The Palace Hotel in Sun City

Play Golf in Sun City 

Sun City's two par-72 championship golf courses offer visitors to southern Africa's premier resort and exciting and challenging golfing experience. The Gary Player Golf Course, Home to the Internationally prestigious Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Challenge, and the desert-style Lost City Golf Course with crocodiles at the 13th hole, provide exciting play for amateur and professional alike.

Both the Gary Player Course and the newer Lost City course were designed by well known South African golfing personality, Gary Player and are set in the warm, rugged terrain of the Pilanesberg mountains.

Lost City Golf Course with the "Palace" in the back

The Lost City course, which opened in 1993, is very flexible; playing off the forward tee a course length of 5 953 meters, extending to 6 983 meters off the back tee. The course provides spectacular views; from the 11th tee, 1 230 meters above sea level, players can see 15 holes, including the 6th, 58 meters below.

The unusual water hazard is just one of the features that make The Lost City Golf Course exciting and interesting to play. No effort was spared to make the course a masterpiece.

The Lost City Golf Course is "spectator friendly", comfortably accommodating 100 000 spectators at a time. The spectator mounds at the 9th and 18th greens provide a good view of the action for a gallery of between 12 000 and 15 000 people seated on the grass.

Gary-Player-Golf Course

The Gary Player Golf Course, is acknowledged as a difficult and demanding course. Since 1979 it has been the venue for the Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Challenge, one of the richest and most exclusive events on the international golfing calendar. It requires stamina and accuracy from players; the full 6 938 metre course is undoubtedly the toughest on the subcontinent.

Like most southern Africa links, the Gary Player Golf Course uses Kikuyu grass on the tees, fairways and semi-roughs. Golfers from elsewhere have to adjust their technique to suit the surface. The Cape Bermuda grass of The Lost City Golf Course is much finer and provides a smoother ball roll.

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