Horizon Hills - West Malaysia - Malaysia

Reputed to have cost $10 million to construct, the course at Horizon Hills Golf & Country Club is the main sporting attraction within a massive 1,200-acre township development from developers Gamuda Land and UEM Sunrise Berhad, debuting in 2008.

Australian architect Ross Watson – who has a number of Malaysian design credits to his name – set out the paspalum fairways and Bermuda greens around an impressive clubhouse complex that features an Olympic-sized pool, tennis courts and fully-equipped gymnasium.

The toughest hole at Horizon Hills comes very early in the round at the left doglegged par five 2nd, where a creek traverses the fairway twice on the way to a green that’s heavily fortified to the front by cross bunkers.

The signature hole arrives at the 130-metre 17th, which plays across water to an island green. A short iron should be enough to reach the putting surface but there’s a rather nasty large bunker at the back to catch those who over club.