Plan your visit
Tickets to the public will be available from the gate or from www.ticketpro.co.za before the event.
Pensioners (over 65) and children under the age of 16 free entrance.
Public parking will be available on the Leopard Creek Estate. The entrance ticket automatically qualifies you to parking on the estate. Please follow directional signage to the parking areas.
2020 Prices and Tickets available to buy from June 2020
Please note, courtesy to fellow spectators and players is a given and for the security of all, bag searches will be in operation during the Championship.
Travel
Air Travel
If you are flying into South Africa from any international destination, you need to fly to O.R. Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg). From O.R. Tambo International Airport you need to arrange a domestic flight to Nelspruit.
The airport in Nelspruit is called Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (KMI Airport). There are no direct international flights into Nelspruit (KMI Airport). You are responsible to make your own air travel arrangements to and from the venue. When making your booking please advise the airline that you will be travelling with golf bags, as the planes are small and there is limited weight allowance.
Airport codes:
JNB – O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg
MQP – KMI Airport, Nelspruit
Your airline carrier choices are:
Airlink – flyairlink.com
Kulula – kulula.com
British Airways – britishairways.com
Road Travel
Leopard Creek Country Club is a 4.5 hour drive from Johannesburg and about 63 km (or 45 minutes) from KMI Airport, Nelspruit.
Should you wish to hire a car, all the international car rental agents are located at O.R. Tambo International airport and bookings can be made online. Should you be flying to KMI Airport, once again a large number of the international car rental companies are on site.
AVIS Car Rental – Player Special Offer:
It is important to hire a car that has an air-conditioner due to the excessive heat. The cheapest car option with an air-conditioner is a B-category car.
Please note: that there is an Alfred Dunhill Championship Courtesy vehicle service available for professional golfers only.
Should you require any travel assistance please contact:
Ms Amanda du Preez
Mobile: + 27 (0)82 857 2806
E-mail: amanda@adptravel.co.za
Direction from OR Tambo International Airport to Leopard Creek
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Accommodation
To book accommodation, please contact:
Ms Amanda du Preez
Mobile: + 27 (0)82 857 2806
E-mail: amanda@adptravel.co.za
BMW Courtesy Vehicle Services
All shuttles and courtesy vehicles trips from KMIA to Leopard Creek and the various tournament accommodations can be booked with:
Melanie Webb
083 389 4356
E-mail: accounts@sassolutions.co.za
Kruger National Park
Trips and arranged game drives to Kruger National Park
Where nearly 2 million hectares of unrivalled diversity of life forms fuses with historical and archaeological sights – this is real Africa.
The world-renowned Kruger National Park offers a wildlife experience that ranks with the best in Africa. Established in 1898 to protect the wildlife of the South African Lowveld, this national park of nearly 2 million hectares, SANParks – Kruger National Park is unrivalled in the diversity of its life forms and a world leader in advanced environmental management techniques and policies.
Truly the flagship of the South African National Parks, Kruger is home to an impressive number of species: 336 trees, 49 fish, 34 amphibians, 114 reptiles, 507 birds and 147 mammals. Man’s interaction with the Lowveld environment over many centuries – from bushman rock paintings to majestic archaeological sites like Masorini and Thulamela – is very evident in the Kruger National Park. These treasures represent the cultures, persons and events that played a role in the history of the Kruger National Park and are conserved along with the park’s natural assets.
Visit krugerpark.com for more information.
Visitor Information
Public catering
Public catering will be available during the tournament. A variety of meals, drinks and snacks will be available.
Medical assistance
Medical Assistance are on site for the duration of the tournament. Medical Services are located in the Tournament village.
Heat Precautions
Due to the extreme heat at this time of the year, dehydration is a big risk therefore all precautions need to be taken to consume liquids whilst on the golf course.
Sun block
Please ensure you make take the necessary sun protection precautions.
