The Garden Route offers the keen golfer a variety of renowned, world class golf courses, providing some of the finest golfing experiences South Africa has to offer.
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With outstanding golf courses, great weather, and a wealth of other attractions, South Africa is a perfect destination for a golf holiday.
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Knysna Golf Course - Par 73 / 5924 m
The Knysna Golf Course, nestled on the shores of the Knysna Lagoon and meandering along tidal pools and through magnificent indigenous trees, has sea water in play on over half the holes.
An interesting parkland style layout, the course emphasizes accuracy rather than length, and the level terrain makes the course look deceptively easy to play.
Simola Golf Course
Simola boasts the accolade of being the first Jack Nicklaus Signature course on the Garden Route. Its design and layout is a superb example of this world-famous golfer's philosophy of attuning the course to the natural lie of the land.
The views around the 18 hole course are breathtaking, and as such Simola is now renowned for being one of the most attractive golfing estates in the country.
The championship course at Simola has been created to 'challenge the professional and inspire the amateur' - and if you play here, you will understand why Simola takes its place as one of South Africa's premier golfing destinations.
Pezula Golf Course - Par 72 / 6281 m
The championship links golf course of the Pezula Hotel & Spa lies high above the Indian Ocean and the Knysna Lagoon - a sweeping spectacle of fairways and greens rolling through the pristine indigenous landscape.
The terrain of rolling fairway, fynbos and eyebrow bunkers offers players both a challenging and rewarding golf experience, but does also mean the course is difficult to walk, making the use of golf carts a necessity.
Goose Valley Golf Course - Par 72 / 5455 m
A world class combination links and parkland course set amongst the indigenous fynbos, Goose Valley has breathtaking views of the lagoon, the ocean and the Tsitsikamma mountains.
Only 2 km from Plettenberg Bay, this 18 hole course has an abundance of animal and bird life, and plays short but requires pin-point accuracy, as the brutal rough and high-walled pot bunkers have swallowed many a wayward shot.
Plettenberg Bay Golf Course
The Plettenberg Bay Country Club is an 18 hole golf course set in a private nature reserve. The highly rated course is very popular with tourists - the Club is open every day, and visitors are welcome, although it is ' Members only' on Saturday and Wednesday afternoons.
The course is easy to walk, and all greens and bunkers are to USGA specifications. The greens and fairways are on automatic sprinkler systems – and the result is a golf course you will remember.
The natural beauty of the course has been carefully retained. The indigenous flora is also home to the Knysna loerie, and attracts a large variety of smaller animals - monkeys, bushpigs and antelope are frequent visitors to the course, and are often the reason for a bad shot!
George Golf Course
The George Golf course is a beautifully manicured, 72 par 18 hole course, with bent greens. Visitors are welcome, with the exception of Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, which are reserved for members only.
Hole 7 offers beautiful views of the mountain, but the signature hole is the last of the par 3's, the 17th. It is fairly long at up to 181 metres and it places a premium on accuracy, thus it is rated the second-most difficult hole on the inward 9, and the 4th most difficult overall.
It is also rated one of the 500 best holes in the world, as well as the best par 3 in South Africa.
Fancourt Golf Courses
Enjoy a round of golf on the famous Fancourt Estate and join the ranks of Gary Player and Ernie Els, who have both braced the greens of this prestigious estate. The estate features 3 highly rated Championship golf courses as well as the Western Cape’s premier 18 hole public course.
The modern Montague Golf Course (Par 72 / 5981 m), with its mature parkland feel, is considered one of the best conditioned courses in South Africa. It is cleverly designed, picturesque, and presents an enjoyable challenge to all levels of golfers.
The Outeniqua Golf Course (Par 72 / 5996 m), named after the mountain range that runs along the Garden Route, has aesthetically pleasing design features such as rivulets and colourful gardens. Like its neighbour, the Montague, it is in magnificent condition all year round.
The man-made Links Golf Course (Par 72 / 6154 m) presents undulating windswept terraine and a dune-style landscape, each hole having received detailed attention to ensure that the overall balance in terms of length, position of hazards and shot values are in harmony. This is rated as being possibly the most difficult course in South Africa.
Bramble Hill (Par 72 / 5699 m) is the 4th course on the Fancourt estate and is a public parkland course with links features and generous fairways.
