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Have a swipe with a driver and wave goodbye
to your ball—most never see it again.
No luxury golfing/safari trip to this corner of
South Africa would be complete without a game
at the magnificent Leopard Creek Country
Club, which is located at the southern tip of
the Kruger National Park and close to the
exclusive Buhala Game Reserve. A four-hour
drive from Johannesburg or 40 minutes by
plane, Leopard Creek is widely recognised as
South Africa’s No.1 course. Combining superbly
designed holes in a spectacular wildlife
setting overlooking the Kruger National and
the Crocodile River, this stunning Gary Player
design is a wonderland of lakes and streams,
scenic vistas and wildlife watching. Sightings of
hippo, crocodile, antelope, buffalo and elephant
are common, although birdies and eagles are
harder to come by on this tour-standard venue,
which is a regular host of the European Tour’s
Alfred Dunhill Championship.
most spectacular resort, located 100 miles
northwest of Johannesburg in the heart of the
African bushveld. By day, this oasis in the semi-
desert is dominated by two quality golf courses,
the Gary Player Country Club, where 30 tour
pros compete for the $1.25m first prize in the
Clockwise from Left:
Kruger National Park;
Palace of the Lost City;
Elephants at Kruger
National Park.
Nedbank Golf Challenge every November,
and Lost City, where hackers try to hit over a
crocodile pit to the green at the infamous par-3
13th. By night, guests at the five-star Palace of
the Lost City Hotel gamble at the casino tables,
followed by lavish floor-shows in the Cascades.
It’s a jarring mix of entertainment that seems
somewhat at odds with the surrounding
countryside, but somehow it works.
With a minimal time difference, no language
barrier, a generous exchange rate, and just
about the most dramatic scenery to be found
anywhere in the world, you are going to be hard
pushed not to find a South African golf holiday
that you will be talking about for years to come.
And if we’re in the mood for box-ticking iconic
venues, no golf holiday should end without a
night or two spent in Sun City, South Africa’s
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