Snakes
Please note that there are a large variety of snakes on the property and that the necessary care and caution must be taken.
Unauthorized selling of merchandise or products at the event
Please note that the unauthorized selling of merchandise or other product on the Leopard Creek estate during the tournament week is strictly prohibited.
Malaria
Malaria is a concern in the Lowveld of Mpumalanga (includes the Leopard Creek Country Club).
Please consult a health-care professional for the latest advice on malaria prophylaxis as it changes regularly.
Protection:
To protect yourself, always use mosquito repellent (even during the day) wear light, long sleeved shirts, long pants and shoes and socks at night, and sleep under a net or in a mosquito-proof room. Mosquitos also do not like the cold so leave your airconditioner on in your room. Even if you are taking oral malaria prophylactic, you can still get malaria if you are bitten by an infected anopheles mosquito, so a good repellent is your easiest and most effective precaution.
Taking malaria prophylactics:
If you do decide to take malaria prophylaxis, it is essential to take the drugs according to the directions on the package insert. You need to start a week or two before entering the malaria-endemic area and it is also essential that you continue to take the drugs for four weeks after leaving the malaria risk area. Please consult your physician or a registered health-care professional about the possible side-effects of the drugs.
Precautions:
If you are pregnant it is advisable to avoid malaria areas but you can still have a great holiday (including some excellent game viewing) without setting a foot in a malaria-endemic area. Some medical conditions are contra-indications for malaria prophylactic drugs, so consult your regular doctor if you have any pre-existing conditions.
Important:
It is important to note that a person may still contract malaria even though all precautionary measures have been taken. If any flu-like symptoms namely, headache, fever, muscular and joint pains, sweating, shivering attacks, nausea, diarrhoea and fatigue occur after a visit to a malaria risk area (and for up to six months there-after) consult a doctor immediately and advise the doctor of your visit to the malaria area in order to ensure that malaria is diagnosed and treated in time. Malaria attacks can occur up to six months after leaving a malaria area.
Water on Course
The Alfred Dunhill Championship has partnered with Bluewater to set the sustainability standard by being the first golf tournament in Africa to promote the reduction of single use plastic at golf tournaments. Please bring your own container from home or purchase a re-useable water bottle at the tournament village.
Recycling Programme
The Alfred Dunhill Championship will sort and recycle all waste at/during the tournament. We request that all guests make use of the recycling bins on and off the course for any recyclable products.
Dress Code
You are kindly requested to comply with the club's dress code. Leopard Creek Country Club is proud of its standard and every effort is made to ensure that it is upheld. Management and employees have both the responsibility and authority to interpret inappropriate wear and to ensure that standards are maintained.
On Course:
Headwear: Traditional golf hats or peak caps. Caps to be worn with the peak forward.
Shirts: Traditional collared or crew neck golf shirts, and always tucked into trousers.
Trousers: Traditional long or short golf trousers with belt or clasp. Formal three-quarter length golf trousers may be worn. No jeans cut or cargo pants – i.e. outside pockets.
Socks: Short socks and anklets must be predominantly white.
Shoes: Only closed heel golf shoes with soft spikes are permitted.
Off Course:
Headwear: Hats and caps may not be worn in the bar, dining room and lounges.
Shirts: Regular collared shirts or crew neck shirts or tailored shirts may be worn over trousers. Tailored waist length ladies golf shirts need to be tucked in. Sleeveless golf shirts may also be worn.
Trousers: Traditional long or short tailored trousers or unfaded and untorn jeans. Long trousers are required in the bar, dining room and lounge after 19h00.
Shoes: Casual shoes with closed heels may be worn without socks, sandals; Flip flops and crocs are not permitted.
Liability
Anyone who enters the golf course does so at his/her own risk and thereby indemnifies and holds harmless the club and/or management, sponsors, promoters, and contractors against all or any possible loss and costs, including damage to property, person or injury that may be incurred or sustained howsoever arising.