Golf course · Fancourt, George, the Garden Route
The Links at Fancourt
Gary Player · par 73 · host of the 2003 Presidents Cup
About the course
A links made by hand
Fancourt’s owner, Hasso Plattner, commissioned Gary Player to build a links on a piece of land in George that had once been an airstrip. Work began in early 1999 and took 20 months.
Roughly 750,000 cubic metres of soil were moved to shape the dunes, and the club calls the course essentially 100 per cent man-made. It was modelled on the links of the British Isles, and the old kikuyu grass was replaced with a mix of cool-season fescue, rye and colonial bent.
It hosted the 2003 Presidents Cup, the 2005 South African Airways Open and the 2012 Volvo Golf Champions. Between 2001 and 2004 Jack Nicklaus suggested changes, the biggest of them turning the 18th from a par 4 into a par 5.
Every hole has a Scots name, from On Ye Go at the 1st to Near the Dram at the 18th. The course is open only to members and Fancourt hotel guests, with limited tee times, and every golfer takes a caddie.
Photos: our partner on the ground and Fancourt
The holes
Holes to remember
Lang Drop
The longest par 3 on the course: 216 metres from the black tees, down to 120 from the red.
Long
A par 5 of 557 metres from the black tees to close the front nine.
Sheer Murrrder
A par 4 of 440 metres from the black tees. The three r’s are the club’s own.
Prayer
A par 3 of 170 metres from the black tees, down to 103 from the red.
Near the Dram
The longest hole, a par 5 of 563 metres from the black tees. It was a par 4 until Jack Nicklaus suggested the change, which also brought the clubhouse into view on the walk from the 17th.
Play it on these trips
6 trips play it
Every trip is built around your group: we can add the The Links at Fancourt to any trip in South Africa.
Questions golfers ask
Playing the course
Nearby
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Course facts from The Links at Fancourt: club history, scorecard, Fancourt golf.
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