The Outeniqua at Fancourt

The Outeniqua at Fancourt: Here at one of South Africa's best known golf and leisure resorts, visiting golfers can enjoy three varied and challenging championship golf courses, as well as excellent practice and learning facilities. Of the three, the Montagu and Outeniqua courses are most closely related. Both are beautifully maintained parkland layouts that effortlessly meander across pleasantly undulating terrain.

The Outeniqua (meaning "land of milk and honey") is the shorter and some would say easier-going of the two parkland layouts. Like its sibling, it has many wonderfully designed holes that have benefitted from Gary Player's expert touch. Stylish bunkering, fast undulating greens, plenty of elevation changes and the ever-present backdrop of the stunning Outeniqua mountains are all hallmarks of the Outeniqua. Plenty of trees and flowers, and several attractive water features and creeks also add to the undoubted charms of this layout.

Charming, yes, but also challenging as well. Several tightish fairways will demand accuracy from the tee, and water hazards are dangerously in play on several holes. Again in common with the Montagu, many of the holes are flanked, though never too closely, by distinctive Cape Dutch style villas, with their whitewashed walls and thatched roofs.

Stay & Play at Fancourt: luxury onsite accommodation available, see Where2Stay section below.