A look inside Gary Player’s R50 million Karoo home up for sale

Golfing legend Gary Player is selling his Karoo stud farm, Rietfontein, for R50 million, having owned the property for the past 44 years.

The five-bedroom 1,431Ha farm in Colesberg is being sold by Chas Everitt International.

Designed by architect Philip Watermeyer, the master-built homestead pays tribute to the traditions of Karoo building, with interiors by top designer Michele Throssell, the property agency said.

Outdoors includes a long lap pool; tennis court, enclosed hillside braai area with a hot-tub; a private chapel; two guest flats and a three-bedroom, two-bathroom guesthouse with its own pool and entertainment area.

The property also includes a Gary Player-designed private golf course.

In the business section of the farm, there are 46 stables, eight of them in a special foaling barn; 14 staff houses; tack, equipment and feed storage sheds; two offices and a veterinary treatment room.

Grazing and exercise areas include 14 post-and-rail paddocks, several fenced camps and an enclosed oval race-track of about 3000m. The farm also has its own fenced game reserve.

Interior features include a basement wine cellar; a modern kitchen with separate pantry, walk-in cold room, an upstairs library, and a gym.

Player accumulated nine major championships over his career, and captained the first ever South African golf team to take part in the Olympics, in Rio earlier this year.

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