Gary Player Country Club

The Gary Player Country Club is a golf club in Sun City, South Africa, named after golf icon and Grand Slam winner, Gary Player. It is home to one of the world's longest golf courses, at almost 8,000 yards.[2][3]

Gary Player Country Club
Club information
Location Sun City, South Africa
TypePrivate
Owned bySun International
Total holes18
Tournaments hostedNedbank Golf Challenge
Dimension Data Pro-Am
Sun City Challenge
South African Open
Designed byGary Player
Par72
Length7,981 yds
Course record62 Lee Westwood (2011)[1]

The Gary Player designed championship course is widely considered to be one of the best in South Africa, and one of the world's top 100. It has been voted the best several times by both Golf Digest and Complete Golfer, the leading golf magazines in the country. Player has designed almost 400 championship courses around the world, but this is the only course that officially carries his name.

The club also has a Gary Player Spa, restaurant and pro shop. The course is one of two within the Sun City Resort, the other being the Lost City Golf Course, with its famous crocodile hole with the green in the shape of the African continent, which was also designed by Gary Player but in a desert African style.[4]

In December of each year, the club stages the Nedbank Golf Challenge, hosted by Gary Player and is one of the world's richest golf tournaments.

References
  1. https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2011/12/03/Lee-Westwood-scorches-Sun-City-with-a-62/58691322935646/
  2. "Gary Player Country Club". Sun International. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. "South African Open, Gary Player CC, Sun City, South Africa". European Tour. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  4. "Hotels, Casinos & Resorts". Sun International. Retrieved 5 December 2020.


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