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Awarded Golf Courses

With over 350 golf courses developed worldwide, Gary Player Design courses receive many accolades from all corners of the globe.

Astoria Golf Resort

Golf Digest (2005)
- Best Golf Course in Czech Republic

Baytree National Golf Links

Travel & Leisure Golf Magazine (2005)
- Top 10 Best International Courses

Beachwood at Durban Country Club

Golf Digest (2009)
- Top 100 Golf Courses outside of the United States (#72)

Golf Magazine (2007)
- Top 100 Courses in the World

BlackSeaRama

Golf Inc. Magazine (2010, 2009)
- International Development of the Year

Golf Inc. Magazine (2009)
- Best New Golf Course in the World

Blair Atholl

Golf Digest (South Africa) (2011)
- Top 100 Courses in South Africa (#6)

Golf Digest (South Africa) (2011)
- Best Conditioned Courses: Top 25 Inland Region Courses (#4)

Compleat Golfer (South Africa) (2011)
- 5-Star Rating

Compleat Golfer (South Africa) (2008)
- Top 10 Courses in South Africa (#2)
- Environmental Awareness Award
- Five-Star Golf Experience Award

Golf Digest (South Africa) (2008)
- Best New Golf Course

International Property Awards (2007)
- Best Golf Development in South Africa

Brandermill Country Club

- Top 10 Course in Virginia 1986 and 1990

Bushman Sands

The World Travel Awards (2005, 2004)
- World’s Leading Responsible Tourism Project

British Guild of Travel Writers (2004)
- World’s Best Overseas Travel Project

Cities & Villages (2004)
- Skal International Ecotourism Award

Champions Retreat

Rolex World's Top 1000 Courses (2010)
- One of the Best Clubs in the World

Golf Digest (2006)
- Best New Private Club in America (#4)
- Best Course in the State of Georgia (#6)

Cougar Point

Golf Digest (2010)
- 4-Star Rating "Best Places to Play" guide

Golf Digest (2009)
- Green Star Environmental Award

Golf Magazine (2008)
- Green Golf Environmental Award

Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary

Crown Mines Golf Club

Golf Digest (South Africa) (2011)
- South Africa's 100 Greatest Golf Courses (#90)

Dainfern

Golf Digest (South Africa) (2011)
- South Africa's 100 Greatest Golf Courses (#71)

Erinvale Golf Estate

Compleat Golfer (South Africa) (2007-2011)
- 5-Star Golf Rating

Golf Digest (South Africa) (2011)
- Best Conditioned Courses: Top 25 Coastal Region Courses (#12)

Golf Digest (South Africa) (2011)
- Top 100 Courses in South Africa (#23)

Fish River Sun

Golf Digest (South Africa) (2011)
- Top 100 Courses in South Africa (#36)

Floridian

Golf Digest (1996-1997)
- Top Ten New Private Course

Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary

Gary Player Country Club

Golf Digest (South Africa) (2011)
- Top 100 Courses in South Africa (#4)

Golf Digest (South Africa) (2011)
- Best Conditioned Courses: Top 25 Inland Region Courses (#2)

Compleat Golfer (South Africa) (2011)
- 5-Star Rating

Golf Digest (South Africa) (2009)
- Top 100 Golf Courses outside of the United States (#54)

Compleat Golfer (South Africa) (2008)
- Top 10 Courses in South Africa (#1)

Geneva National Golf Club

Golf Week (2010)
- Best Course You Can Play

Goose Valley Golf Estate

Golf Digest (South Africa) (2011)
- South Africa's 100 Greatest Golf Courses (#66)

Golf Digest (2005)
- Top 100 Courses (#52)

Graceland

Golf Digest (South Africa) (2011)
- South Africa's 100 Greatest Golf Courses (#97)

Hidden Tiger Golf Club

Golf Digest (China) (2010 / 2011)
- Top 10 New Golf Courses in China (#3)

Kau Sai Chau, North

Asia Pacific Golf Development Summit, Environment Awards (2008)
- Best Environmental and Socially Responsible Golf Course

Asian Golf Monthly (2005, 2002, 2001)
- Best Course in Hong Kong

Golf Environmental Organization (GEO) Certified

Kau Sai Chau, South

Asia Pacific Golf Development Summit, Environment Awards (2008)
- Best Environmental and Socially Responsible Golf Course

Asian Golf Monthly (2005)
- Top 10 Golf Course in Hong Kong

Kranji Sanctuary Golf Course

IGOLF/ Asian Golf Monthly (2008)
- Environmental Leaders in Golf Awards (ELGA): Merit Award

IGOLF (2008)
- Laureate Course Award

Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary

Langebaan Country Estate

Golf Digest (South Africa) (2011)
- Soputh Africa's 100 Greatest Golf Courses (#93)

Leopard Creek

Golf Digest (South Africa) (2011)
- Best Conditioned Courses: Top 25 Inland Region Courses (#1)

Golf Digest (South Africa) (2011)
- Top 100 Courses in South Africa (#2)

Compleat Golfer (South Africa) (2011)
- 5-Star Rating

Golf Digest (South Africa) (2005-2010)
- Top 100 Courses in South Africa (#1)

