South Africa

Western Cape, South Africa

The Links course at Fancourt opened for play in November 2000 and it represents a unique and very tough South African golfing experience.

Mpumalanga, South Africa

Leopard Creek Country Club – the wild thing – is a course that’s in-tune with nature. Set on the edge of the Kruger National Park it's a cocktail of golf and safari.

Eastern Cape, South Africa

The course at St Francis Bay lies a little inland from the coast and it displays many links traits with fairways laid out on rugged, tumbling, sandy terrain...

Western Cape, South Africa

The 18-hole Montagu parkland layout is the original course at Fancourt (from an initial 27-hole design), which was upgraded in 2005 when new 1st and 9th holes were introduced.

Western Cape, South Africa

Laid out within a 500-acre residential estate in the Cape Winelands, Pearl Valley is one of the most visually pleasing golf courses imaginable...

North West, South Africa

The Gary Player Country Club is perhaps South Africa’s most famous course thanks to the “Million Dollar Golf Challenge”. Naturally the “Black Knight” designed it and it’s one of the longest courses in the country...

Western Cape, South Africa

Arabella Golf Club is set dramatically on the edge of 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.

North West, South Africa

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.

Eastern Cape, South Africa

Greens at Humewood are firm and fast, requiring a sure putting touch – which was needed when the South African Open returned to this top class links in 2006.

Gauteng, South Africa

Measuring an incredible 8,300 yards from the back markers, Blair Atholl is one of the longest golf courses in the world...

Gauteng, South Africa

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...

Gauteng, South Africa

Founded in 1967, the River Club is an ultra-exclusive golf club often referred to as "the Augusta National of South Africa".

Gauteng, South Africa

The East course at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington is famed for its fearsome start to the inward half, with back-to-back par fours over 500 yards in length at the 10th and 11th holes.

Eastern Cape, South Africa

East London Golf Club has hosted the South African Open seven times (between 1930 and 2001) and it’s widely regarded as one of the top courses in the Eastern Cape.

Western Cape, South Africa

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!"

Northern Cape, South Africa

Sishen was the last course designed by Robert Grimsdell and its lush green fairways are bounded by stands of trees and desert vegetation...

Western Cape, South Africa

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...

Western Cape, South Africa

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.”

Gauteng, South Africa

Opened in April 2015 after a lengthy grow-in period, the golf course at Steyn City is a Nicklaus Design that’s the focal point of an enormous parkland and real estate development on the outskirts of Johannesburg.

Mpumalanga, South Africa

Located near Dullstroom in South Africa's premier fly-fishing area, Highland Gate Golf and Trout Estate boasts an Ernie Els Signature course that opened to critical acclaim in 2014.

Limpopo, South Africa

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

Western Cape, South Africa

The Outeniqua (meaning “land of milk and honey”) parkland layout has a number of fairways bounded by white-walled, thatched roof villas, adding character and colour to the surroundings.

Western Cape, South Africa

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 in the heart of the Garden Route...

Western Cape, South Africa

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...

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Zimbali's 18 holes are laid out within a coastal forest reserve and the course is routed through wetlands and woodland with substantial changes in elevation throughout.

Gauteng, South Africa

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 track too...

Gauteng, South Africa

Pretoria Country Club put itself on the map after a 2004 Gary Player redesign. Pot bunkers are now the order of the day as are new and re-fashioned water hazards.

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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

Gauteng, South Africa

The Randpark course (now called Firethorn) was established in the mid-1960s when the golf club acquired some land adjacent to their Windsor Park (now called Bushwillow) course...

Gauteng, South Africa

Bryanston plays very long (7,400 yards from the back markers) and the tone is set for the round with back-to-back par fives at the opening two holes.

Western Cape, South Africa

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...

Gauteng, South Africa

Laid out on a gently undulating landscape, the course at Kyalami Country Club is a fine example of suburban parkland golf, with generous fairways and clever bunkering...

Gauteng, South Africa

The course at Parkview Golf Club was established in 1916 when LB Waters, the four-time winner of the South African Open, set out a series of golf holes along a long, narrow green belt...

Western Cape, South Africa

With spectacular mountain views, False Bay and the ocean as a focal point, it’s no wonder that Clovelly was one of Bobby Locke’s favourite courses.

Eastern Cape, South Africa

Set in natural bush between the Umtamvuna and Mzamba rivers, Wild Coast Sun’s fairways rise and fall then twist and turn...

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

The signature hole at Prince’s Grant is the 560-yard par five 15th. "Umvoti" plays from an elevated tee to a green down beside the Indian Ocean...

Gauteng, South Africa

The Rocklands course (formerly known as Woodlands) is the newer of the two 18-hole layouts at The Country Club Johannesburg and its more open fairways are the perfect foil to the tougher, tighter Woodmead course.

Gauteng, South Africa

Jack Nicklaus officially opened his new Signature course at the long-established Houghton Golf Club in 2011. The course is not brutally long but relies on strategic bunkering to protect par.

North West, South Africa

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!

Western Cape, South Africa

The course at Steenberg is part of a long-established estate that includes a 17th century wine farm, hotel and residential properties...

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Upgraded to USGA standards by Golf Data in 2007, the course at Victoria Country Club is set out over wonderful rolling terrain in the parklands beside the Queen Elizabeth Nature Reserve.

Gauteng, South Africa

The West was the original course used by Johannesburg members when they first moved to the area in 1909 so it has stood the test of time...

Gauteng, South Africa

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.

North West, South Africa

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...

Free State, South Africa

Situated a forty-five minute drive south of Johannesburg, Maccauvlei Golf Club is one of the “lost” golf courses in the country.

