Booysens Reserve Road, Crown Mines, Johannesburg. South Africa is famous for its gold, and Crown Mines Golf Club is built in genuine mining country, just a few kilometres southeast of central Johannesburg. Less than 2 kilometres away from the course is Gold Reef City which boasts among its attractions a 19th-century-style hotel and pub, the biggest roller coaster ride in the country and deep mine shaft open to the public every day.