Serengeti golf course won the Golf Digest award for the best new golf course in 2010, and after my lightning experience in December I did not return until a recent Sunday. Serengeti is one of the courses to have essentially chased away the caddies, which means you have nobody to help spot your ball, or indeed rake your bunker, and that is probably the only negative I could find about the course.

The greens are wonderful and although bumpy and tricky, the roll beautifully and you can trust the line that you hit the ball on. It is a visual treat, and it is one of the few estates where building still seems to be going on, and it seems to be commercial success. The clubhouse is splendid, very impressive and the breakfast I had there would put to shame most golf courses. I also like their scorecard which allows you to see what the score was for the first 9. It is of course a Jack Nicklaus signature golf course and while it is a bit out of the way, it has certainly ready access to the highway and to OR Tambo Airport.