Lost City
Sun City, Pilanesberg
Sun City is one of South Africa's premier golf resorts. The Lost City golf course, located behind the Palace of the Lost City hotel, has been designed by the renowned South African golfing legend Gary Player, and aims to provide the ultimate challenges in golf. Nothing beats playing a round of golf at an 18-hole desert style golf course surrounded by spectacular views across South Africa’s bushveld. This is what you experience at the Lost City Golf Course. The course is exceptional in combining various themes such as desert, mountains and parkland.

Carved out of the wild African bush, the course covers over 100 hectares of land of which the exciting water features take up 28000 square metres. There are undulating bay view grass fairways and large bent grass greens. What makes this course especially dramatic is the presence of 20 live Nile crocodiles in a water hazard at the 13th hole! Stunning views are guaranteed at just about every hole, making your golfing experience not only satisfying as a challenge but also a visual delight.

Gary Player Country Club
Sun City, Pilanesberg
The Sun City golf courses are just as spectacular as the Sun City Resort; both courses offer the best golf facilities in Africa. The two golf courses were designed by South Africa’s golfing pro Gary Player, and top golf tournaments are played on these courses.  One of South Africa 's most famous golf courses, the Gary Player Golf Course is home to the prestigious Nedbank Golf Challenge. Here, every year in December, the “Million Dollar Challenge”, is hosted by Gary Player and is one of the world's richest golf tournaments. Many of the game's superstars have graced the fairways of this course. A stay at the Sun City Resort and a round of golf at both golf courses is certainly just the thing for any golf addict planning to visit South Africa.

Built in an extinct volcanic crater, the course is ranked as one of the top five golf courses in South Africa. The course lies in the lap of beautiful nature and is regarded as one of the best in the world. Stretching over more than 7000 metres, it definitely is one of the world’s longest golf courses. It has been cleverly designed with imaginatively placed bunkers and multiple tees to give both novice and skilled golfers a satisfying round. The kikuyu fairways and bent-grass greens offer a near-perfect playing surface.

Hans Merensky
Phalaborwa, Kruger
Designed by the legendary Bob Grimsdell, the Hans Merensky golf course charmingly blends the game of golf wih the spectacular 'game' or wildlife of Africa to present a golfing experience like no other. This Parklands layout is a visual masterpiece with a jaw dropping safari element that is intrinsic to the rich, unadulterated lands of Limpopo. The championship golf course has an added achievement of being voted the best walking course in Africa in the Compleat Golfer Magazine.

Prepare for an audience comprising  a variety of antelope, resident giraffes and resident hippos during your game. Also watch out for the rare appearance put in by lions or leopards. After all, the course actually borders the Kruger National Park, although fencing does protect the property from elephant, rhino and buffalo. The golf course itself follows the natural gentle undulating terrain and the wide and well-maintained fairways are lined with a variety of trees and the natural dense bush typical of the area. Excellent greens complete the picturesque canvas.

Leopard Creek
Leopard Creek, Malelane

Internationally recognised as a world class golf course, Leopard Creek, designed by Gary Player, is located strategically on the border of the Kruger National Park near Malelane. The course typifies the essence of African golf at its best with indigenous bushveld bordering the pristine fairways and greens. The course has hosted many PGA professional tournaments including the well known South African Sunshine Tour.

Home to the annual Alfred Dunhil Golf Tournament, this wonderful layout has numerous animals strolling on the fairways. It’s common to hear a buffalo snort or see a giraffe near the fence on your drive, while the pitch shot might need a hit over a lake full of crocodiles and hippos. The clubhouse, filled with golfing memorabilia, is one of the best in all of Africa: an extraordinary piece of architecture with a thatch roof.

Pearl Valley Golf Club
Franschhoek, Winelands
The Pearl Valley Golf Estate is enchantingly beautiful. Located between the magnificent Simonsberg and Drakenstein Mountain Ranges, it shares its borders with two of the most well-known and picturesque winemaking towns in the Cape - Paarl and Franschhoek.  The estate as well as the course is post-card perfect in every sense of the word. From the vineyards and orchards that border the course to the mighty Berg River flowing through it to the mountainous backdrops of every hole, playing here is an experience that cannot be adequately described in words.

Golf legend Jack Nicklaus has used his abundant store of knowledge and experience in the game to develop the most visually spectacular golf course in the country. The design of the Pearl Valley Golf Course has received praises galore for its magnificent rich, deep, green all-season fairways and the clever use of dazzling water features, which often protect the splendid large and subtle bent grass greens. The bunkers, in true Nicklaus fashion, are shallow, long and relatively undaunting. Traversed by roads in only three places, with a state-of-the-art drainage system in place that allows play to continue just minutes after a severe downpour, the course is truly in a league of its own.

Steenberg
Constantia, Cape Town
Rated among the top 3 golf courses to visit in South Africa, Steenberg, nestled in the crook of the Constantiaberg Mountains, lives up to its fame with a charming location. Designed by the eminent golf course architect Peter Matkovich, Steenberg follows his principle that good golf course architects “listen to the land”. Recently voted “Top foreign golf resort” by Conde Nast Traveller readers, Steenberg is one of the most prestigious golf courses in South Africa.

The greens on the course are especially laudable, but the quality of the fairways or the rest of the course is in fact, equally impressive. Signature holes are the 7th and the 14th. Large aprons around the greens are another special feature and the vineyards also provide a unique visual aspect, as well as a charming added hazard.

Royal Cape
Wynberg, Cape Town

Royal Cape Golf Club is a true championship course having hosted the South African Open and the SA Amateur Championships multiple times. The course has undergone extensive work to match the USGA standards and is now a fine test of golf and worthy of its championship rating. South Africa’s oldest golf club emanates a rich history and tradition. Improvements to the single-storey clubhouse have enhanced that sense of tradition, which is innovatively combined with the requirements of today’s golfer. There is also the added attraction of a good practice range near the clubhouse, and three practice nets. With lovely views of Table Mountain from most holes this championship course offers a beautiful setting that will make your visit here truly memorable.

The course is a very flat parkland course in essence, well maintained and a sure delight to play on with stunning mountain views. The narrow fairways demand extreme accuracy off the tee, wayward shots can be heavily penalized amongst the trees and the greens are well bunkered. There is also plenty of water on the course, especially at the corner of the 3rd, 4th, 5th and also the 14th, 15th and 16th. The most difficult holes are the par-4 3rd and the par-4 14th. The second nine offers quite a challenge for the average golfer:  two challenging par 3s and a very magnificent par 4! The locals do not call it their own ‘Amen’ corner for nothing!

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Don't Miss ...

• South Africa's entertainment capital-Sun City Resorts 
  
• Spotting wildlife on fairways at Hans Merensky and Leopard Creek courses
• Wine sampling at the foothills of the stunning Hedelberg range
• Cable Car to Table Mountain top and exciting V&A Waterfront