Golf's history in China spans merely decades, yet the world's fourth-largest country now hosts approximately 300 courses with some of Asia's finest championship layouts. Despite the sport remaining exclusive with membership fees amongst the world's highest, this has fostered the development of exceptional facilities. Mission Hills represents golf on an extraordinary scale—216 holes across twelve courses designed by legends including Faldo, Norman, Els, and Nicklaus.
All Areas, China
Constructed in a manner unlike anything that’s been built before in China, the Shanqin Bay golf course just might become the benchmark for those still to come... assuming the authorities do not commandeer the fairways.
All Areas, China
Set out across reclaimed land on Chongming Island in the estuary of the mighty Yangtze River, the 2011 Jack Nicklaus-designed Links layout at Lanhai International Golf Resort was completely re-built by Ogilvie, Clayton, Cocking and Mead in 2018 creating Yangtze Dunes.
For what is ostensibly a resort layout, the Lake golf course at Spring City, Kunming, is a tough test. No hole could be described as easy.
Located on the south side of Hainan Island, a mere 60 minutes by high speed train from Haikou, the 36-hole Dunes at Shenzhou Peninsula golf complex was designed by Tom Weiskopf and his associate Phil Smith.
Sheshan International Golf Club is the epitome of Shanghai and it’s an intoxicating blend of Chinese tradition and international modernity.
Venue for the Omega Mission Hills World Cup in 2011, the Blackstone course on Hainan Island covers 350 acres of a rugged landscape that’s dominated by lava rock, lakes and wetlands.
Opened in 2009, the park-like layout at Topwin Golf & Country Club was designed by Ian Woosnam and it’s located in a tranquil rural idyll to the north of Beijing near the feet of the Great Wall of China,
Located next to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, on the estuary where the mighty Yangtze River empties into the South China Sea, Dongzhuang Beach Golf Club presents its members with two contrasting 18-hole layouts.
The private Jack Nicklaus Signature course at Shanghai Links Golf & Country Club is laid out within a large residential site close to where the mighty Yangtze River empties into the East China Sea.
The course at Nicklaus Club Beijing was unveiled in 2014, after the Golden Bear’s design company worked with Flagstick Construction Management to complete a two-year renovation project to entirely rebuild the original 18-hole layout.
