Ron Fream of Golfplan designed the course at Sandpine Golf Club, where the tree-lined fairways occupy sandy-soiled, undulating terrain outside the city of Gangneung, home to the indoor events at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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Ron Fream of Golfplan designed the course at Sandpine Golf Club, where the tree-lined fairways occupy sandy-soiled, undulating terrain outside the city of Gangneung, home to the indoor events at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Sandpine
Ron Fream of Golfplan designed the course at Sandpine Golf Club, where the tree-lined fairways occupy sandy-soiled, undulating terrain just outside the city of Gangneung, home to the indoor events at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Opened for play in 2007, the course is set within a beautiful coastal pine forest, with the trees protecting golfers from the prevailing East Sea breezes. Extending to just over 7,000 yards from the back markers, the layout plays to a par of 72 from five tee positions.
Feature holes include water-laden par fours at the 6th and 7th and a terrific closing sequence that starts with the right doglegged par five 16th and ends with the uphill par four 18th, with the home green perched above an enormous protecting bunker.