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Best Golf Courses in South Africa

South Africa is one of the few places on earth where a single itinerary can move from Big Five safari drives at dawn to championship golf by lunch, from Cape wine estates to Indian Ocean cliffs, from polished resort theatre to fairways where crocodiles, hippos, and river light are part of the round's atmosphere. Leopard Creek, set on the Crocodile River at the edge of Kruger National Park, defines the safari-golf experience better than any course on the continent. Sun City's Gary Player Country Club supplies the tournament weight — host of the Nedbank Golf Challenge — while the Lost City Course adds a more eccentric, memorable counterpoint. In the Cape Winelands, Fancourt's Links course in George hosted the Presidents Cup and still plays like a course built for match-play exacting; Pearl Valley in Paarl folds Jack Nicklaus architecture into the mountain-backed Boland countryside. Then the Garden Route delivers its cliff-top crescendo: Pinnacle Point at Mossel Bay, above archaeological caves and Indian Ocean surf, where the view from the tee competes with the demands of the shot. Use this collection to plan a South Africa golf safari that rewards both the scorecard and the senses.