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Decade upon decade South Africa
has produced some of the world's finest golfers. The late, great four-time
Open
Champion
Bobby Locke has been followed in amazing style by nine-time
Major Winner and Grand Slam Titleist
Gary Player. Double
US Open
and Open Champion Ernie Els is being kept company by fellow countryman
and two-time US Open Winner
Retief Goosen,
thus extending the continuity of a unique and wonderfully successful golfing lineage.
Cape Town's
Trevor Immelman
joined this elite club by winning The 2008 Masters and
Pinnacle Point's
Louis
Oosthuizen joined these greats by winning The 2010 Open at St. Andrews.
TeamEgoli
congratulate Pretoria's
Charl Schwartzel
on winning The 2011 Masters. South African Golf's past,
present and future is in great hands with this fine crop of talent -
we at
TeamEgoli
have
a feeling there is plenty more to come!
These great
champions are being chased by a highly motivated and hungry pack of
Young Guns who are making their marks on the US, European and
other Tours around the globe. Rory Sabbatini, Trevor Immelman, Darren Fichardt, Richard Sterne, Charl Schwartzel
and Anton Haig are proven
winners who will soon be joined by more exciting talent as the fallout from
the explosive Super Nova that is South African golf, keeps gaining energy and
creates yet more stars!
An impressive
list of overseas players used the Sunshine Tour and its superb courses
to launch their careers and become stars on the international scene. Great
golfers like Nick Faldo, David Feherty, John Daly, Corey Pavin, Tom
Lehman, Tommy Tolles and many others competed with high quality local
stars Dale Hayes, Cobie Legrange, Hugh Baiocchi, John Bland, Bobby Lincoln,
David Frost, Tienie Britz, Fulton Allem, Jeff Hawkes, Gavin Levenson and
the Henning brothers...to name but a few!
Zimbabweans Tony Johnstone, Mark McNulty, Nick Price and
Simon Hobday also enjoyed great success on this tour.
With the annual feast of exciting Nedbank
Challenges at the
Gary Player Country Club, Sun City, and co-sanctioned events between the European and Sunshine Tours
like the Dunhill Championship at Johann Rupert's stunning hideaway,
Leopard Creek, in the
Kruger National Park, the South African Airways
Open - played at a variety of outstanding venues throughout the country
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and the newly created Joburg Open being broadcast worldwide by the SkySports
team, these great events are proving to be yet another powerful
advert for golf in sunny South Africa!
The reasons South Africa has
- and indeed still
is -
producing so many fine players, are simple:
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The Climate: The
weather on the Highveld is exceptional and golf
can be played, quite literally, 365 days a year.
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Affordability: Golf is
relatively inexpensive and therefore accessible to most people.
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The Golf Courses: Are
championship quality, extremely well designed, have 'wall-to-wall' irrigation,
are perfectly manicured and maintained, and provide a fair test
to players at all levels of proficiency.
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Practice Areas:
Almost all clubs have excellent facilities which include a full
driving range with large practice chipping and putting greens. South African PGA professionals
have a profound knowledge of the game, and are on hand at all times to
give advice and sort out the quirkiest of swings with a laidback
approach that will make even the most nervous of pupils feel
more than comfortable!
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The Clubhouses: Are palatial and can host anything from a simple four-ball party to fields
of up to
160. Luxurious, state of the art bars, restaurants, conference and banqueting facilities are serviced by highly skilled, friendly staff
who wish to see their guests enjoy themselves and reserve future
bookings!
With bases in Stirling, Scotland, and Johannesburg,
EgoliGolf
run and organise golf holidays, safaris and tours from Joburg,
Gauteng Province, South Africa. Allow us to arrange your
accommodation, transportation and golf - any other activities you
wish to participate in can be arranged on the day - thereby saving
your hard-earned cash on pre-booked events which someone else
"thinks you may enjoy".
In our continuing pursuit to offer
existing and prospective clients the very best Golf, Holiday, and
Safari experiences South Africa has to offer, it is with great pride
that we at TeamEgoli welcome
Keith from
Alive in Africa into our family-run business.
Johannesburg is a big, buzzing, vibrant city which
can cater to all your needs away from the golf course. Fine
restaurants, theatres, nightclubs and casinos are
plentiful - and with the added advantage of an extremely favourable
exchange rate - surprisingly inexpensive. Modern shopping malls
provide excellent retail
therapy with art and antique stores showcasing a wide variety of
African sculpture, wood carving, artwork, painting and curios.
World famous fashion houses
exhibit the latest haute couture and sit alongside high quality jewellers
who manufacture and produce the most amazing creations using the worlds' finest gold, diamonds and other precious stones and
metals.
Our
TeamEgoli recommended accommodation sites specialize
in taking care of the individual or tour groups of any size. Tennis, swimming, horse
riding, hiking, fishing, mountain biking, water sports and many other
activities are provided at these five-star venues. Fully supervised and
tour-guided drives in private Game Reserves, Microlighting, Hot Air
Ballooning, 4x4 Off-Roading and Quad-Biking can also be arranged for
our more adventurous clients. These African style lodges are also
the perfect places to hold conferences, product launches, weddings,
team-building events and functions of any kind.
TeamEgoli invite you to play
at any or all of the thoroughbreds in
our unique stable of world-class championship venues, and look forward to organizing a tour which suits
both your
needs and requirements.
Click
here to Email us with your enquiry including your choice of courses,
accommodation and flight requirements.
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