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This is a list of notable golf courses in South Africa by province. Eastern Cape. Golf course Location Alexander Golf Club [1] East London: East London Golf Club [2]
Pages in category "Golf clubs and courses in South Africa" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Gary Player Country Club is a golf club in Sun City, South Africa, named after golf icon and Grand Slam winner, Gary Player. It is home to one of the world's longest golf courses, at almost 8,000 yards. [2] [3] The Gary Player designed championship course is widely considered to be one of the best in South Africa, and one of the world's top ...
The Royal became the first Audubon-certified golf course in South Africa, as it became a "Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary" in 2005. [2] [9] The club also was the first member-owned club in South Africa to receive the Compleat Golfer 5 Star Golfing Experience Award, and has earned that same award three additional times since then. [2]
The Links Course at Fancourt is rated as the number 1 golf course in South Africa by Golf Digest. [3] Fancourt hosted the 2003 Presidents Cup, the only time the event has ended in a tie. [4] It also hosted the 2005 Women's World Cup of Golf as well as the Coca-Cola Charity Championship on the Sunshine Tour. [5]
New sponsors in 1972 gave the championship a home at The Wanderers Golf Club where it remained until 1995, [2] when it became the first tournament in South Africa to be co-sanctioned by the European Tour. The following year Alfred Dunhill took over from Lexington as title sponsors, breaking a 23-year association with the PGA.
Arabella Country Estate, known simply as Arabella, is a residential estate with a golf course and a 5 star hotel located near the coastal towns of Kleinmond and Hermanus in the Western Cape, South Africa. In 2014, the Peter Matkovich designed golf course was rated in the top-5 in the country by Golf Digest South Africa. [1]
Royal Cape is South Africa's oldest and traditionally most prestigious course, set to the backdrop of Cape Town's Table Mountain and Devil's Peak. [2] The club began on the 14th of November 1885, established by Lt Gen Sir Henry D'Oyley Torrens only days after he arrived in the Cape Colony, soon to serve as acting Governor.