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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Sheshan International Golf Club is the epitome of Shanghai and it’s an intoxicating blend of Chinese tradition and international modernity.

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The Jack Nicklaus designed Mountain golf course at Spring City in China kept a little closer to the resort brief and is consequently a more forgiving course compared with Trent Jones Jnr's design slightly lower down the hill.

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The West course at the Dunes at Shenzhou Peninsula opened first in 2010, two years ahead of the East, and both were constructed such that a composite course can easily be configured for future tournament play.

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The Jian Lake Blue Bay golf course, located on Hainan Island and fashioned by Mark Hollinger of JMP Golf Design, debuted in 2012, seven years after its older sibling opened on the Chinese mainland at Shaoxing.

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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.

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The course at Weihai Point Golf Resort is laid out on top of a narrow peninsula that juts out one and a half miles into the Yellow Sea…

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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.

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Set to the northwest of Beijing, the 54-hole Reignwood Pine Valley Golf Club is China’s first invitation-only club and the Golden Bear layout is one of the Nicklaus-designed courses available to an exclusive membership.

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The 18-hole layout at Shanghai Qizhong Garden Golf Club is a Dana Fry collaboration with local designer Jun Lu which opened for member play in 2013.

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With fairways characterised by large waste bunkers, the Lava Fields course at Mission Hills can be stretched to a mammoth 7,475 yards from the championship tees...

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Neil Haworth redesigned the original 18-hole layout at Genzon Golf Club in 2008, creating two new 18-hole tracks, uninspiringly named A and B. Six years later, the A course hosted the Volvo China Open, an event won by France’s Alexander Lévy.

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Mission Hills just gets bigger. Now with 216 golf holes, choice is no problem. The Norman course was the 10th layout to open at what is now the largest golf complex in the world.

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The Mountain and Lake nines at the 27-hole Nanjing Zhongshan International Golf Club hosted the second edition of the Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014...

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An RTJ II design, which debuted at the dawn of the new millennium, Yalong Bay Golf Club was one of the earliest layouts to open on the tropical island of Hainan and it’s China’s most southerly golf course.

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In 2010, the 18-hole South Lake course at Lake Malaren Golf Club was redesigned by Nicklaus Design to form the new Masters layout. The course then hosted the first of five editions of the BMW Masters in 2011.

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Opened in 2008 and fashioned by Steve Nicklaus of Nicklaus Design, Shadow Creek is part of a residential project that has been developed by New World China Land Group in the Tianzhu Shun Yi district of Beijing.

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Located just south of the Great Wall at Badaling, the 27-hole Nicklaus course opened in 2006 as part of an impressive 54-hole facility at Reignwood Pine Valley Golf Club.

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Situated less than an hour’s drive from Guangzhou, Southern China’s largest city, the Lion Lake Country Club is the first upscale resort to be established in the Pearl River Delta region of the country...

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Located on reclaimed land on Chongming Island in the Yangtze River estuary, the Forest course (originally called the Woodland course) at the Lanhai International Golf Resort is one of two 18-hole layouts originally laid out by Jack Nicklaus for the club in 2011.

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Another Robert Trent Jones Jnr 18-hole design, Sunshine Golf Club at Kunming offers golfers a game of two halves as the front nine holes lie on relatively flat ground whilst the back nine are set out on hillier terrain.

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The course of the two-time Masters champion opened for play in 2003 and Ollie’s 7,300-yard layout is routed across undulating ground which features significant changes in elevation...

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Laid out by Schmidt-Curley Design, the 18-hole course at Yulongwan Golf Club occupies a rugged mountainside property, with fairways routed around natural forests and a lovely tranquil lake.

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Shadow Dunes, the tenth course at Mission Hills in Haikou, is a Schmidt and Curley design that’s unlike any of the others at the resort in that it was fashioned to resemble a sporty links layout in a natural dune setting.

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Xishan Mountain forms an imposing backdrop to the course at the Lakeview Golf Hotel in Kunming, where Nick Faldo completed the layout in 2005.

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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.

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The 18-hole layout at Chengdu Wolong Valley International Golf Club is a Rick Jacobson design that debuted in 2012. A few words of warning for golfers with an aversion to sand – think twice about playing here as there are bunkers everywhere.

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Designed by South Carolina-based architect Brit Stenson and opened for play in 2005, Beijing CBD International Golf Club hosted the Volvo China Open in 2008 and 2009. This flat layout echoes the designers "least disturbance" philosophy.

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Opened for play in 2010, the Sandbelt Trails course at Mission Hills in Haikou is a Schmidt and Curley production that drew its inspiration from the iconic golfing layouts located in the famous Sandbelt landscape around Melbourne in Australia.

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Designed by Mark Hollinger of JMP Design Group, the East and West nines at Peach Garden Golf Club constitute the 18-hole course of first choice at an impressive 27-hole golf facility which lies twenty kilometres northwest of Guangzhou.

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The Nelson and Haworth layout at Wind Valley in Shenzhen is probably loved and loathed by golfers in equal measure. It’s an extreme mountain course with extraordinary elevation changes which some will find thrilling while others will question the validity of building such an extreme test.

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Originally established as the CITIC Green Golf Club, Genzon Golf Club changed hands in 2005. Neil Haworth then extended the old 18-layout into two 18-hole courses, named A and B, with floodlighting installed on the back nine of the latter which also features wildly undulating fairways and a mountainous backcloth.

