Leeuwkop Golf Club

Overview: Leeuwkop Golf Club is a parkland course in the Sunninghill and northern Johannesburg corridor. The municipal course directory lists 18 holes, par 72 and about 6,362 metres, with the layout moving through open Highveld ground and tree-lined sections rather than a resort landscape. Its position makes it a practical choice for golfers who want a complete Johannesburg round without travelling far from the northern suburbs.

History: Leeuwkop was officially opened on 23 March 1990. City records credit the design to Lieutenant-General Koos van Zyl and the construction to Swannie Swanevelder. That is a useful distinction because the club’s origin is tied to a specific public project and opening date, not to a much older private club that later moved to the current site.

Did You Know? The course was conceived as a civic project rather than as a private residential club. That intention remains part of Leeuwkop’s Johannesburg identity, because the layout gives ordinary golfers a full parkland round inside the northern suburbs instead of requiring a private-club arrangement or a long journey out of the city.