THE Hills Luxury Golf Estate is bringing Zimbabwean golf into a new era with the opening of its state-of-the-art driving range on March 6, exclusively for members.
This launch marks the first step in reviving one of the country’s most iconic courses, a venue that once hosted golfing giants and now promises to redefine practice for players of all levels.
At the heart of this revival is visionary real estate mogul Ken Sharpe, whose bold investment and commitment to excellence have transformed The Hills into more than just a golf estate — it is a statement of legacy, ambition, and confidence in Zimbabwe’s sporting future.
The estate, once a hub for celebrated golfers across Africa, is being reborn.
Now, under the visionary leadership of WestProp Holdings and the artistry of world-renowned course architect Peter Matkovich, The Hills is being reborn. Matkovich, known for his work on Leopard Rock in Zimbabwe and Arabella in South Africa. Matkovich’s design blends sustainability, aesthetics, and playability, ensuring that The Hills honors its rich heritage while setting a new benchmark for golf in the region.
The Hills has long been part of Zimbabwe’s golfing heritage. Its fairways once welcomed celebrated golfers from across Africa and beyond, becoming a proving ground for champions and a stage for unforgettable performances.
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The course’s revival is not simply about restoring turf and tees - it is about reigniting the spirit of excellence and competition that defined Zimbabwean golf for decades.
Matkovich’s involvement ensures that The Hills will honor its past while setting new benchmarks for the future.
Located in the lifestyle corner of The Hills Estate, with easy access off Sherwood Drive, the new driving range is far more than a warm-up ground.
Stretching an extraordinary 320 metres in length and over 150 metres wide, it is the largest driving range in Zimbabwe, offering scale, realism and strategy rarely seen anywhere in the region.
Some of the standout features of the new driving range include expansive teeing areas covering more than 7 000 square metres, designed with a natural flow that gives players freedom and variety in their practice.
The range also boasts eight sculpted target greens, each carefully seeded with premium rye grass to replicate the feel and response of true championship conditions.
Guided by Matkovich’s design philosophy, every shot offers golfers immediate context, distance, shape and consequence, so that practice feels as authentic and purposeful as playing the course itself.
Later this year, the range will introduce Zimbabwe’s first fully integrated shot-tracking bays, powered by INRANGE radar technology.
These bays will combine real-time data, virtual course play, skills challenges, and social competition, all anchored by a purpose-built driving range clubhouse designed for both performance and leisure.
As one coaching maxim puts it, “The best form of practice is to play the course.”
At The Hills driving range, that philosophy comes to life. Every element, scale, targets, sightlines, and technology, has been crafted to feel like golf as it is meant to be played.
The Hills has hosted some of Africa’s finest golfers, serving as a stage where talent met tradition. Its revival is a promise to future generations: that Zimbabwe will once again have a course where legends are made, and where the game’s spirit thrives.