Golf


Peter Driver, Ransomes Jacobsen's PR Manager retires later this year and, in this article, he looks back at a visit to South Africa where he was fortunate to visit the Legends Golf & Safari Resort. It is renowned for its ‘Extreme 19th’ hole, which requires a helicopter ride to the tee - some 400 metres above the green. However, he found there was much more to admire than just the 19th


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egends Golf & Safari Resort is situated in the middle of the Entabeni Safari Conservancy, a massive malaria-free game reserve of 22,000 hectares bordered by the


Waterburg mountains, just under a three- hour drive north of Johannesburg. The reserve and the golf course are the


fulfilment of the vision of joint owner, Peet Cilliers, a retired lawyer. In fact, the reserve and golf course are just a part of the overall US$600 million scheme which will bring wealth to the area, not just through sport and photo safaris, but through the arts, culture, community development and educational schemes. IFA Hotels & Resorts have partnered with


Cilliers in this project, as part of their continued investment in Africa, and South


Africa in particular. They also have a resort project at Zimbali on the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphin Coast, sixty miles north of Durban The golf course design concept, featuring


input from eighteen of the world’s top tour pros, was directly attributable to Cilliers, who wanted the world’s best golfers to design the world’s best golf course. Using this ‘multiple signature’ concept, there could only be one name for the resort - Legends. On arrival at my quarters at Hanglip


Mountain Lodge, a remarkable selection of five-star African baroque style buildings in the tranquil emptiness of the vast open plains of the reserve, I was introduced to John Dixon, the Resort’s PR Manager and a former game ranger, who was to be one my guides for the day. We jumped into his long wheelbase


Legends Golf & Safari Resort


A 19th like no other ...


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