China Golf, 中国高尔夫

US-based Golf Digest magazine has released its annual list of what it considers to be the China’s top ten golf courses. According to the magazine’s editors, if you’re looking for China’s best courses, forget Shanghai, Beijing or Shenzhen – the best golf in China is in Kunming.

Kunming took three of the top six spots on Golf Digest’s list, here are the results:

1. Spring City Golf & Lake Resort (Lake course), Kunming, Yunnan province

2. Spring City Golf & Lake Resort (Mountain course), Kunming, Yunnan province

3. Sheshan Golf Club, Shanghai

4. Shenzhen Golf Club, Shenzhen, Guangdong province

5. Tiger Beach Golf Links, Haiyang, Shandong province

6. Lakeview Golf Club, Kunming, Yunnan province

7. Jian Lake Golf & Country Club, Shaoxing, Zhejiang province

8. Trans Strait Golf Club, Fuzhou, Fujian province

9. Pine Valley Golf Resort & Country Club (Old course), Beijing

10. Mission Hills Golf Club (Norman course), Shenzhen, Guangdong province

Kunming ended up beating out the big coastal cities with the top two courses – both at Spring City Golf and Lake Resort. Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr, Spring City’s Lake course was named best in China, beating out Spring City’s other championship course, the Jack Nicklaus-designed Mountain course.

Kunming reappears at the number six spot on the list with Lakeview Golf Club, which has been the site of the Yunnan stops of the Omega China Tour as well as the Faldo Series Asia.

Shanghai’s Sheshan Golf course rounded out the top three.

Shenzhen is the only other city with multiple courses in Golf Digest’s top ten – Shenzhen Golf Club was named number four, while Mission Hills Golf Club’s Greg Norman-designed course came in tenth.

Editor’s note: This story was cross-posted on China Sports Today

Image: Spring City Golf & Lake Resort

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Trans Strait Golf Club

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The Strait Olympic Golf Course is a typical seaside links style course. The bulrush, long grass and sea breeze all have a taste of wildness. The purity, quiet and lake of the court are all covered in a piece of tranquillity. You will have a feeling of traveling in the painting if you walk around the court when the sun is setting.

It is often said that the tournament in Strait Olympic Golf course is very great and exquisite. Neither the structure and the decoration of the club nor the organizition and the proccess of the tournament is exaggerated.

The Strait Olympic Golf Course locates in the dune byland tothe southeast of the Fuzhou Changle International Airport. Three sides of the byland are surrounded by sea with the east side facing the Taiwan Strait. The ear-like byland is fairly flat. The naturally formed dune, the wide spread trees, the grassland, the marsh, the lake and the beach all form into a lively ecosystem. On the other side, seen against a background of mountains, the lake and the dune change in topography. The lake and the mountain combine into a fantastic sight with high level of preservation.

Club Facilities

Club House, Chinese Restaurant, Driving Range, Pro Shop, Guest Room

Nearby Hotel & Scenery

Minhang Haitian Hotel, Zhanggang Seafood Restaurant, Tianchi Scenic Spot, Zhanggang Xianying Palace

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Fujian province is located on the southeast coast of China. Taiwan is a nearby neighbor to the east, and the administration of this remarkable province is split between the People’s Republic of China, which presides over the mainland portion, and Taiwan, which has jurisdiction over the island archipelagos of Matsu and Quemoy.

This mountainous province boasts warm winters and a subtropical climate. Typhoons occur in this area, along with high summer temperatures that lend to the warm water which helps produce their summer weather. Because of the mountainous terrain, Fujian was fairly isolated for a long time because of the difficulty of building railways and paved roads prior to 1950. This delay in developing the region has aided in the preservation of Fujian’s environment and related ecosystems, because they have managed to retain much of their forests and the animals that live in them, unlike other parts of China. One famous example of Southeast China’s protection of biodiversity is found in Fujian, in the Wuyi Mountains, which offers many types of forests, including rainforests. If you get the opportunity to visit Fujian province, you will not want to miss Wuyi Palace, dating back to the seventh century and located on this beautiful mountain.

The small area in Fujian that is devoted to farming produces rice, sweet potatoes and wheat, as well as sugar cane and rapeseed. Longan fruit, along with lychee and tea, are also commodities that you will find in this lovely region of China. With coastal access, Fujian is a seafood and shellfish provider. Not surprisingly, seafood plays a large role in Fujian cuisine. Some famous regional dishes focus on the use of oysters and fish, including oyster omelets and fish balls. A delight for the eye as well as the palate, the cuisine of the Fujian province can be broken down into four varieties. Foods classified under Fuzhou-style tend to focus on sweet and sour soups. Culinary treats from the Western region are spicy and either steamed or stir-fried. Food from the southern part of this glorious province features spicy and sweet sauces, and the strongest flavored food in the province is the focus of Quanzhou cuisine. When you visit Fujian province, be sure to try the popular dish known as “Buddha jumps over the wall,” which plays up several of the delicious native foods of the region, including Shaoxing wine, sea cucumber, abalone, and shark fin.

A relatively wealthy province when compared to others in China, Fujian also boasts many cultural treasures as well. Several beautiful temples are to be found in Fujian, including the Buddhist Guanghua Temple, built in 558. The province also is home to Gulangyu Island, which provided residences for Westerners who lived in the province during colonial times. This island is home to China’s piano museum, and is sometimes referred to as “Piano Island.” Visitors may take a vibrant ferry boat from Xiamen Island, but they are not allowed to bring cars to Gulangyu. Instead, they rely on public transport or walking to traverse this breathtaking travel destination.