|Leopard Creek CC
3rd Floor, 460 Fulham Road
Tel: + 44 20 7514 2762
Fax: +44 20 7491 2412
Course Website: www.leopardcreek.co.za
Tournament Website: www.alfreddunhillchampionship.co.za
P.O. Box 12555
Midrand, Gauteng, 1686
Tel: +27 11 347 1300
Fax: +27 11 347 1504
PostNet Suite No 185
Private Bag X15
Somerset West 7129, Western Cape
Tel: +27 21 850 6500
Fax: +27 21 852 8271
Type of grass - Creeping Bent (Crenshaw + A1)
Height of cut - 3mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 12'
Type of grass - Kikuyu
Height of cut - 10mm
General width and contouring - 25 to 30 metres wide
Type of grass - Bermuda
Type of grass - Kikuyu
Height of cut - semi 25mm, rough 75mm
Weather in advance - hot with some rain
Forecast for tournament - mild with a few sunny, hot days
Opened - June 1996
Course designer - Gary Player
Course superintendent - Derek Muggeridge
Special features - The course is set in the edge of the Kruger National Park, and incorporates much of the characteristics of the local area. The course winds among trees, bushes & grass land and include several water hazards ranging from large lakes and ponds to brooks and streams set in rocks and cascading waterfalls. The signature hole would be Hole 13 a long Par 5 with a babbling brook on the left and the green framed against the Crocodile River with the plains of the Kruger national park beyond.
- The tournament back tee on Hole 15 is set high above the fairway and offers unbelievable views in all directions over the hills and National Park.
General playability - enjoyable for amateur golfers but can be a challenge off the back tees
Undulating / flat - undulating
Tree lined / exposed - set in natural bush surrounds with scattered trees
Many / few water hazards - streams and dams on several holes
Changes to the course - none
The course has many forms of wildlife on it:-
- A hippopotamus (named Harry) resides in the lake on Hole 16.
- Leopards are seen on the property in the evenings.
- Waterbuck, Bushbuck, Kudu, Impala all feature on and around the course.
- Crocodiles reside in the dam at holes 5 & 7 & 16.
- There is excellent tiger fishing in the dams around the clubhouse.
- Each teeing area has a unique bronze statue of a leopard in various poses mirroring his day. These are the work of the South African sculptor Dylan Lewis.
- The spectacular colonial style clubhouse sits behind the greens of 9 & 18 offering superb viewing for the Club members