South Africa By The Golf Planet Holidays Team · Golf-travel specialists since 1981 · Published 13 June 2026 At a glance Can I go on a golf holiday on my own? Yes, you can go on a golf holiday on your own. We either place you on a hosted group departure so you play in […]
Plenty of golfers want to play abroad but do not have a fixed fourball ready to go. You might be a single golfer looking for company on the tee, a society secretary herding twenty players, or two friends wanting the donkey work taken off your hands. This is the part of the trade where the arranging matters more than the brochure. Below is how solo golf holidays and escorted golf tours actually work with us, where solo players and groups tend to go, and what it costs. We run a small number of set-departure escorted tours alongside tailor-made trips we build around you, so the honest answer to most questions here is “yes, and here is how”.
What an escorted golf holiday actually is, and why solo golfers and societies use it
An escorted golf tour is a trip where the schedule is set for you and someone runs the show on the ground. Tee times are booked, transfers are arranged, and on a hosted departure there is a group of golfers already going on those dates. You turn up, you play, you eat, you compare scorecards over a drink. The logistics are not your problem.
That structure solves two specific things. For a single golfer it removes the awkward question of who you play with, because the group is the answer. For a society or a group of friends it removes the months of email tennis that usually sink these plans, because the organiser deals with one person instead of forty. The trade-off worth naming up front: a set-departure tour runs on its own dates and its own course list, so if you want a particular week or a particular track, a tailor-made trip will fit you better. Both options live under the same roof here, so the choice is yours rather than ours.
Our escorted tour: the Western Cape Spring Tour in South Africa
Our current set-departure escorted tour is the Western Cape Spring Tour (28 Feb to 9 March), a hosted golf trip through one of the best value golf regions anywhere. South Africa in early spring gives you firm fairways, big skies and exchange rates that make the whole thing feel generous. You travel with a group, the courses and transfers are sorted, and a host is on hand throughout.
We keep the escorted side deliberately small rather than running a long list of departures we cannot personally stand behind. If South Africa appeals but those dates do not suit, the hosted golf in South Africa page is the place to start, and you can see the wider picture on all hosted group tours. Flights to South Africa are an ATOL-protected add-on we can arrange for you where you want them; they are never baked into a headline price.
Where our specialists would stay in South Africa
Solo and single golfers: rooms and joining a group
Yes, you can absolutely go on a golf holiday on your own. We arrange single golf holidays two ways. We can place you on our hosted group departure in South Africa, so you arrive solo but play in company from the first tee. Or we build a tailor-made trip around you, your handicap and the courses you fancy, with us doing the booking.
On rooms, here is the straight version. Travelling alone usually means a single room, and a single room costs more per person than sharing a twin. We will not pretend otherwise and we will not promise no single supplement. What we will do is shop the rate, use resorts that price singles fairly, and keep the single-room cost as low as we honestly can. If you would happily share to cut the cost, say so and we will see whether the group has a sensible pairing. The point of a solo golf holiday is that the company comes built in; the room is just a line on the quote, and a line we work hard to keep down.
Golf society and group trips, organiser handled
Society trips fall over for one reason: the admin lands on one volunteer who already has a day job. We take that off your plate. As organiser you deal with one contact, get one itinerary and one set of prices, and we handle the rooming list, the tee sheet, the transfers and the inevitable late changes when someone’s wife books a wedding.
Group golf trips abroad work best with a bit of structure, so if you want to run your own order of merit, a Stableford or a relaxed roll-up, we will slot the tee times and running order to suit. Rooming is flexible: twins, singles for those who want them, the odd triple if the group skews that way. Deposits and balances can be split per player rather than dumped on the organiser’s card. None of this is a fixed package; it is a tailor-made trip shaped around how your group actually plays.
Where solo golfers and groups go tailor-made
These are tailor-made trips, not escorted departures. Our only set-departure escorted tour at the moment is in South Africa. Anywhere else, including the resorts below, we build the trip around you and your group rather than running a fixed group departure.
Three regions do the heavy lifting for groups and solo players, for the same reasons: lots of golf within a short drive, strong value, and logistics that do not fight you.
The Algarve is the default for good reason, with courses stacked along one coast. Try Morgado Golf & Country Club, Portimao (7 nights from
Mainland Spain offers the same density a little cheaper. Montecastillo Resort Hotel, Jerez (7 nights from
Belek in Turkey is the one for big groups who want everything in one resort. Sueno Golf Hotel (7 nights from
How it works and what it costs
Tell us who is going, roughly when, and how much golf you want. We come back with a tailor-made quote: hotel, green fees and transfers built up from real rates, not a fixed price plucked from a brochure. Our prices are ground-only, so flights are an ATOL-protected add-on we arrange separately where you want them.
The palette above gives you a feel for the numbers. Seven nights with golf starts around
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What our golfers say
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Frequently asked questions
What are solo golf holidays and how do they work?
Solo golf holidays are trips arranged for a single golfer travelling without a fourball. We either add you to a hosted group departure so the company comes built in, or build a tailor-made trip around you. Either way we book the golf, hotel and transfers; flights are an ATOL-protected add-on we arrange where you want them.
Do you offer singles golf holidays for golfers travelling alone?
Yes. Singles golf holidays are a core part of what we do. The simplest route is joining a hosted group departure, but if you would rather pick your own dates and courses we will build a tailor-made trip and handle every booking for you.
Is there a single room supplement on a solo golf holiday?
Travelling alone usually means a single room, which costs more per person than sharing, so there is normally a single-room difference. We will not promise no single supplement, but we shop the rate, favour resorts that price singles fairly, and keep that cost as low as we honestly can. If you are open to sharing, tell us and we will look for a pairing.
What are your escorted golf tours and how many do you run?
We run a small number of set-departure escorted golf tours rather than a big catalogue. Our current one is the Western Cape Spring Tour in South Africa, with a host on the ground and the schedule, transfers and golf arranged for the dates. Alongside that we build tailor-made escorted-style trips to any destination.
Can you organise golf society trips abroad?
Yes. We run golf society trips abroad with the organiser fully handled: one contact, one itinerary, one set of prices, and we manage the rooming list, tee sheet, transfers and late changes. If your group runs its own order of merit or Stableford we will arrange the tee times to suit, and we can split deposits across players.
Where do solo golfers and groups tend to go?
The Algarve, mainland Spain and Belek in Turkey are the usual picks, because each offers lots of golf within a short drive, strong value and easy logistics. Seven nights with golf starts around
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Wherever you're travelling from, you're welcome on a Golf Planet hosted tour — a small group, a host with you from the first tee to the last, and every round, transfer and dinner taken care of. You just bring the clubs.
