Beginner-friendly golf courses in Johannesburg
New to the game or easing back into it? These Johannesburg courses are the friendly places to start — walkable, well-priced and relaxed, with practice facilities and a welcoming feel rather than the pressure of a championship test.
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Huddle Park
Linksfield, Johannesburg
Huddle Park is a public golf and recreation park in Linksfield, set on wetland with three dams on the site of a onetime 54-hole complex.
Gauteng · #3418 holes
Jackal Creek
Northriding, Randburg
A public parkland course in Northriding, Randburg, Jackal Creek plays over rolling, elevated ground with water in play on several holes.
Gauteng · #3318 holesPar 72Douw van der Merwe
Kyalami
Midrand, Johannesburg
One of the region's older parkland courses, Kyalami opened in 1955 on gently undulating ground between Johannesburg and Pretoria, with unusually narrow, tree-lined fairways.
Gauteng · #1118 holesPar 72
Modderfontein
Modderfontein, Johannesburg
A parkland course laid out in 1935 on the grounds of the old Modderfontein Dynamite Factory, with a river running through its valley.
Gauteng · #1518 holesPar 72
Parkview
Parkview, Johannesburg
Founded in 1916, Parkview threads a narrow parkland corridor along the Braamfontein Spruit through the leafy suburbs of northern Johannesburg.
Gauteng · #918 holesPar 72Laurie Waters
Randpark Bushwillow
Randpark Ridge, Johannesburg
Bushwillow is Randpark's second eighteen, a shady Bob Grimsdell parkland course lined with mature trees and gentler than its Firethorn sibling.
Gauteng · #3618 holesPar 72
Ruimsig
Roodepoort, Johannesburg
Gary Player and Ron Kirby laid out Ruimsig on fairly open West Rand ground in the mid-1980s, giving it an almost inland-links character.
Gauteng · #2718 holesPar 72Gary Player