A golf course in South Africa has shared footage showing a pride of lions inspecting the layout before players arrived for their scheduled tee times.
Skukuza Golf Club titled its Facebook post “Exploring Lions” and stated to followers:
“Imagine starting your morning round with this waiting for you at the third hole. Our greenkeeper captured this pride of lions roaming around last week.”
Skukuza Golf Club, located in Kruger National Park, is billed as “the wildest course in the world.”
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Lions are nocturnal and typically do not interrupt play. But that’s not to say that large and potentially dangerous critters do not present hazards during the day.
Skukuza states on its website: “Since the course is not fenced-in, uninvited spectators are a common sight, hippo, impala, warthog and baboons to mention but a few.”
The nine-hole (18-tee) course, which advertises a “harmonious close-to-nature golfing experience,” celebrated its 50th anniversary last year.