South African golf courses - Fancourt Links golf course

Before the Gary Player Design Team began work on the third course at the famed Fancourt, their brief was simple - to build the best course in South Africa, one that would draw the attention of the world. Soon after this mega-budget project got under way, it became clear that this objective would be achieved. Although Humewood in Port Elizabeth and Cape Town's Milnerton (Atlantic Beach) were previously the only examples of links courses in South Africa, they have now been joined by a true heavyweight. Thousands of tons of earth were moved to create giant dunes and the bunkering is as fine as can be found anywhere, some cavernous, others tiny, much in the St Andrews mould. Designer Gary Player had this to say about the Fancourt Links: "Links golf is how the game originated and at this new course we'll be taking South Africans back to the roots of golf and letting them play a British Open of their own."