Wild Coast Country Club - South Africa

Wild Coast Country Club is routed through a dramatic site in the Transkei hills, some 80 miles south of Durban on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal. The hotel complex adjoining the course is built on the edge of the Umtamvuna River and Thompson's Lagoon. Designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr. and opened in 1983, the course is a rugged, untamed journey through narrow valleys and over ravines brimming with native vegetation, with the first hole playing above Thompson's Lagoon. The elevated tees provide views of the Indian Ocean, while the greens have been cultivated with grass from Durban Country Club, making for exceptionally fine putting surfaces.

Durban Country Club - South Africa

Durban Country Club, just two miles from the downtown Durban skyline, is South Africa's premier course and one of the best in the world on any score. The course runs parallel to the Indian Ocean with its wide sandy beach, separated only by the coastal highway. The heaving fairways, built over the coastal sand hills, crest and dip through indigenous trees and thick bush. The most famous hole is the par-five third, with the tee atop a dune and the drive down to the chute of rolling fairway below. The short par-three 12th is named for the Prince of Wales, who took 17 shots when he played here in 1924. Durban was designed in 1922 by the South African professional Laurie Waters working with George Waterman Waters had been an assistant to Old Tom Morris at St. Andrews before emigrating to South Africa in 1901 for his health.