Golf Digest (South Africa) (2009)
- Top 100 Golf Courses outside of the United States (#49)

Telegraph (UK) (2008)
- The World's Top 10 Golf Courses (#4)

Compleat Golfer (2008)
- Top Ten Courses in South Africa (#4)

Lost City Country Club

Golf Digest (South Africa) (2011)
- South Africa's 100 Greatest Golf Courses (#21)

Manhattan Woods Golf Club

Golf Digest (2008)
- 100 Greatest Courses: Best in State (#21)

Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary

Mission Hills North

Golf Digest (2002)
- 4 1/2-Star Rating "Best Places to Play" guide

Desert Golf (2001)
- Top 10 Resort Courses in Coachella Valley

Golf Digest (2001, 2000)
- 4 1/2-Star Rating "The 201 Best Places to Play" guide

Golf Digest (2000)
- 50 Greatest Golf Destinations Palm Springs / Palm Desert

Golf Magazine (1999, 1998)
- Silver Medalist Award

Modry Las

Golfmedia.pl (Poland) (2010)
- voted "Favorite Golf Course in Poland"

Golf World Magazine (2009)
- Top 100 European Golf Courses (#82)

Polishgolf.pl (2009)
- awarded "Best Golf Course in Poland"

Montagu at Fancourt

Golf Journal (Germany)
- Top 20 International Golf Courses (#18)

Nanjing Zhongshan International Sports Park

Golf Digest (2006)
- Top 10 Most Potential Golf Courses in China

Olde York Country Club

Golf Digest (2006, 2005)
- Best In State

Palmas Del Mar Resort

Golfweek (2009)
- Best Caribbean Courses (#25)

Ria Bintan Golf Resort

Asian Golf Monthly (2011)
- Best Course in Indonesia (#2)
- Best Course in Asia Pacific (#5)

Asian Golf Monthly (2010, 2004-2008)
- Best Course in Indonesia (#1)

Asian Golf Monthly (2009)
- Best Course in Indonesia (#2)
- Best Maintained Course in Asia Pacific (#2)

Asian Golf Monthly (2008)
- Best Course in Asia (#1)

Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary

Roodepoort Country Club

Golf Digest (South Africa) (2011)
- South Africa's 100 Greatest Golf Courses (#45)

Saadiyat Beach Golf Club

Asian Golf Monthly (2011)
- Best Course in Middle East

Asian Golf Monthly (2010)
- Best New Course in Asia Pacific

CNBC Arabian Commercial Property Awards (2010)
- Best Golf Course Middle East and Africa

CNBC Arabian Commercial Property Awards (2009)
- Best Golf Course Abu Dhabi

Certified for Environmental Planning with Audubon

Steele Canyon Golf Club

Golf Digest (2008 / 2009)
- Rated 4 1/2-Stars "Best Places to Play" guide

Sterling Ridge at The Woodlands

Houston Sports News
- Top 20 Private Courses (#6)

Dallas Morning News
- Top 25 Private Courses in the State of Texas

North Houston Association (2004)
- Environmental Impact Award

Suzhou Jinji Lake International Golf Club

Asian Golf Monthly (2011)
- Best Course in China (including Hong Kong and Macau) (#4)

Asian Golf Monthly (2011)
- Best Maintained Course in Asia Pacific (#3)

China Golf (2011, 2010)
- Best Member Socializing Golf Club in China

China Golf (2010)
- Best Conditioned Golf Course in China
- China's Best Business Golf Club

Golf Vacation (2010)
- Top 10 Most Outstanding Golf Courses

Golf Weekly (2010)
- Top Club in Jiangsu Province

The Course of the Year, organized by Golf Punk & Golf on Life (2009)
- The Best Golf Club (Top 10) in China

China Golf (2009)
- Best Commercial Golf Club

China Golf (2009, 2008)
- Best Club Service Golf Club

The Course of the Year, organized by Golf Punk, Golf on Life & Focus Media (2008)
- The Best Golf Club (Top 10) in China

Golf Environmental Organization (GEO) Certified

The Cascades at Soma Bay

Golf Journal (Germany) Travel Awards (2008-2010)
- voted "#1 Golf Course in the World outside of Europe"

The Links at Fancourt

Golf World (Europe) (2011)
- World's Top 100 Courses (#64)

Golf Digest (South Africa) (2011)
- Top 100 Courses in South Africa (#3)

GolfPunk Awards (2005)
- Worldwide Resort of the Year

Golf Digest (2009)
-Top 100 Golf Courses outside of the United States (#67)

Compleat Golfer
- 5-Star Golf Experience Award

The Raven Golf Club

Golf Week Magazine (2010)
- Best Courses You Can Play

Golf Week Magazine (2010, 2009)
- Top Courses in the State of West Virginia (#2)

Golf Digest (2009, 2008)
- 4 1/2-Star Rating "Best Places to Play" guide

Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary

The Wolverine at Grand Traverse Resort

Golf Digest (2009 / 2010)
- 75 Best Golf Resorts in North America (#48)

TPC at Jasna Polana

Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) / Golf Digest (2010)
- Environmental Leaders in Golf National Award for Private Clubs

GCSAA / Golf Digest (2005-2009)
- Environmental Leaders in Golf Chapter Award

Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary