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Golfers are astounded by the breathtaking beauty of the par-72 Lost City Golf Course, a Gary Player desert style design. The rich green fairways give a dramatic contrast to the bushveld backdrop and the barren waste bunkers are a special feature of this intriguing course. The desert style design of the golf course has an exotic allure all of its own and designer, Gary Player has acknowledged it as one of his favorite courses.The Lost City Golf Course is flexible: playing off the forward tee with a course length of 5953 meters, extending to 6983 meters off the back tee. The course provides spectacular views.
The most hazardous area of the Lost City Golf Course is the 13th hole. This par-three hole is shaped like the continent f Africa. As you stand ready to tee off you will notice the water hazards and 9 bunkers guarding the hole. Inhabiting the water are 38 crocodiles, some of them nearly two meters long. Golfers are discouraged from retrieving their wayward balls from the crock infested pool. The unusual water hazard is just one of the features that make the Lost City golf course exciting and interesting to play. No effort was spared in transforming this bushveld into a golfing oasis, thus making this course a masterpiece. Playing the back nine is like going on a golf safari. It has often been noted that the game is more exciting when played downhill and this is certainly the case here. In addition to the previously mentioned thirteenth, holes eleven, fourteen, fifteen and sixteen are all played from elevated tees offering thrill, excitement and a challenge to the golfer - as well as some of the most spectacular African views to be had on a golf course. On the whole, a round of golf at The Lost City is an experience which one will not easily forget. But it doesn't end with the golf. The Lost City Golf Course, situated in the Sun City Resort, surrounded by the imposing mountains of the Pilanesberg in the bushveld of South Africa's North West Province, is only a two hour drive from Johannesburg.
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