In Klerksdorp, Rio spoils golfers with a choice of three fine local courses. The 46th ranked championship course at the Orkney Golf Course present a good test; it is a tree-linked parkland course with many holes running parrallel to the Vaal River, with additional water features and 31 bunkers in all.

Also nearby, and well worth a round or more, is the course at the Stilfontein Golf Club at Eagle's Creek Golf and Nature Reserve, offering a stunning setting, and the historic course at the Klerksdorp Golf Club.