So What's Extreme? A Golf Course with a 19th Hole?

The 19th hole is the longest and the most dramatic Par 3 on earth. You can only access this par 3 hole by helicopter as it is set high above the ground on the Hanglip Mountain.

You can only play this hole from a vertical height of 430 metres. This unique high-tech hole has been created using four separate cameras as well as state of the art tracking equipment. The golfer gets into the helicopter for a short ride straight up to one of the three tee boxes set high up on the escarpment. With the technology installed, the golfer can follow the progress of the ball from the second of teeing off.

What's the Deal?

• 2 Pax sharing: 1 night B&B at Legend Golf & Safari Lodge
• Includes 1 night Accommodation, Bed and Breakfast
• 18 Holes of Golf including Caddy, Green fees and meal at Halfway House
• Extreme 19th, Includes Helicopter to Tee-off, Glove, Cap and Certificate

This package can be customized from 1 to 4 pax per helicopter. Please contact us to confirm these rates

The greatest golf courses share one unique feature; they were all designed by people that are passionate about the game of golf. If you think about it, it makes perfect sense. These eighteen professional golfers each brought specific skills and expertise learned the hard way over time. So when these individuals focus their expertise and passion the result is the perfect balance between risk and reward; a Signature golf course. A golf course that will bring an exceptional golfing experience to each golfer that plays the course. The added bonus is that the golf course is set in a truly spectacular setting.

The course has been designed to be a championship 18-hole course, but it is also the longest golf course within South Africa. For daily play the course is 6,534 metres, but can be extended to 7,748 metres for tournaments, thus not only making it the longest course in Africa, but also one of the longest in the world. The course provides each golfer that plays it, no matter what his or her handicap, a truly unique African challenge.

The course is set on the 22,000 hectare Entabeni Safari Conservancy and has been designed to laid out to be in complete harmony with nature. The flowing fairways wind through dense bush and across open bushveld grasslands and stupendous effort was taken to preserve the pristine environment. The huge efforts made have earned this course the title as the most environmentally sensitive golf course in Africa.

Any golfer will tell you that playing the undulating greens against the spectacular backdrop of the Waterberg Mountains combines an experience of golfing and scenic beauty that is unmatched elsewhere. A range of 5 tees on any given hold allows the golf course to be set for both amateur and professional players and creates the needed flexibility that is needed for a great golfing experience.

The Extreme 19th Hole has been dramatically designed. To funnel the ball onto the green far below, the fairway has been seeded with Cynodon grass and contoured. Another unique feature about this 19th hold is that is a living symbol of the African Renaissance and shaped to represent a map of Africa. To protect this unique creation it is protected and surrounded by a large waste bunker. this brilliant golf course was designed with the help of legendary names such as Vijay Singh, Colin Montgomery and Retief Goosen to name but a few. The extreme 19th hold was born from the fertile mind of Graham Cooke and designed by David Riddle. Golfers have the choice of including this challenge of the 19th hold with their normal round of 18 holes or they can do the 19th hole as a unique golfing experience on its own. Whatever the choice, a truly unique golfing experience will follow.