North West
Lost City Golf Course
Desert-style golf with a crocodile pit
Location
Sun City
Designer
Gary Player
Opened
1993
Holes
18
Par
72
Length
6,569 m
The course
Where the Gary Player Country Club is lush championship parkland, Lost City is scrub, rock and desert waste — the same designer, a completely different examination.
Everybody comes for the 13th. A short par 3, a green guarded by a pit shaped like Africa, and thirty-eight crocodiles in it. Hit the green and you will talk about it for years; miss it and you will talk about it longer.
Signature hole
13th — a par 3 over a crocodile-filled hazard shaped like the African continent
Wildlife
The famous crocodile hazard on 13, plus warthog, monkeys and abundant birdlife across the estate; Pilanesberg's Big Five are 20 minutes away.
Reviews
What our golfers said
“The 13th is worth the trip on its own. We all took two balls out of our bags before teeing off and there was a lot of laughing. Course is in great nick and the desert look is stunning.”
“More forgiving than the Gary Player but far more dramatic to look at. Playing both in two days is the way to do Sun City.”
“Take a cart, take sunscreen, and take a photo on 13. Great value round in a spectacular setting.”
