Friday, December 30, 2011

Golf Tours Cape Town

By Khalied Hanslo


Golf has a well recognized record across the world with advocates such as Gary Player and Ernie Els who are ambassadors for South Africa. Both players have played well in the past to win major competitions and matches both at home and internationally. It is no revelation that they both perfected their proficiencies on the golf courses designed and maintained in South Africa.

There are many other players of the same strength born in South Africa that play on the international circuit. Retief Goosen, Trevor Immelman and David Frost too have exhibited their flair in most of the major contests. All these players call South Africa their home and all of them have trained, practiced and refined their talents at home before going abroad.

Cape Town has been blessed with an overabundance of world-class designed golf courses that have also been host to international competitions. The Arabella Golf Club has hosted the yearly Nelson Mandela Invitational charity golf tournament since 2003. Jack Nicklaus, Ernie Els and Retief Goosen have all participated to raise funds for the Nelson Mandela Children's Foundation.

This is not by far the only course available to play on. A Gary Player designed golf course at Erinvale in Somerset West is deemed to be one of the best courses in Cape Town. Located at the foot of the Helderberg Mountains; the views on offer are impressive with False Bay and Hottentots Holland mountains visible from the course.

The southern suburbs have a number of courses which are available to play on as well. Examples of these are; the Royal Cape Golf Club, the oldest in the country supplying beautiful scenery and views of Table Mountain and the forest below it. There is also Rondebosch Golf Course located in the picturesque suburb of the same name on the banks of the Black River with its vast assortment of birdlife.

Cape Town expands its luxury from the mountains, beaches, forests and wildlife to the enjoyable sporting arenas of its golf courses. There are quite a few courses to choose from and a golfing holiday is very attractive to fervent addicts. The variety is reinforced by the amount of professionals it supplies the world and the well established courses in the country.




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