Africa

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

The Country Club course at Durban Country Club has played host to sixteen South African Opens, more than any other course in the land.

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.

Morocco

Morocco’s King Hassan II – a real golf enthusiast – commissioned American-based architect Robert Trent Jones to design Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in the late 1960s on a massive 1,000-acre site...

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.

Morocco

Situated right on the Atlantic coast, the golf complex at the Hilton Al Houara Resort & Spa is a rather unique offering from the unlikely design partnership of Graham Marsh and Vijay Singh.

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...

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.

Morocco

Situated close to the small mountain town of Ifrane, Michlifen Golf & Country Club sits at an altitude of 5,500 feet above sea level within the stunning Middle Atlas Mountain Region of Morocco, between Fez and Meknes.

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.

Mauritius

The course at Ile aux Cerfs Golf Club (formerly known as Le Touessrok) is set on its own tropical island in the Indian Ocean and it's a prestigious IMG layout that bears Bernhard Langer's architectural stamp of approval.

Morocco

Gary Player is the architect of the 18-hole Mazagan golf course and it’s rather fitting that this golfing legend, who claimed his Open titles on championship seaside courses, should fashion this contemporary links layout on Morocco’s Atlantic coast.

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...

Morocco

The tee for the par three 17th is located at the highest point on the golf course – offering panoramic views of all the holes on the back nine – and it’s the starting point for the signature hole at Assoufid.

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.

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".

Morocco

The fairways of the Tazegzout golf course at the Taghazout Bay Resort occupy a massive 190-acre site that sits 250 feet above the Atlantic, with views of the ocean’s sparkling waters enjoyed from every hole on the layout.

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

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.

Morocco

A very private 18-holer that you'll not find listed in any Moroccan golf directory, Golf du Palais Royal d’Agadir is a Robert Trent Jones Snr design that lies within the heavily guarded ramparts of the Royal Palace...

Kenya

Situated less than an hour’s drive north of downtown Mombasa, the Baobab golf course is the first of two 18-hole layouts planned for an ambitious residential development at Vipingo Ridge...

Kenya

The Kenyan Open was held here from 1969 to 2002 and during its time at Muthaiga Golf Club, the competition was won by a trio of golfers who would go on to become Masters Champions...

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

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

Mauritius

Peter Matkovich was the architect who fashioned the course at the Heritage (Le Château) (formerly Golf du Château) within the enormous Domaine de Bel Ombre estate on the southwest coast of Mauritius.

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...

Tunisia

The Yasmine Valley golf course at Hammamet offers a great deal more than the normal type of resort golf experience one might expect through an undulating landscape of pine and olive groves.

Egypt

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.

Botswana

After more than two years in the making, Phakalane Golf Estate has risen up from Botswana’s hot, arid scrubland.

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.”

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...

Mauritius

Anahita Golf & Spa Resort hosted five editions of the Afrasia Golf Masters beginning in 2010, when a large number of professional and amateur players participated in a week-long series of competitions.

Egypt

In a remarkable feat of engineering, the imagination of Faldo and technical excellence of Schmidt and Curley transformed a barren and featureless Egyptian desert into a lush golfing oasis called Katameya Dunes...

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...

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.

Morocco

For many years the tree-lined fairways of the Red and Blue courses at Royal Dar Es Salam co-hosted the Trophée Hassan II competition until the event moved to Mohammedia in 2010.

Kenya

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.

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 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...

Tunisia

La Foret course at Golf Citrus is strategic and demanding with many of the fairways doglegging through pine groves laid out on hilly terrain.

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.

Uganda

Water hazards form a large part of the playing strategy at Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort & Spa, especially on the 549-metre 8th and 395-metre 18th holes, both of which feature spectacular island greens in the lake inlet that leads to the mooring in front of the clubhouse.

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!"

Ghana

Unusually, a round at Achimota Golf Club now starts and finishes with a par three hole and there are back-to-back par fives on both the front and back nines...

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...

Seychelles

The luxury resort of Lemuria in the Seychelles derives its name from a mythical “lost land” of the same name that was meant to exist somewhere in the Indian Ocean.

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.

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...

