Mount Kinabalu

Set out 5,000 feet above sea level on the Pinosuk Plateau, the course at Mount Kinabalu Golf Club is a mid-1990s Robert Muir Graves layout that somehow defies gravity to cling onto the lower slopes of the highest mountain in Malaysia.

The following edited extract is from 150 Golf Courses You Need To Visit Before You Die by Stefanie Waldek:

“Mount Kinabalu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located on the island of Borneo. Amid all the biodiversity found on its flanks, there’s actually a golf club up there. The club’s most famous hole is the 14th, where golfers must make a shot over a deep ravine to the cliffside green.

In the early morning, the course tends to be shrouded in mist, creating the sensation that you’re playing in the clouds. In fact, at an elevation of 5,000 feet, you are!”