Logo

Taiwan

The Japanese introduced golfing to Taiwan and Taiwan's most prestigious golf club Taiwan Golf & Country Club was founded in 1918, but Taiwanese professional golfers didn't exhibit their international potential before Liang Huan Lu faced Lee Trevino in the final round of the 1971 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. Lu was eventually placed in second in 2nd place, just one shot just behind Trevino. There are more than 70 golf courses in Taiwan as well as golf being among the most adored Taiwanese sports. The rankings for Taiwan. Taiwanese rankings were last updated in June 2017.

  1. The 27-hole complex at Ta Shee Golf & Country Club was renovated by Robert Trent Jones Jnr at the end of the 1990s when he addressed drainage issues by installing new drain lines and sand capping the fairways.

  2. Formed in 1918, Taiwan Golf & Country Club is the oldest golfing society in the country and the course is located within dense woodland on the estuary of the Danshui River.

  3. Designed by Jack Nicklaus in 1994, the 36-hole facility at Miramar Golf & Country Club comprises four 9-hole loops: North, South, East and West, with championships contested over the North and West nines (also known as the A course).

  4. Orient

    Taiwan

    Ronald Fream's course at The Orient Golf & Country Club is an intermediate test of golf. The layout is friendly in that most of the holes afford a good look at the green...

  5. Situated close to Huoyan Mountain in Miaoli County, the fairways at National Golf Country Club are wide and open, allowing fine views across the Taiwan Straits. Unusually, some of the holes feature spectacular large-scale bronze sculptures from Taiwanese artist Yuyu Yang, the original course designer.

  6. Yung Han

    Taiwan

    Designed by Japanese architect Shunsuke Kato, the 18 holes at Yung Han Golf Club are laid out in the style of a Scottish links, allowing the club to inform golfers that there's "no need to travel to the UK to pay homage to St Andrews".

  7. Nan Fong

    Taiwan

    The mountain course at Nan Fong Golf Club is a rare non-American design from Lee Trevino. Fairways pitch and roll around the hills above Nantou City with some particularly steep climbs to be found on the back nine holes.

  8. Kaohsiung

    Taiwan

    Located on the north western shore of Chengcing Lake, the 18-hole course at Kaohsiung Golf and Country Club was the first to be established in southern Taiwan.

  9. Sunrise

    Taiwan

    The course at Sunrise Golf & Country Club circulates around one of the higher hills in Northern Taiwan, providing the architect with natural elevation changes which have been worked into many of the holes.

  10. Designed by Lee Trevino and opened in 1994 the 6,619-yard course at Oriental Sunstar Golf Club is, in places, routed across undulating terrain where strategy from the tee will help to avoid many bunkers and water hazards.