Namibia

Omeya Golf Estate is a self-contained satellite town on the edge of Windhoek. The course was designed by Peter Matkovich and it's something of an emerald golfing jewel that lies within the Namibian bushveld.

Egypt

Cascades at Somabay was far ahead of its time when it opened in 1998, in fact it was the first championship golf course in North Africa to be designed by any of the modern day “Great Triumvirate”...

Eswatini

Laid out in the Ezulwini Valley, this 6,782-yard championship Royal Swazi Spa course is routed over the slopes of the Lebombo Range...

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...

Tanzania

The course at Kilimanjaro Golf Club is a 2013 David Jones design that is the centrepiece of the stunning 1,000-acre Kilimanjaro Golf & Wildlife Estate (known locally as Kiligolf).

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.

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

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.

Mauritius

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...

Zimbabwe

The prestigious old parkland course at Royal Harare Golf Club – originally founded as Salisbury Golf Club in 1898 – occupies a sizeable property in downtown Harare...

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.

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.

Zimbabwe

Located beneath Leopard Rock in Zimbabwe’s Bvumba mountain range, the golf course at the Leopard Rock Hotel is set in the grounds of an elegant estate...

Morocco

Cabell Robinson designed the course at Fairmont Royal Palm Golf & Country Club, with input from former French professional and then Director of Golf Michel Besanceney…

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...

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...

Kenya

Designed by the accomplished English course designer Tom Simpson and opened in 1938, Sigona Golf Club lies near the Rift Valley, some six and a half thousand feet above sea level.

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...

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 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...

Zambia

Currently under the ownership of Mopani Copper Mines, Mark Wiltshire recently upgraded the course at Nkana Golf Club when he renovated the layout in advance of it hosting the Zambia Open in 2014...

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.

KwaZulu-Natal

Beachwood was originally designed around a mangrove swamp. It's a tight, undulating seaside course in a delightful tropical setting.

Morocco

The El Jadida Royal course lies right next to the sandy bay that stretches north from the city towards Azemmour and it’s part of a 117-bedroomed hotel and spa complex...

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.

Tunisia

The Panorama golf course at El Kantaoui lies on hilly terrain where elevated tees present golfers with fantastic panoramic views over the marina...

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

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...

Mauritius

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 ...

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...

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...

Kenya

Some say the course at the Windsor Golf Hotel & Country Club is one of Africa's very best. Designed to championship standard and threading its way beautifully through forest and coffee farms.

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!

Morocco

Samanah Country Club was to be the first of three Moroccan projects for the Golden Bear’s design team but the other two, at Michlifen Golf & Country Club and Tamouda Bay, have still to see the light of day.

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.

Morocco

French professional Arnaud Massy, the first non-British winner of the Open in 1907, is credited with remodeling the course at Royal Marrakech in 1933, five years after he had won the last of his three Spanish Open titles.

Mauritius

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.

Tunisia

Designed by American architect Ron Fream of Golfplan, the golf course at Tabarka enjoys a wonderfully varied landscape with a front nine routed through sand dunes by the shoreline...

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.

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.

Egypt

Built on the site of an old quarry on the outskirts of Cairo, the course at NEWGIZA Golf Club is the final design from architects Thomson Perrett & Lobb, opening for play in 2019.

Mauritius

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.

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.

Morocco

With palm-fringed fairways beautifully routed around a pretty flat landscape, the Championship course at Golf du Soleil in Agadir is complemented by the shorter Tikada layout at a wonderfully entertaining 36-hole golf complex.

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.

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.

Egypt

The 18-hole El Ein Bay course and 9-hole Little Venice layout were officially amalgamated in 2015 to form an exciting 27-hole golf complex named Sokhna Golf Club.

Morocco

Designed by the Canadian duo of Neil Haworth and Stéphane Talbot, the course at PalmGolf Ourika is situated to the south of Marrakech, close to the snowy peaks of the Atlas Mountains...

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.

Mauritius

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.

Morocco

Situated close to the small village of Chrifia, on the southern periphery of Marrakech, the course at Noria Golf Club celebrates the traditional architecture and landscape features of its surroundings...

Kenya

Wild animals still roam around and the occasional vervet monkey (Nyali Golf & Country Club's mascot as displayed on its logo) can still be spotted during a round.