Golf course · Malelane, on the border of the Kruger
Leopard Creek
Gary Player · par 72 · home of the Alfred Dunhill Championship
About the course
Golf beside the Kruger
Leopard Creek sits on a 360-hectare estate on the banks of the Crocodile River, which forms the southern border of the Kruger National Park. The estate’s main entrance is about 200 metres from the park’s Malelane Gate.
A fence keeps the Big Five on the park side, but crocodiles, hippos, antelope, buffalo and elephants are commonly seen across the river from the course and the clubhouse, and leopards cross the estate from time to time, mostly at night.
Since 2000 it has been the home of the Alfred Dunhill Championship, now a DP World Tour event usually played between mid-November and mid-December. Louis Oosthuizen won it in 2023 and Shaun Norris in 2024.
Bronze leopards by the sculptor Dylan Lewis stand around the course, including on the 1st and 18th tees, and from the clubhouse terrace on the river you can watch play on the 9th and 18th greens.
Visitors play only while staying at one of the club’s associate lodges, on limited off-peak days. We book the lodge and the tee time together.
Photos: our partner on the ground
The holes
Holes to remember
Under the clubhouse
A par 4 of 435 metres. Its green is one of the two you can watch from the clubhouse terrace.
Above the Crocodile River
The signature par 5, 505 metres. Its green sits above the Crocodile River, where hippos and crocodiles roam. The river burst its banks in 2000 and the green complex had to be rebuilt.
The longest
A par 5 of 547 metres, the longest hole on the course.
The long par 3
A par 3 of 190 metres.
The finish
A par 5 of 495 metres, finishing below the clubhouse terrace. A Dylan Lewis leopard stands on the tee.
Play it on these trips
4 trips play it
Every trip is built around your group: we can add the Leopard Creek to any trip in South Africa.
Questions golfers ask
Playing the course
Nearby
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Course facts from Leopard Creek: the course, history, visitors.
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