Malaysia is divided into two separate parts, separated by the South China Sea: Peninsular Malaysia (or West Malaysia) is where the capital city of Kuala Lumpur is situated on the Malay Peninsula and where most of the Malaysian people live, and East Malaysia (comprising the states of Sabah, Sarawak and the federal territory of Labuan) in the northern reaches of the island of Borneo.
East Malaysia, Malaysia
East Malaysia, Malaysia
East Malaysia, Malaysia
East Malaysia, Malaysia
The course at Eastwood Valley Golf & Country Club lies just outside the coastal city of Miri, in northeastern Sarawak, very close to the border with Brunei.
Labuan International Golf Club is a Parslow & Winter-designed course that’s set out within a 200-acre site on the south west coast of Labuan Island in East Malaysia.
The Dalit Bay Golf & Country Club golf course at Shangri-La's Rasa Ria Resort is set within a wonderful 400-acre tropical estate which lies between the Tambalang and Mengkabong rivers on the island of Borneo.
The Arnold Palmer-designed Damai Golf and Country Club opened for play in 1996 and it's fashioned in two distinct halves. The Mountain front nine plays through the forested foothills of Mount Santubong and the Ocean homeward nine tumbles down to the South China Sea.
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 course at Nexus Golf Resort Karambunai is a mid-1990s Ron Fream layout, situated a short 40-minute drive along the coast from the Sabah state capital, with holes 12-14 forming a formidable “Amen Corner” next to the South China Sea.