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Mission Hills

Shenzhen is home to hundreds of factories, one of China’s two mainland stock exchanges, a theme park called Window on the World that features more than 100 miniature versions of monuments like the Taj Mahal, a Soviet aircraft carrier, and, of course, the world’s largest golf resort: Mission Hills.

But this has not stopped the Mission Hills team from achieving another world record.

Last month, they opened the world’s largest practice putting green, a beautiful 17-acre spread of 18 rolling greens and tiny sand bunkers.

Already, the resort boasts 12 world-class golf courses designed by some of the most famous names in the game – Greg Norman, Vijay Singh, and Nick Faldo – and hosts major world tournaments.

Mission Hills is a curious mix of extreme luxury and developing world. It has three spas, 3,000 caddies (all of them women – to seem less intimidating to novice golfers – and all wearing red jumpsuits and plastic helmets). Some 2,000 rounds of golf are played here each day.

The resort abuts the city’s industrial outskirts, and to drive from one end of the resort to the other requires passing a vacuum sealing plant, an electronics factory, and acre upon acre of actively tilled peasant farmland.

Even the staff works to keep up.

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深圳市有着上百家工厂；有中国内地两个股市交易所中的一间；有一个名为“世界之窗”的主题公园，以模型的形式向游客展示世界奇观，包括泰姬陵；有前苏联的一艘航空母舰；当然，这城市还包括世界上最大的高尔夫球场，观澜湖。
然而，观澜湖的世界纪录还在刷新。
上个月，观澜湖开放了世界上最大的高尔夫球轻击区，占地17英亩，有着18个滚动果岭和小型沙坑。
这个高尔夫胜地已经建成的12个世界级高尔夫球场由业界最出名的设计师设计，包括诺曼，维杰辛，和费多。球场已经举办过多个世界级高尔夫球赛。
观澜湖集奢华和发展于一身，有着3个健身休闲中心，3000名球童（全部都是女性——为了少影响新手，她们都穿上红色连衫裤和塑胶头盔）。每天大约有2000场的高尔夫球赛在这里举行。
这个高尔夫胜地毗邻城市的工业郊区。开车穿过它时会经过一个真空包装工厂，一个电厂，和连绵的农田。

Shenzhen golf resort firm opens world’s largest practice putting green.

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Jeev Mikha

NEW DELHI: Jeev Milkha Singh’s world ranking of 42 has earned India a rare direct entry into the Mission Hills World Cup to be played at Mission Hills Golf Club in China on Nov 26-29.

The field is selected through each nation’s leading player on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) as of June 22.

Jyoti Randhawa, who played with Jeev last year in the same event, is likely to be his partner once again. Currently Randhawa at 154th is the next best Indian and Arjun Atwal is ranked 296th.

The leading player may select any player of his choice from the same country provided such player was ranked within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Ranking as of either June 22, 2009, or August 17, 2009.

If there was no other available player from that country within the top 100 on the OWGR on either of the dates, the exempt player’s partner shall be the next highest ranked available player from the same country outside of the top 100 as of August 17.

Besides India, 17 exempt nations have now been confirmed for the 2009 World Cup.

The final field of 28 nations will be completed following three qualifying tournaments to be played in Asia (Kuala Lumpur), Europe (Estonia) and South America (Venezuela), with three countries going through from each regional qualifier to join the 18 exempt nations and hosts, China, at Mission Hills.

Jeev likely to have Jyoti as partner for World Cup

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米哈辛与兰德哈瓦搭档挑战世界杯

米哈辛在世界排名第42的资历为印度在11月26到29日举行的中国观澜湖高尔夫球世界杯赛上赢得直接参赛席位。
比赛场地是由各国在世界高尔夫球官方排名 (OWGR) 上有名的顶尖球手在6月22日选出的。
兰德哈瓦去年已与米哈辛搭档参加同一个赛事，这次他们再次联手。兰德哈瓦目前在世界排名第154，是印度第二优秀的球员。
每位领队球手如果在2009年6月22日或2009年8月17日的世界高尔夫官方排名名列100名之内，这位运动员就可以在本国挑选搭档。
如果本国没有在此两个日期内排名100之内的球手可供选择，免赛球手的搭档就必须是8月17日统计的排名100名之外，但在本国排名第二的运动员。
除了印度，已有17国的参赛队伍获得2009世界杯的免赛资格。
28国参赛的决赛场地会在三场资格巡回赛结束了之后完工。这三场比赛分别是在亚洲区的吉隆坡，欧洲区的爱沙尼亚，和南美洲区的委内瑞拉。这三个国家通过各自的地区预选赛与其它18个免赛国，同时还有东道主中国，参加观澜湖世界杯赛。

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Mission Hills Norman Course

Allenby and Appleby to play at World Cup.

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

This article is from http://gokunming.com/en/

Sorenstam Committed to Designing Golf Courses in China

Mission Hills Golf Club

It was hard for Asian amateurs to join the Masters because of the traditions in the old days. Today the creation of the Asian Amateur Championship changes everything. The winner of the new event will earn a spot in the 2010 Masters, according to the statement of Billy Payne, tournament and club chairman. The inaugural Asian Amateur Championship will be held Oct. 29-Nov. 1 at Mission Hills Golf Club, which stretches across Shenzhen and Dongguan.It is the largest golf club  in China designed by 12 world-renowned golf legends.

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He doesn’t want to miss this change like the failure of qualifying for The Masters.”I need to focus to get back into winning swing,” admits Colin Montgomerie. Hoping he can avoid the mental errors, Colin Montgomerie  is looking for a win, or at less a top-10 finish. Let’s wait and see in the Volvo China Open.

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Feng Shanshan

Although the popularity of golf develops fast these years, female golfers in China don’t receive the same reputation as male golfers in China. Feng Shanshan, who has created history as the first female golfer from China to play at the 2007 US Women’s Open at the age of 17, hope to change something.

‘Compared to the male golfers from China, the recognition for women golfers is not there yet. It’s normal because golf is not an Olympic sport yet. ‘ said Feng. It’s her dream today to win the LPGA Tour because this is the best way to attract everyone’s attention in China and raise the profile of female golfers.

Actually, as a young professional golfer, she did quite good in the HSBC Women’s Champion. If you want to know more, please Click Here.