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Selected
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| Windsor
Golf and Country Club |  |
18
holes, Par 72
An
18 hole championship golf course laid around the sprawling 5 star luxury golf
resort. Windsor Golf & Country Club is the only African member of the "
Great Golf Resorts of the World". The course has a sprinkling of water hazards
and bunkers to make it a challenging, yet enjoyable golf course. The lush fairways
are lined by forests where you might even spot the Sykes monkey apart from the
dozens of exotic African bird species.
Access
: 25 kms from City
Centre Length : 6571 yards | |
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| Muthaiga
Golf Course |
18
holes, Par 71
This championship golf course is host to the annual International
Kenya Open Golf Tournament. The course has over the years been played by famous
golfers such as Seve Ballestetos and Vijay Singh. The original nine holes were
laid in 1913 and the course was further extended to eighteen holes in 1926. The
fairways are flowing with medium to quick greens.Tees are well maintained to preserve
their immaculate appearance. The club's course has an international standard with
beautifully landscaped sand bunkers. Greens are irrigated. Muthaiga is noted for
it's very fine greens and fairways, which gives the club a beautiful layout and
one that has many challenges in store for both the regular and the visiting golfers.
Access : 15 kms from City Centre, Nairobi. Length
: 6676 yards. |
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| Sigona
Golf Club |
18
holes, Par 71
Sigona Club was founded around 1938, with its construction
and design by Mr. Berkley-Mathews . The club's eighteen-hole course, offers its
members Kenya's most beautiful fairways. The toughest hole is the seventh and
measures 458 yards for men and 485 for women. One of Sigona's biggest events was
the Kenya Amateur Stroke Play, while its annual championship is the Sigona Bowl,
which is a 54-hole tournament. A very "three dimensional" course with
tees often looking down or up to the greens.
Access : 18 kms from Nairobi.
Length : 6597 yards |
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| Nakuru
Golf Course |  |
18
holes, Par 73
Hailed
as one of the most scenic golf courses in Africa, this championship golf courselaid
on the Menengai Crater Hill, has stunning views of Lake Nakuru, Menegai crater
and the distant Rift Valley escarpments. The course is challenging yet enjoyable
for an average golfer.
Fairways are sometimes unforgivingly narrow and greens
are kept medium to slow - a truly unique course.
Length : 6,802 yards. |
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| Leisure
Lodge Golf Course |
9
Holes / 18 Tees
Located in South Coast, this interesting course is a joy to play. The course includes
challenging water hazards and bunkers and its wide fairways are lined by the characteristic
local unspoilt vegetation. Usually windy in the late afternoon during the tide
winds.
Access : 40 kms from Mombasa International Airport.
Length : 5,833 yards. |
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| Great
Rift Valley Golf Course |
18
holes, Par 71
This
resort course is on a hill set against a backdrop of Lake Naivasha and the extinct
volcano, Mount Longonot. Irrigated Fairways are lush and springy and greens well
maintained. The course, designed by Swede Thomas Fjastadt, snakes through the
natural Lake Naivasha vegetation such as exotic Acacia trees, and also contains
water hazards.
The lodge offers bird walks, mountain biking and horse riding.
Access : 140 kms from Nairobi ( 1 1/2 hours ) Length : 6,580
yards |
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| Mount
Kenya Safari Club |  |
9
holes/ 18 tees, Par 72
This beautiful short course is set at the foot of the snow capped Mount Kenya,
and lined by tall mountain fir trees. Lush and hilly, the course is a series of
interesting par 3 holes on which players may use a range of irons ranging from
a 3 iron to a Pitching Wedge off the tee.
The course is located in the Mount
Kenya Safari Club grounds. Activities at the club also include fishing, horseriding,
swimming and tennis. An animal orphanage is also located in the club grounds. |
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