Jayden Schaper 28/1 © planetgolfreview
The Co-sanctioned European and Sunshine Tours stay in Johannesburg this week, but moves north to the Rhenosterspruit Nature Conservatory to one of the longest golf courses on the planet.
Weighing in at a mighty 8,300 yards the Blair Atholl was where Gary Player called home. Player remains passionate about the estate, and the championship course he designed was inspired by his love of Augusta National.
After acquiring some of the surrounding farmland the spacious layout undulates through rolling countryside and indigenous bush. There are over 250,000 trees on the property and like Augusta National, there are a surprising amount of elevation changes. The fairways are wide and the opening par 5 quickly disappears from view as the fairway falls steeply downhill to a green adjoining a large water hazard.
