St Francis Links No 6.
Bunkers provide defini- tive design features and fearsome hazards at South African courses. Some of the biggest and deepest bunkers can be found at a Gary Player design, Blair Atholl, and even Player himself, a genius out of the sand, must BUNKERS AS A WORK OF ART be challenged by the range of recovery shots required to get close to the pin on those immense greens. Player really went to town master- minding the look, positioning and varied character of these bunkers. At the long par-4 second hole a steep- faced bunker guards the front of the
green and has to be carried to reach the putting surface. Anything long can end up in another bunker behind the green. At the bottom of many bunkers a golfer often has no sight of the pin. There’s an attractive fairway bunker on the par-5 fifth which extends up against the steep wall of a rockface. Jack Nicklaus created some of the most impressive bunkers to ever grace a SA course when he designed St Fran- cis Links in the Eastern Cape. Each is
The Links at Fancourt No 18.
Gowrie Farm No 11.
76 GOLF DIGEST SOUTH AFRICA
MAY 2024
Made with FlippingBook - professional solution for displaying marketing and sales documents online