||
94 | 2018-09-02 22:08:37 | Golden Greens | N-H 8 Highway, Gurgaon 122 002, | http://www.gggrl.com | 25k from Delhi international airport | Welcome, contact in advance. | Not known | Martin Hawtree | None | Located an hour's drive southwest of downtown New Delhi, outside the city of Gurugram, the fairways of the Golden Greens course spread out over an expansive 275-acre property, with holes routed through the meandering dunes of the Aravalli Range. The lands | ||
95 | 2018-09-02 22:08:40 | Karnataka | No.1, Golf Avenue, Kodihalli, Off Airport Road, | http://www.kga.in | 5.5 miles E of Bangalore city centre | Welcome, contact in advance | Col. K.D. Murthy | Peter Thomson | Tarun Sardesai | It wasn’t until 1986, thirteen years after a golf course was first proposed for the Karnataka Golf Association, that a 9-hole layout was established on a 124-acre site in Challaghatta, close to Bangalore’s city centre. Within three years, another nine hol | ||
96 | 2018-09-02 22:08:52 | Prestige Golfshire | Nandi Hills Road, Karahalli Post, Kundana Hobli, Devanahalli Taluk, | +91 80 280 15800 ‹ Previous › Next Golf Club Website 28 miles N of Bengaluru city centre Welcome | http://www.golfshire.com | 28 miles N of Bengaluru city centre | Welcome | Patrick Wynn | Bob Hunt at PGA Design Consulting | Nooralla Patel | Designed by Bob Hunt from PGA Design Consulting and managed by Troon Golf, the semi-private resort course at Prestige Golfshire is the central element of an upmarket residential development that’s located within a 275-acre Nandi Hills property, half an ho | |
97 | 2018-09-02 22:09:01 | Zion Hills | Hanchala, Bangarpet Road, | http://www.zionhills.in | 75kms E of downtown Bangalore | Welcome | George Menomparampil | Ron Fream | Arjun Lall | The residential development at Zion Hills Golf County – formerly known as Champion Reef Golf County – lies to the east of Bangaluru, where respected architect Ron Fream has designed the golf course that forms the sporting centrepiece of this ambitious pro | ||
98 | 2018-09-02 22:09:08 | Eagleton | 4 | 30 th Km, Bangalore, | http://www.eagletonindia.com | 30 mins from Bangalore on Mysore highway. | Welcome, contact in advance. | Chetan Meda | Pacific Coast Design | Vijay Divecha | In recent years Bangalore has become home to many major players within the IT Industry and now many multi-national companies have setup regional or national offices in India’s Garden City. With so many worldwide personnel in town, the need to accommodate | |
99 | 2018-09-02 22:09:13 | Ile aux Cerfs | 5.8 | Ile aux Cerfs, | http://www.ileauxcerfsgolfclub.com | Off the mainland on the island of Ile aux Cerfs | Welcome | Priscilla Guranna | Bernhard Langer | Marc Amelot | Reputed to have cost around $11.5 million to construct, the course at Ile aux Cerfs (formerly known as Le Touessrok) is a prestigious IMG layout that bears the Bernhard Langer architectural stamp of approval. Debuting in 2003, it winds its way around the | |
100 | 2018-09-02 22:09:21 | Heritage Golf Club | 6 | +230 623 5600 ‹ Previous › Next Golf Club Website 35 miles S of Port Louis | http://www.heritageresorts.mu | 35 miles S of Port Louis | Welcome | Jonathan Menteath | Peter Matkovich | Ryan Dodds | Peter Matkovich, one of the most productive modern golf course designers in South Africa, was the architect who fashioned the course at the Heritage Golf Club (formerly known as Golf du Château) within the enormous Domaine de Bel Ombre estate on the south | |
101 | 2018-09-02 22:09:31 | Anahita | Beau Champ, | http://www.anahita.mu | 30 miles E of Port Louis | Welcome, must have a valid playing handicap | M. Dominique Di Daniel | Ernie Els | Kevy Mohun | Situated within a very large 530-acre property on the east coast of Mauritius, between the hilly interior and the sparkling Indian Ocean, the golf course at Anahita Golf & Spa Resort was constructed to USGA standard in 2008 by Ernie Els in association wit | ||
102 | 2018-09-02 22:09:42 | Avalon | Bois Sec, | http://avalon.mu | 43 km S of Port Louis | Welcome | Ryan Dodds | Peter Matkovich | Jean Patrick Furcy | Designed by Peter Matkovich, currently the most prolific and most prominent golf architect on the African continent, the Avalon course occupies almost half the 544 acres of the Avalon Golf Estate which lies in the central highlands of the island, close to | ||
103 | 2018-09-02 22:09:50 | Belle Mare Plage (Legend) | http://bellemareplagehotel.constancehotels.com | 25 miles E of Port Louis | Only for Belle Mare Plage and Le Prince Maurice hotel residents | Sébastien Pilot | Hugh Baiocchi | Marc Farry | Designed by the great South African champion Hugh Baiocchi in 1994, the Legend golf course is one of two 18-hole tracks at the Belle Mare Plage resort, which is located on the east coast of Mauritius. Set within a heavily wooded former hunting reserve, wh | |||
104 | 2018-09-02 22:10:04 | Tamarina | 5 | Spa & Beach Club, | http://www.tamarinagolf.mu | 16 miles S of Port Louis | Welcome, book in advance | Alain Lenoir | Rodney Wright | Sylvia Knauber | Unveiled in 2007, the course at Tamarina Golf, Spa & Beach Club was fashioned on the southwest savannah coast of Mauritius, inside the first residential golf estate to open on the island. Thankfully, even though many of the holes are laid out around prope | |
105 | 2018-09-02 22:10:20 | Paradis | 4 | http://www.beachcomber-hotels.com/en/hotel/paradis-golf-resort-spa | 45km SW of Port-Louis | Welcome | Jean Marc | David Dutton | Sebastien Ollivier | On the southwestern corner of Mauritius, at the Paradis Hotel and Golf Club, you’ll find a spectacular golf course that is routed across a narrow peninsula that separates the ocean from a beautiful lagoon. Is this paradise we wonder? Certainly Mark was su | ||
106 | 2018-09-02 22:10:32 | Belle Mare Plage (Links) | http://bellemareplagehotel.constancehotels.com | 25 miles E of Port Louis | Welcome | Sébastien Pilot | Rodney Wright and Peter Alliss | Marc Farry | The Links course at Belle Mare Plage on the east coast of Mauritius is the more accessible of two 18-hole layouts that are in play at this upmarket resort. The Legend course, which is exclusively the preserve of hotel residents, appeared first in 1994 wit | |||
107 | 2018-09-02 22:10:37 | Mont Choisy | Allėe des Flamboyants, | http://www.montchoisygolf.com | 15kms N of Port Louis | Welcome, golf carts are compulsory | Andy Bean | Peter Matkovich | Jeremy d’Argent | Officially opened by Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth in October 2017, the 18-hole championship course at Mont Choisy Le Golf is the central sporting component of a modern residential development in the north of Mauritius, near the seaside resorts of Grand | ||
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