Gary Player's Goose Valley Golf Club a bargain in South Africa
Gary Player-designed Goose Valley is one of the least expensive courses on South Africa's upscale Garden Route, but it doesn't skimp on scenery or shot-making. Sitting just off the coastline, the course is filled with native wildlife and offers stunning mountain and ocean views.
... full article »Find yourself a couple of big Afrikaners and enjoy golf, wine and spectacular views at Erinvale
Located in the winelands, with awesome mountain views, Erinvale Golf Club is a great setting for a visitor to get a feel for South African golf, preferably with two big Afrikaners, sweating and cursing their way good-naturedly around the course. From the back nine, you can see the ocean and from almost the entire course you have views of the surrounding vineyards gleaming in the African sun.
... full article »Drink your wine and tee off - or vice- versa - at De Zalze in the Western Cape
Whoever first combined wine tasting and golf should be given some kind of award, writes Tim McDonald. We couldn't agree more! Say, the Ben Hogan/Dionysus Golden Goblet? The DeZalze Golf Club is laid out within the De Zalze Winelands Golf Estate, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It's sometimes a toss-up question for tourists: Do you tee off or taste some fine Chardonnay? Thankfully, one does not necessarily preclude the other.
... full article »For truly wild, wild golf, Skukuza in the African bush is a must play
The sign as you enter the Skukuza Golf Course is a harbinger of what you're in for: "Beware: Dangerous Animals. Enter at Your Own Risk." Located, deep in the African bush, within the confines of South Africa's Kruger National Park, this is a place where the animals have a free, lifetime pass to the course. With hippopatami, lions, leopards, elephants and rhinos in the mix, never has keeping it in the fairway been better advice.
... full article »Jackals, hyenas, wildebeest and good golf: Mabalingwe has it all
The pre-game ritual of most golfers doesn't involve handling lion cubs with paws the size of Andre the Giant's head, but after this, nothing on the Mabalingwe Country Club course in Limpopo, South Africa is likely to scare you. Except for maybe the jackals, hyenas or wart hogs. Named the best new course in 2004 by the South Africa edition of Golf Digest Mabalingwe lives up to the title, writes Tim McDonald.
... full article »Babu laid the foundation for a great, South African golf course
Located in the heart of South Africa's Zulu nation, Prince's Grant Golf Course s consistently ranked among the top 25 South Africa golf courses. It's a spectacular play, if you don't mind the monkeys.
... full article »Gary Player Country Club: From Meadow Muffins to a premier holiday destination
The Sun City Resort is a South Africa highlight, and the Gary Player Country Club is the golf topping on it. This memorable course has seen the world's best players like Johnny Miller, Ernie Els and Colin Montgomerie stride its fairways.
... full article »Golf in Soweto offers a stark contrast in reality, which makes it a popular vacation destination
Players come to play Soweto Golf Club to also learn more about an amazing area. The settlement of Soweto, about 15 minutes southwest of Johannesburg is the biggest black urban settlement in Africa with a history of political struggle in the days of apartheid.
... full article »Els Puts his New Design Touch to Old Bay Development
After testing the waters of golf course architecture and working together with Nicklaus Design on the development of Whiskey Creek, Ernie Els was ready for his own project. And at Old Bay, the star golfer found it. Els' first design offering in South Africa, near Herold's Bay is all his own.
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