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Fashioned by Canadian architect, Todd Duguid of DDLA Design, the expansive 1,073-acre 18-hole facility at Chongqing Riverview Golf and Country Club is a dramatic hillside layout that boasts stunning views of the adjacent Jailing River and surrounding mountains.

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Located on the other side of the Qinghe River from the Olympic Forest Park, the West or B course at Beijing Qinghe Bay Golf Club is a 2008 Mark Hollinger (JMP Golf Design) layout that’s regarded as the premier 18-hole course operating at a quality 36-hole facility.

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Designed by the Nelson & Haworth partnership, the course at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Golf Club was voted the 9th most spectacular course in the world by one golf magazine. It's an early new millennium layout situated at 3,100 metres above sea level, making it the highest course in all of Asia, and measuring 8,548 yards it's said to be the longest par 72 layout in the world.

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Formerly home to Tianjin Yangliuqing Golf Club’s two 18-hole courses, 27 Club now comprises three 9-hole circuits, named North, South and West. The layout was designed by architects Beau Welling and Thomas McBroom, with the assistance of 27 Major champions.

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Laid out on a sandy soiled site close to the coastline of the Taiwan Straits, the course at Blue Bay International Golf Club was designed by Donald Knott of California-based Knott & Linn Golf Design, first opening for play in 2016.

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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,

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Opened in 2007, the Pete Dye layout at Mission Hills Shenzhen was built in tandem with the Schmidt Curley design team. Its woodland setting is characterised by sleepered bunkers and undulating green complexes.

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The Dragon course at Lake Hill Golf Club is located at Jianshan in eastern China and it was the first course to open at the club in 2007. Robin Nelson designed the layout which measures a whopping 7,600 yards from the tips.

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Situated near the Chaobai River, the course at Beijing Golf Club is a late 1980s Brad Benz and Michael Poellet co-design that features easy-walking, tree-lined fairways where the club hosts the annual Helong Cup, one of China's top amateur events.

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Laid out in 2008 by Mark Hollinger of JMP Golf Design, Anji King Valley Country Club in Zhejiang province hosted the Dongfeng Nissan Teana Open in 2009, which Thailand’s Thaworn Wiratchant won by one shot, posting a China Tour record total of 20-under par.

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Situated 120 kilometres west of downtown Shanghai, the course at Suzhou Taihu International Golf Club is a Graham Marsh design which hosted six editions of the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open in recent years, starting with Annika Sörenstam’s win in 2008.

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One of more than a dozen Chinese courses created by JMP Design since 1987, the 18 holes at Jian Lake, Shaoxing, first opened for play in 2005. The two par threes at the 11th and 17th are real feature holes here.

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Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jnr, the course at Enhance Anting Golf Club is situated to the north of Shanghai in the centre of the country’s automotive industry. The architect masked the surrounding industrial landscape by constructing mounds round the periphery of the site.

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The Gary Player-designed Sand River Golf Club boasts 27 holes and it’s a shot maker’s course that demands solid ball striking and deft touches on and around the greens, which are often rated the best conditioned surfaces in Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

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You’ll need a precise short game to score well at Shenzhen Golf Club, one of China’s must-play golf courses.

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The Vintage course is one of ten layouts at the Mission Hills mega-club at Haikou on Hainan Island and it’s Brian Curley’s tropical tribute to “MacRaynor” Golden Age designs such as NGLA, Chicago and Fishers Island. Even the flagsticks pay homage to Merion’s once-unique wicker baskets.

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The golf course at Luxehills International Country Club is a 2005 Mark Hollinger design. It’s one of the very best layouts in the west of China and host to the OneAsia Tour’s Luxehills Championship.

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Stretching out along the southern shore of the Huanggang reservoir, an hour’s drive southeast of downtown Tianjin, the Pete Dye course at Binhai Lake Golf Club (fashioned by Schmidt-Curley Design) hosted two editions of the Volvo China Open, in 2012 and 2013.

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Honghua International Golf Club in Beijing is a Nick Faldo design that opened for play in 2004 and four years later the club hosted the Volvo China Open. Adroit bunkering and intricate green complexes feature prominently.

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Jim Engh’s rolling Master course at Dongguan Hillview Golf Club opened in 1999. It’s now the top track at this 36-hole facility and it’s a supremely challenging design from an architect that loves risk.

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Opened in 2000, the A course at Agile Golf & Country Club was laid out by JMP Golf Design Group in a dramatic mountain setting. The "A" just gets our nod ahead of the Schmidt & Curley-designed B layout at this impressive 36-hole facility.

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Opened in 1999, the Faldo course at Mission Hills Shenzhen is billed as being China’s first stadium course and it has it’s own equivalent of the famous 17th island hole at TPC Sawgrass at the par three 16th.

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The Jack Nicklaus designed World Cup course at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenshen, China was named one of the 10 “Most Influential Golf Courses of the Last 20 Years” by a leading golf magazine in July 2008.

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Situated beside the Formosa Straits that separate China from Taiwan, the part-woodland, part-seaside course at the Trans Strait Golf Club is a Robert Trent Jones Jnr design from the late 1990s which the local workforce literally built by hand.