Zimbali offers an exceptional golfing experience where Nature is a key player, a tough but beautiful test of golf with some impressive and tricky holes.

The challenging hills between holes make this course a difficult walk, which is why golf carts are compulsory.

The first eleven holes comprise rolling, open land, and the final seven take you into the Zimbali Coastal Forest.

Built on a former sugar cane estate next to the Indian Ocean, this course has some enjoyable ocean views from the back nine. The rugged, openness over its hills and through its valleys, gives Prince’s Grant an almost links look in places.

The opening five holes are as good as any in the world. The front nine holes course through dense tropical vegetation, rolling over high dunes, but flatten out for most of the back nine.

Set on a gorgeous Estate, where the houses don’t intrude on the golf holes. Quite undulating, this course has a mixture of short and long holes with lots of water hazards.

Playing at the Wild Coast is a remarkable experience.

The course rises and falls through ravines and waterfalls, with magnificent views of the rocky terrain and Indian Ocean.

This course is relatively short, and easy to play on a calm day, but can be a beast in a strong wind. It has some long stretches from tee to green, and therefore carts are now compulsory

The tropical looking layout of this course is famous for its numerous water hazards, palm trees, and indigenous bush. The weaker golfer, however, might find the vast expanses of water a little too intimidating.

A must for visitors to play in the Garden Route region. This course has a mature parkland layout with many trees and thick undergrowth.

The back nine consists of three par-fours, three par-threes and three par-fives.

This man-made links course is quite possibly the most difficult course in South Africa.

Accept that that this was never meant to be a low-scoring, target golf course and you will have a whale of a time.

This resort course takes its name from the mountain range that runs along the Garden Route coast. The course has aesthetically pleasing design features such as rivulets and colourful gardens.

Long hitters will be tempted to reach the green on the shortish par-four 5 th hole.

A water hazard dominates the right side of the fairway and green.

A modern course with a mature parkland feel, considered one of the best conditioned in South Africa. It is cleverly designed, picturesque, and presents an enjoyable challenge to all levels of golfers.

The par-three 17 th hole where a mid- to long- iron has to be struck over a wide expanse of water to a green strikingly similar to that of the par-three 12 th at Augusta National.

Rolling fairways and ‘eyebrow’ bunkers ala Gleneagles give this course a Scottish highlands feel. Pezula’s golf course is laid out on an undulating property overlooking the Indian Ocean and possesses one of the greatest golfing locations on the African Continent.

The 289-metre par-four 14 th hole has a spectacular location, but is also a strategic golf hole, where a percentage approach off the tee and into the green is more likely to reap dividends than a big hit with a driver.

Encompassing the Turtle Creek golf estate, the newly extended 18 hole golf course and new clubhouse was opened in December 2002. The course is situated on a beautiful piece of property overlooking the Keurbooms lagoon at Plettenberg Bay, with views towards the Tsitsikamma mountains. It has the potential to become one of South Africa’s leading holiday courses.

The par-three 11 th, with the Keurbooms lagoon and the Indian Ocean behind.

Set along the splendid Bot Lagoon, is both the resort and championship estate course of Arabella. Though this course can test the best of golfers, it is also very playable for the average hacker, having a fair amount of room.

Built on a former sugar cane estate next to the Indian Ocean, this course has some enjoyable ocean views from the back nine. The rugged, openness over its hills and through its valleys, gives Prince’s Grant an almost links look in places.

The opening five holes are as good as any in the world. The front nine holes course through dense tropical vegetation, rolling over high dunes, but flatten out for most of the back nine.

Host of the 1996 World Cup of Golf, this estate course boasts two distinctly different nines – the flat front nine and the back nine which climbs up the lower slopes of the majestic Helderberg mountain, with breathtaking views of the coastline from the top holes.

This residential estate, built around a vineyard, and overlooked by mountains and forests, has been transformed into a very attractive layout, with parkland and wetland features. There are also large areas of waste bunkers.

This is South Africa’s oldest golf club, with a few new modern touches, such as the greens, which are always superbly groomed. The course has a mature, tree-lined parkland layout, with excellent views of the Cape’s mountains.

This stunning Jack Nicklaus signature design in the Winelands, between Paarl and Franschhoek, opened late in 2003. It boasts a range of attractive features, with artfully created water hazards and bunkers which frame the course. The wide fairways make this a very playable course for all levels of golfers.

Set in the tranquil Clovelly valley, this relatively short layout, built among sand dunes, and known for its superb greens, rewards accuracy off the tee and provides players with scenic views of the False Bay coastline.

This bushveld course is built among rocky outcrops of land in the suburbs of Nelspruit. It was upgraded a few years ago, and features some beautiful old trees. Home to the annual Jock of the Bushveld tournament in May.

This very short resort course close to the Kruger National Park, is a fun course to play, but has some testing holes with interesting water hazards that include hippo and crocodile.

This parkland course is set on an attractive golf estate, close to the city of Nelspruit and the game reserves. This course was extended from a 9-hole layout to 18 more than 10 years ago when the estate was developed.

This incredible bushveld course is located next to the Kruger National Park. This course is not a particularly long course, but a challenging one, with wild animals strolling along the fairways with golfers. Host to many tournaments on the Sunshine Tour.

Located on a residential estate on the banks of the Hartbeespoort Dam, Pecanwood sports one of South Africa’s Jack Nicklaus’ signature courses. The design is typical Nicklaus with sweeping features and a variety of strategic options, ranging from bold and fearless to conservative and sensible.

Set in a beautiful nature reserve, with a stream running through the property and coming into play on many of the holes, is Glendower, a formidably long championship course off the back tees. This course has hosted a number of SA Opens, the last of which was won by Vijay Singh in 1997.

One of Gauteng’s great championship layouts, it has hosted several SA Opens, and since 1996 has been the home of the Dunhill championship on the European Tour. This course is known for its superb conditioning and a wealth of wonderful par-four holes.

Arguably South Africa’s most famous course courtesy of its status as host of the Nedbank Golf Challenge. The course cuts through the African bush and flanks a nature reserve. Blessed with superb greens. Ranked No 1 in South Africa in 2002 and 2003.

The course was carved out of undulating and rocky terrain. Different in character from the Gary Player Country Club, with wide fairways and receptive greens, it presents an enjoyable golfing experience. The clubhouse is modeled on the Zimbabwe Ruins.