Western Cape, South Africa

Known in South Africa as the best land-based whale watching place in the world, the small fishing village of Hermanus at Walker Bay is also the location of a very good golf course...

Gauteng, South Africa

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.

Gauteng, South Africa

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...

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Intriguingly, the fairways of the nine-hole Gowrie Farm course play to twelve greens in what might best be described as a highly unconventional golfing configuration.

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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.

Western Cape, South Africa

Royal Cape is South Africa's oldest golf club and has played host to no fewer than ten South African Opens.

Western Cape, South Africa

Hawtree and Sons laid out Plettenberg Bay in the Piesang River valley, and the design at Plett (as it’s known to the locals) makes great use of water at a number of holes...

Gauteng, South Africa

The 18 holes of the Gary Player and Phil Jacobs-designed Dainfern layout are actually a reworking of the old Fourways course that was originally laid out on the property.

Western Cape, South Africa

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.

Limpopo, South Africa

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.

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Mount Edgecombe Country Club’s number one course (now called The Woods) is a fine old parkland layout that was laid out by Sid Brews in 1935 then redesigned to USGA specifications by Hugh Baiocchi in 1992.

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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.

Gauteng, South Africa

Formerly known as Gardener Ross, the Els Club at Copperleaf in Gauteng is home to South Africa's first Els Club and the Big Easy’s golf course is laid out on a parcel of land that Ernie’s grandfather once called home.

Western Cape, South Africa

Co-host (with De Zalze) to the World Amateur Team Championships in 2006, Stellenbosch Golf Club has also been the venue of other prestigious events like the South African Open which the club held in 1999.

Mpumalanga, South Africa

The Mbombela Golf Club, formerly Nelspruit, hosts an annual competition called the “Jock of the Bushveld Festival of Golf,” and this event attracts amateur golfers from all over the country.

Gauteng, South Africa

Situated in the suburbs of Pretoria, Wingate Park Country Club was established as a Jewish golf society, as can be discerned from the Star of David incorporated into the club’s logo.

Western Cape, South Africa

Atlantic Beach is situated amongst undulating sand hills and a residential estate that is contained within a nature reserve on the shore of Table Bay.

Gauteng, South Africa

The Windsor Park course (renamed Bushwillow in 2012) at Randpark Golf Club, is typical of many older golf courses in Johannesburg where tree-lined fairways and water hazards dictate the playing strategy.

Gauteng, South Africa

The course at Silver Lakes Golf Estate was built on a flood plain that required the construction of many ponds, dams and streams to manage the water around which most of the holes were created.

Gauteng, South Africa

We can thank the Modderfontein Dynamite Factory – the world’s largest dynamite company – for inaugurating Modderfontein Golf Club back in 1935...

Gauteng, South Africa

Formed in 1900, Krugersdorp Golf Club lies in the western suburbs of Rant-En-Dal, which translated from Afrikaans means “hills and valleys”.

Gauteng, South Africa

Designed by Robert Trent Jones in the early 1970s, the fairways of the Killarney Country Club’s golf course are strung out on a long, narrow strip of land beside the M1 highway close to Johannesburg city centre.

Gauteng, South Africa

Home to the PGA tournament between 1972 & 1995, the Wanderers was a firm favourite of the Pros, where they relished the challenge of shaping tee shots through the long, narrow avenues of trees...

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

One of the earliest designs of the prolific architect Peter Matkovich, the moderately undulating, tree-lined course at Umhlali Country Club first opened for play as an 18-hole layout in 1979.

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Umdoni Park, named after the indigenous tree of the same name, was established as a Trust by sugar magnate Sir Frank Reynolds back in 1920...

Western Cape, South Africa

Paarl Golf Club now boasts a 27-hole golf complex after David Frost and Danie Obermeyer redesigned the original River and Paarl nines, adding the 9-hole Boschenmeer circuit in 1999.

Gauteng, South Africa

The 18-hole parkland golf course at Irene Country Club dates back to 1912 but it was remodelled in more recent times by Phil Jacobs Design.

Western Cape, South Africa

Located very close to Cape Town, the links-like layout at Milnerton Golf Club is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Rietvlei Lagoon to the east.

Free State, South Africa

The new layout at Parys Golf and Country Estate was redesigned by Cobie Le Grange and DDV Design, opening in 2007. Laid out on the banks of the Vaal River, eleven of the holes bring water into play.

Western Cape, South Africa

Mowbray Golf Club celebrated its centenary in 2010, having played host to seven South African Opens. In 2016 King David and Mowbray merged, creating King David Mowbray Golf Club.

Gauteng, South Africa

The course at Ruimsig Country Club (formerly known as Roodepoort) was the joint design of Ron Kirby and Gary Player back in 1985 with holes laid out on fairly open terrain...

Eastern Cape, South Africa

Situated a few of kilometres inland from Chintsa in the Wild Coast region of the Eastern Cape, the 18-hole layout at the Olivewood Private Estate & Golf Club is the first design of former Sunshine Tour professional Algy Kietzmann, who became so involved with the project that he personally shaped all of the green complexes.

Limpopo, South Africa

Located not far from the small spa town of Bela Bela, the course at Zebula Golf Estate lies on rather flat terrain where wide, open fairways are framed by bushveld trees.

Western Cape, South Africa

Mossel Bay lies on pleasantly undulating cliff tops with fairly open fairways which have ocean views from each and every one of them...

Eastern Cape, South Africa

Bob Grimsdell laid out the course at St Francis Bay Golf Club in 1975 and this 9-holer was extended to a full 18-hole layout in 1999 by Danie Obermeyer.