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South Korea's Stunning Landscape and Golf Heritage: 500 Courses, Rich Culture, and Golfing Legends. Discover the Journey of Golf in Korea from its Early Days to Inspiring Champions. Our South Korean Top 50 rankings were last updated in March 2020.

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  1. The course at South Cape Owners Club is a Kyle Phillips design, set out on a dramatic cliff top property, with ocean views available from all eighteen golf holes.

  2. The Club at Nine Bridges is located on Jeju Island, the volcanic island south of South Korea’s continental landmass sometimes referred to as Korea’s Maui.

  3. Anyang Country Club, formerly known as Anyang Benest Golf Club is cut through mature trees, which not only prove a challenge for the crooked driver but also brilliance of seasonal colour.

  4. The 18 holes at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea are situated within a modern residential development in the Songdo International Business District.

  5. Woo Jeong Hills

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    Woo Jeong Hills Country Club was opened in 1993 and is as close as you can find in Asia to a big, brutish, US tournament golf course.

  6. Built by the Hyosung Group, one of Korea’s largest industrial conglomerates, the three 9-hole circuits at Wellington Country Club are named after the Greek mythological creatures of the Griffin, Phoenix and Wyvern.

  7. In a feat of major engineering expertise, three quarters of a million cubic metres of rock was blasted to create the three nines at the very hilly, 425-acre, Whistling Rock property...

  8. Built for Hanwha Group, one of Korea’s biggest engineering and construction companies, the course at Jade Palace Golf Club was designed by Harley Kruse from the Greg Norman Design team, opening in 2004.

  9. The same design team that laid out the original Nine Bridges golf course on Jeju Island fashioned Haesley Nine Bridges...

  10. Gary Roger Baird with David Dale of Golfplan laid out Pine Beach Golf Links along a rocky cliff top. Some have described it as Asia’s version of Pebble Beach and the par three 15th bears a striking resemblance to Cypress Point’s 16th.

  11. Trinity Club

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    Billionaire Lee Myung-hee commissioned Tom Fazio II to design the course at the ultra-exclusive Trinity Club near Seoul, which opened for play in 2012.

  12. La Vie est Belle Country Club (life is beautiful in French) is known as “the Korean themed club” since its grand opening in 2015 and it's situated in the hilly, mountainous area of Chuncheon, one hour’s drive away from Seoul.

  13. Pinx Golf Club boasts breathtaking scenery and the overall course conjures up visions of a watercolor painting.

  14. First opened in 2010, Blackstone is one of the most exclusive golf clubs in South Korea. It’s located in Icheon, to the east of Kyung Gi province, around a 90-minute drive from downtown Seoul...

  15. The 27-hole Sagewood Yeosu Gyungdo Golf Resort boasts a marine theme park and 100 condominiums with swimming pools at a rental cost that won’t break the bank.

  16. The East and South nines at the 27-hole Blackstone Golf Resort may well comprise the best 18-hole configuration at the golf complex but the public North nine has some admirers.

  17. Sky 72 (Ocean)

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    One of four 18-hole courses at the popular Sky 72 Golf Club golf complex, which is situated near Seoul’s Incheon International Airport, the Ocean course is a Steve Nicklaus design that first opened for play in 2005.

  18. Fashioned by Nicklaus Design, Sagewood Country Club (formerly Blue Mountain CC) is set in the utmost beauty. 27 holes configured in three 9-hole loops with some of the best conditioning and service we've ever experienced.

  19. One of several Korean projects undertaken by Robert Trent Jones Jnr since the late 1990s, the 36-hole golf complex at Sky Hill Jeju Country Club occupies a very serene setting...

  20. Unveiled in 2009, the Jim Fazio-designed course at South Springs Country Club (formerly Phoenix Springs) is owned by the brother of the golf celebrity Seok-kyu Hong, the two-time commissioner on the Korean LPGA.

  21. The Star Hue

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    The mountain golf course at The Star Hue Golf and Resort is set in Yangpyeong, close to Mount Yongmunsan and Mount Yumyeongsan, where the tree-lined Star and Hue nines extend to 7,211 yards from the back markers.

  22. Hwasan

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    Hwasan Country Club opened for play in 1996 and it’s a mountain course with plenty of elevation changes. The signature par three 11th plays to a two-tiered green surrounded by mounds shaped like mini volcanoes.

  23. Seowon Valley Country Club is situated close to the city of Paju, less than an hour’s drive north of Seoul, the South Korean capital.

  24. Gapyeong Benest Golf Club is laid out in three nines, named after the trees that predominate on each loop. “Maple” and “Pine” form the premier course though the 3rd on the “Birch” is said to be the signature hole.

  25. Opened in 2006, Seolhaewon Resort, formerly Golden Beach, is set close to Yangyang International airport, in the northeast of Korea. The resort’s original 27-hole layout was hewn from a pine forest, with the Salmon and Riverview nines comprising the 18-hole layout of first choice.

  26. DeBeach

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    DeBeach Golf Club is located on the northern tip of Geoje Island which is set on the warmer, southeastern corner of South Korea.

  27. The 36-hole golf complex at Montvert Country Club is situated in Pocheon, to the north of Kyeong-gi province and it’s laid out in mountainous territory, near the border with North Korea.

  28. Robert Trent Jones Jr. has designed several courses in South Korea, including Anyang Country Club, but his creation at Rainbow Hills Country Club sufficiently moved the architectural guru to write a poem...

  29. Sandpine

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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.

  30. Set within a beautiful mountain landscape, the East and West nines at the Blue One Sangju Golf Resort are not an easy walk so hiring a buggy is certainly a good idea.