Top 100 South African Golf Courses 2011

Giraffe on the green at Hans Merensky Golf Course near to the Kruger National Park

The 9th green on the Gary Player Golf Course at Sun City

The beautiful Pezula Golf Course in Knysna on the Garden Route

The Euphoria Golf Course in Limpopo Province

The Lost City Golf Course at Sun City

The Links Golf Course at Fancourt on the Garden Route

Pinnacle Point Golf Course near Mossel Bay on the Garden Route

Paradis Golf Course in Mauritius

The top 100 South African golf courses for 2011 have been announced by Golf Digest and there are a number of surprising changes to the rankings. The most notable change being the toppling of Leopard Creek from the number one spot where it has been since 2005. Six years later we have a new number one - The Fancourt Links.

Rankings (1-10)	Golf Course	Designer
1	Fancourt Links	Gary Player
2	Leopard Creek	Gary Player
3	Pearl Valley	Jack Nicklaus
4	Gary Player Country Club	Gary Player
5	Arabella	Peter Matkovich
6	Blair Atholl	Gary Player
7	Fancourt Montagu	Gary Player
8	Royal Johannesburg & Kensington - East Course	Bob Grimsdell
9	Durban Country Club	L Waters/ G Waterman
10	St Francis Links	Jack Nicklaus
Rankings (11-20)	Golf Course	Designer
11	Wild Coast	Robert Trent Jones Jnr
12	Glendower	Charles Hugh Alison
13	Elements	Peter Matkovich
14	River Club	Bob Grimsdell
15	East London	G Peck/ Col SV Hotchkin
16	Pinnacle Point	Peter Matkovich
17	Simola	Jack Nicklaus
18	Fancourt Outeniqua	Gary Player
19	Pecanwood	Jack Nicklaus
20	Humewood	Col SV Hotchkin
Rankings (21-30)	Golf Course	Designer
21	Lost City	Gary Player
22	Sishen	Bob Grimsdell
23	Erinvale	Gary Player
24	George	CM Murray
25	Country Club Johannesburg	Fred Hawtree
26	Pezula	Ronald Fream
27	Durban Country Club Beachwood Course	Sid Brews
28	Prince's Grant	Peter Matkovich
29	De Zalze	Peter Matkovich
30	Zimbali	Tom Weiskopf
Rankings (31-40)	Golf Course	Designer
31	Oubaai	Ernie Els
32	Gardener Ross	Ernie Els
33	Champagne Sports Resort	Hugh Baiocchi
34	Steenberg	Peter Matkovich
35	Ebotse	Peter Matkovich
36	Fish River Sun	Gary Player
37	Kyalami	A Tomsett/ K De Beer
38	Royal Johannesburg & Kensington - West Course	Laurie Waters
39	Cotswold Downs	Peter Matkovich
40	Randpark	S Brews/ K De Beer
Rankings (41-50)	Golf Course	Designer
41	Royal Cape	CM Murray
42	Bryanston	CH Alison
43	Hermanus	Peter Matkovich
44	Pretoria Country Club	Bob Grimsdell
45	Roodepoort	Gary Player
46	Zebula	Peter Matkovich
47	Parkview	Laurie Waters
48	Maccauvlei	G Peck/ Col SV Hotchkin
49	San Lameer	Peter Matkovich
50	Hans Merensky	Bob Grimsdell
Rankings (51-60)	Golf Course	Designer
51	Modderfontein	A Tomsett/ A Barnard
52	Kingswood	Danie Obermeyer
53	Country Club Johannesburg - Rocklands Course	Fred Hawtree
54	King David	Bob Grimsdell
55	Clovelly	CM Murray/ Bob Grimsdell
56	Plettenberg Bay	Fred Hawtree
57	Wanderers	Bob Grimsdell
58	Irene Country Club	L Waters/ Bob Grimsdell
59	Nelspruit	Bob Grimsdell
60	Selborne	Denis Barker
Rankings (61-70)	Golf Course	Designer
61	Silver Lakes	Peter Matkovich
62	Mossel Bay	Bob Grimsdell
63	Stellenbosch	Ken Elkin
64	Mt Edgecombe - Course 1	S Brews/ A Barnard
65	Victoria CC	Bob Grimsdell
66	Goose Valley	Gary Player
67	Windsor Park	Bob Grimsdell
68	Parys	DDV/ Cobie le Grange
69	Woodhill	Peter Matkovich
70	Paarl	K Elkin/ D Obermeyer
Rankings (71-80)	Golf Course	Designer
71	Dainfern	Gary Player
72	Killarney	Robert Trent Jones Jr
73	Krugersdorp	Bob Grimsdell
74	Southbroom	AL Mandy
75	Wingate Park	A Tomsett/ CH Alison
76	Umhlali	Peter Matkovich
77	Orkney	Bob Grimsdell
78	Umdoni Park	Sid Brews
79	Blue Valley	Gary Player
80	Westlake	Logan/ Tosh
Rankings (81-90)	Golf Course	Designer
81	Rustenberg	Members/ Golf Data
82	Atlantic Beach	Golf Data
83	Royal Durban	Bob Grimsdell
84	Centurion	Peter Matkovich
85	State Mines	Unknown/ R O'Friel
86	Leopard Park	Peter Matkovich
87	Goldfields West	Bob Grimsdell
88	Benoni	Unknown/ Robinson
89	Glenvista	Sid Brews
90	Crown Mines	Gary Player
Rankings (91-100)	Golf Course	Designer
91	Rondebosch	Bob Grimsdell
92	ERPM	Unknown/ Golf Data
93	Langebaan	Bill Kerr
94	Mt Edgecombe - Course 2	Douw vd Merwe
95	Simbithi	Peter Matkovich
96	Milnerton	A Tosh/ Golf Data
97	Graceland	Gary Player
98	Royal Port Alfred	Unknown
99	Mowbray	SV Hotchkin
100	St Francis Bay	Golfscape

We have a wide variety of golf tours available from guided to self-drive. Many of the top courses as mentioned above are included in our packages so why not contact us for your next golfing vacation in South Africa.

What our guests have to say...

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Mr & Mrs Reichard
USA
6 Day Kruger & Private Game Lodge Safari
03-08 October 2010

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