The African Expat

If you are a golfer on vacation in South Africa, then you must visit the Vodacom World of Golf in Johannesburg. This is a world class golf facility that encompasses a driving range, a pro shop, a chip and putt course, a bunker practice area, a putting practice green, a fitness room, a restaurant, a bar and wide screen TVs that show the live sports events. You pay the equivalent of about US$16 per visit and you can hit as many balls as you want, you could actually spend the whole day there if you wanted to. You also have access to a number of great golf professionals (at an additional cost) and the facility is situated north of Johannesburg in a suburb called Woodmead that is easily accessible of the main highways of Johannesburg.

It seems that the game of golf has been growing quite rapidly in South Africa over the past few years and even though I visited the World of Golf during the quiet period (Johannesburg is typically quiet from mid-December to mid-January, as most people tend to take their vacation during this period) it was still pretty well attended by golfers keen to improve their golfing skills. I was in Johannesburg, several years ago when this facility was opened and it seems to have expanded its offerings quite substantially that you can even take the whole family there and spend an afternoon with none of the family members complaining about being bored (you obviously have to be a family that has some affinity for golf off course!).