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St Francis Links is an 18-hole, par-72 Jack Nicklaus Signature course at St Francis Bay in South Africa's Eastern Cape. Nicklaus Design records the course as opening in 2006. The routing occupies naturally sandy coastal ground and was conceived in the tradition of links golf, with exposed wind, dune-like contours and indigenous vegetation influencing play.
St Francis Links is a separate facility from the older St Francis Bay Golf Club nearby. The course has become a professional tournament venue, including hosting the South African PGA Championship and DP World Tour's SDC Championship. Practice facilities include a 280-metre driving range with 20 bays, bunkers and target areas, plus a putting and chipping area exceeding 1,000 square metres.
The course is an 18-hole links golf course. Designed by Jack Nicklaus, the course originally opened in 2006. It is open to the public. On-site facilities include Driving range, Putting green, Chipping area, Practice bunkers, Pro shop, Club fitting, Golf instruction, Restaurant, and 3 more.
St Francis Links was created as the golf centrepiece of a residential estate at St Francis Bay. Jack Nicklaus and his design organisation were commissioned to create a Signature course on the sandy coastal property.
Nicklaus Design explicitly relates the property to traditional links land: exposed, sandy ground between the coast and more productive inland terrain. The routing uses wind, natural contours and indigenous vegetation as core strategic elements rather than attempting to reproduce a conventional tree-lined parkland course.
The course opened in 2006 and developed alongside the surrounding residential estate. Golf infrastructure expanded around the course with a substantial practice range, short-game facilities, clubhouse, pro shop and hospitality operation.
St Francis Links has regularly appeared near the top of South African course rankings and has become a professional championship venue. It has hosted the South African PGA Championship and the DP World Tour's SDC Championship.
The course remains a Jack Nicklaus Signature layout with visitor tee-time booking, on-site accommodation, practice facilities and a full clubhouse operation.
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