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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Golf Club in Shanghai

Golf is becoming more and more popular in China. Although we can not find official statistics, from the reports of some major golf clubs in China, we are still able to see that there are around 350,000 players every week, from rookies to professionals. And the number of golf clubs and members are also increasing fast in year. Many people believe golf to be an expensive sport which is not open to common people. However the price is getting low this year, which makes playing golf a good choice for family trip in the weekend. Please go to Shanghai Daily for more interesting stories.

Shang Hai Sheshan International Golf Club

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The Shang Hai Sheshan International Golf Club is positioned in the Song Jiang District, Sheshan National Tourism Resort, being Shanghai’s first Members’ only golf club. The Tuscan styled golf club stands in a vast 2200 mu,1700 mu dedicated to our 18 hole par 72 course and 500 mu used for creating our luxury villa and townhouse lifestyle.

Designed by Nelson & Haworth, this is Shanhai’s most forested and highly evaluated golf course. Considerations were made to preserve the beauty of our thousand-year old Gingko tree, ancient bridge and quarry, enhancing its original beauty, historical and cultural background, creating a private recluse for our residents, members and their guests.

 Club Facilities

Restaurant, Cigar Bar, Pro Shop, Multifunction Room, 3 Private Function Rooms, Male/Female Sauna Rooms, Male Jacuzzi Room, Driving Range, 18 Room Hotel Lodge 

Nearby Hotel & Scenery

Sheraton Hotel, Haiyatt Garden Hotel, Jiahua Grand Hotel, Keyuan Garden, Henggang Reservoir, Haiyue Cliff-one of he Dongguan Eight Sceneries, Humen Sea War Museum, Dalingshan Eight Views

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球会中文简介如下 

上海佘山国际高尔夫俱乐部位于上海松江佘山国家旅游度假区，是上海第一家纯私人会员制的球场。占地面积2200亩，其中1700亩为18洞72杆国际锦标级高尔夫球场，500亩用来建造意大利托斯卡纳风格的顶级别墅社区。
由Nelson & Haworth公司设计的上海佘山国际高尔夫球场将会是上海地区起伏最大，有最多茂密森林覆盖的高尔夫球场之一。球场内拥有原始的无价之宝，两棵千年银杏树，再加上同样经过时间洗礼的古桥和废弃砖窑厂。整个球场的设计，保留了原有的自然风景和工业遗址，增加了趣味性和文化内涵。

Shanghai is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world, with over 20 million people in its extended metropolitan area. Located on China’s central eastern coast near the mouth of the Yangtze River, the city is administered as a municipality with province-level status.

Originally a fishing and textiles town, Shanghai grew to importance in the 19th century due to its favourable port location and as one of the cities opened to foreign trade by the 1842 Treaty of Nanking. The city flourished as a center of commerce between east and west, and became a multinational hub of finance and business by the 1930s. However, Shanghai’s prosperity ended after the 1949 Communist takeover and the subsequent cessation of foreign investment. Economic reforms in 1990 have resulted in intense development and financing, and in 2005 Shanghai became the world’s busiest cargo port.

The city is an emerging tourist destination renowned for its historical landmarks such as the Bund and Xintiandi, its modern and ever-expanding Pudong skyline including the Oriental Pearl Tower, and its new reputation as a center of culture and design.Today, Shanghai is mainland China’s center for commerce and finance, and has been described as the “showpiece” of the world’s fastest-growing economy.

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