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Top 100 Golf Courses - South Africa

Elements

31^st

A stream winds through part of the course to a lake which forms the centerpiece of the design here at Elements Private Golf Reserve.

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Serengeti (Masai Mara)

32^nd

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.

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Eye of Africa

33^rd

Greg Norman designed the golf course at the Eye of Africa Golf & Residential Estate and it’s the Great White Shark’s first South African ensemble, which opened in 2010...

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Champagne Sports

34^th

Johannesburg golfer Hugh Baiocchi designed the 18-hole championship course at Champagne Sports Resort and it first opened for play in 1997.

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Lost City

35^th

The most fearsome hazard at Lost City is reserved for the downhill par three 13th where a crocodile pit guards the front of the green!

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De Zalze

36^th

De Zalze is yet another creation from the prolific Peter Matkovich and is laid out within the 750-acre Spier Estate in the shadow of the Helderberg Mountains...

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Pecanwood

37^th

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...

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Oubaai

38^th

The signature hole at Oubaai is the par three 17th, played downhill to what, in modern course design parlance, is termed an “infinity green” with the sparkling Indian Ocean as a backdrop.

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Cotswold Downs

39^th

Peter Matkovich routed the Cotswold Downs golf course across a former sugar-cane farm. The undulations on this elevated site make the golf exciting and the club is renowned for its tip-top conditioning.

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Ebotse

40^th

In 2007, the Matkovich & Hayes Golf Course Design and Construction Company developed the course at the Ebotse Golf & Country Estate in a disused sand quarry.

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South Africa Leaderboard

Rank	Name	Courses Played
1	Trevor King	100
=	Heinrich du Preez	100
3	Gideon Steyn	95
4	Frikkie Bosman	90
5	Hans Vierra	88
=	Dawie Strydom	88
7	Byron Price	84
=	Stuart McLean	84
9	Neil van Niekerk	83
10	Louis Geldenhuys	81