Set close to the city of Kitakyushu, near to where the Onga River empties into the Tsushima Strait, the course at Wakamatsu Golf Club is an Osamu Ueda design, dating back to 1959.
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Set close to the city of Kitakyushu, near to where the Onga River empties into the Tsushima Strait, the course at Wakamatsu Golf Club is an Osamu Ueda design, dating back to 1959.
Wakamatsu
Located near the city of Kitakyusu, close to where the Onga River empties into the Tsushima Strait, the 18-hole layout at Wakamatsu Golf Club is an Osamu Ueda design that dates back to 1959, when the club was founded.
Host venue for the 94th edition of the Japan Amateur Golf Championship in 2009, the course occupies a flat, forested site alongside the coast, with tree-lined fairways – many of which are doglegged – playing to bent grass greens.
The two-tiered green on the par five 6th lies near the sands of the adjacent Iwaya Beach Resort and this is the standout hole on the front nine. The toughest hole on the inward half is the par four 14th, veering sharply left to a long, narrow green.
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