Pecanwood Golf and Country Club
Pecanwood Golf and Country Club: Jack Nicklaus (1998). Par 72. Pablo Larrazábal won the 2022 MyGolfLife Open here with 266 (−22).
Pecanwood Golf and Country Club: Jack Nicklaus (1998). Par 72. Pablo Larrazábal won the 2022 MyGolfLife Open here with 266 (−22).
Pecanwood Golf and Country Club: Jack Nicklaus (1998). Par 72. Pablo Larrazábal won the 2022 MyGolfLife Open here with 266 (−22).
Updated October 24, 2026
1 edition on the record, by event, newest first.
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Pablo Larrazábal | 266 (−22) | won in a playoff · DP World Tour; Sunshine Tour |
The developers flew Jack Nicklaus to the site by helicopter, wondering why he would put his name to "an undeveloped, neglected tomato farm"; he agreed, and in August 1998 opened the course by playing it alone, addressing a crowd of 2,000 through a lapel microphone. It was the first Jack Nicklaus course in Africa.
Source: Pecanwood Estate history page
Malaysian developer Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew of Country Heights signed the joint-venture agreement on the back of an envelope during a helicopter trip back to Sun City; golf membership was capped at 888 and the estate at 880 houses, numbers chosen as lucky under Malaysian beliefs.
Source: Pecanwood Estate history page
The estate lies on the shores of Hartbeespoort Dam with the Magaliesberg range as a backdrop; the par-3 13th sits on the edge of the water.
Source: SA Top 100 Courses
Pecanwood takes its name from a stand of large pecan trees between the fifth and seventh holes.
Source: SA Top 100 Courses
It was the first South African course to use fairway bunkering as serious hazards, with 4.5 hectares of sand; the 1.5 million cubic metres of earth excavated on the flat site were used to build the estate's peninsulas.
Source: SA Top 100 Courses
When it opened in 1998 Pecanwood was the longest course in South Africa, 60 metres longer than the Gary Player Country Club at Sun City, with a rating of 76 from the back tees.
Source: SA Top 100 Courses
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.
| Year | Event | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | MyGolfLife Open 10–13 March 2022 | Pablo Larrazábal | DP World Tour |
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's tour-course research (profiles, championship history, the tour's visits since 2017, stories, details and course changes, each with its sources). A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. The light in the room is the sun's real position on the last day of a recorded visit.
The routing and ground are drawn from OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). The clubhouse is drawn by GNN from reference photographs; the photographs stay private.
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