Ebotse Links Golf & Country Estate

Designed by Matkovich and Hayes Golf Course Architects, the Ebotse golf course features seven holes on the water and has been built to US PGA specifications with the course playing 6879 meters from the Professional tees. The Ebotse Golf & Country Estate course has been referred to as Peter Matkovich’s ‘little secret’. Since day one Peter Matkovich has said, ‘Ebotse is a wonderful opportunity to create an environmentally sensitive and balanced golf course, combining links, lakeside, and parkland’. The golf course development team moved 2 million square meters of earth to create what will undoubtedly be the most unique golf course to be built in Gauteng. The 40-hectare lake provides the tranquillity and contentment as only a body of water can. The abundance of birds breathe life into the estate every day. There are several aspects that make this golf course remarkable. The first, and most obvious, is its elevation. As a result of the natural terrain, Ebotse Golf & Country Estate has given Peter a unique sculpting gift. ‘With no additional sand required, I am able to simply use what already exists to create spectacular features such as tee shots from a height of 15 to 25 meters. Surrounding Rynfield lake, the golf course will boast a truly unique driving range in a man-made lake. The Estate will have a driving range never experienced by most golfers. Peter’s vision includes the very clever use of what once was a quarry. Dramatically transformed into a driving range, it will include several floating greens and will enable golfers to hit floating balls into the lake.