China Golf, 中国高尔夫

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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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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According to the National Golf Foundation, the number of new courses expected to open in the United States in 2008 is the smallest in 20 years. More courses are scheduled to close this year (nearly 100) than the 80 expected to open, though the closures have fallen since almost 150 were shut down two years ago. The golf construction boom of the 1990s – when about 2,500 new courses (mostly daily fee ones) were added to the 13,000 or so already extant in the U.S. – is not only over; it’s stuck in reverse.

Rick Jacobson is a golf course architect in Libertyville, Ill. For nearly two decades, the founder of Jacobson Golf Course Design designed and renovated courses in Chicago suburbs, such as Bloomingdale and Winnetka, as well as nationally. But in the last few years, Jacobson – who has worked with Jack Nicklaus on a number of projects – has focused on a new market: China.

Last month, Jacobson agreed to design a 27-hole course in Hong Kong. It’s his third venture in China, following the 36-hole Lion’s Lake Resort course near Guangzhou and Chaozhou, an 18-hole resort course.

Hundreds of courses have been built in China in the last quarter-century with at least 20 more expected to open in the next few years.

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Mission Hills Golf Club is currently the largest golf resort in the world, with twelve 18-hole golf courses designed by the world’s most respected golf legends. The twelve 18-hole golf courses are built to the highest international standards and spread over 20 square kilometers through Shenzhen and Dongguan. In May 2004, Mission Hills China was accredited by the Guinness World Record as the World’s Largest Golf Club.

Mission Hills China offers a wild range of facilities to golfers and non-golfers. Besides the 51-court floodlit tennis center in the Country Club, it also houses the David Leadbetter Golf Academy, and offers a 5-star world class spa as well as luxurious residential developments. As befitting a club of this status, the golf club was voted Golf Resort of the Year for the Rest of the World category by the International Association of Golf Tour Operation (IAGTO) in 2005.This prestigious award recognizes that Mission Hills China represents one of the best golf tourism opportunities in China.

Club Facilities

12 Golf Courses, 7 Restaurants, 5-star Hotels, Service Apartment, Billiard Room, Gym, Spa, Badminton Courts(Indoor & Outdoor), 51 Tennis Courts, Swimming Pool, David LeadBetter Golf Academy, Archery Field, Children Playground (Indoor & Outdoor), Foot Reflexology, Business Meeting Rooms and Event Rooms

Nearby Hotel & Scenery

Sheraton Hotel, Haiyatt Garden Hotel, Jiahua Grand Hotel, Keyuan Garden, Henggang Reservoir, Haiyue Cliff-one of the Dongguan Right Sceneries, Humen Sea War Museum, Dalingshan Eight Views, Dongguan Barrier Forest Park, ect

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Shenzhen Golf Club is an emerald encased in the center of Futian District. SGC is the nearest club in the mainland adjacent to Hong Kong, and is only 8 minutes from the  Huangguang Port by taxi. Transportation options are very convenient.

The new course of SGC was completed in 2000. The new 27 holes on the par 108 international standard course is comprised of 1,360,000 square metres area, with self-contained facilities. It is one of the best golf courses in China.

The long and rolling fairway and changing greens give players frequent and endless challenges.

The reconstruction of SGC set an example for other  courses. SGC continues to improves golf experiences and culture in China, and compels this sport to develop here.

Club Facilities

Chinese & Western Restaurant, Golf Shop, Tennis Court, Swimming Pool

Nearby Hotel & Scenery

Coco Park, East Honey Lake Resort, Windows of the World, Chinese Folk Cultural Village, Wuzhou Guest House

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Shenzhen Airport Golf Resort Co Ltd is a 18-hole championship golf course designed by Ian Woosnam, a golfer with the USA’s  IMG group. Facing the sea, it is located at Baoan International Airport and the journey to Hong Kong and Macao lasts merely one hour. it takes around half an hour to reach the urban district of Shenzhen by car, The Paspalum turfs are planted on the fairway and there is short Bermuda turf on the green, The fairways stay green year-round.

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深圳市航港高尔夫球会是由置兴实业发展有限公司和机场集团共同合作。由美国IMG公司著名球手Ian Woosnam签名设计的18洞锦标赛球场位于宝安国际机场，毗邻大海，到香港澳门的航程仅需一小时，驱车半小时左右可达深圳市区，交通十分便利。球场球道草种选用夏威夷草，果岭为矮生百慕大草，球道在护理人员的精心养护下，一年四季绿草如茵。球场的排水设施也接近完美，即便在大雨过后半小时即可恢复正常，丝毫不会因为雨水的沉积带来丝毫困扰。

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Shenzhen Tycoon Golf Club , the wholly-owned subsidiary of China Travel International Investment Hong Kong Ltd, was formally opened on March 20, 1999. Shenzhen Tycoon Golf Club has the asset of a mature golf course of over a decade, Its original plantation and the clear water of Tie Gang Reservoir recall us to nature. There are up to a hundred and fifty thousand dense bushes around the fairway. Stay away from the city, the scenario is picturesque composed with a sea of trees. The A & B courses 18 holes and the C course 9 holes each has their own unique style. A & B courses are still maintaining a trace of Japanese heritage from the Japanese designer Uehara. With the genius touch of the American designer Mr. Bob Mcfarland, C course not only raised its challenge level, the natural landscape and the original plantation is well-preserved upon the design, and perfectly matches the A & B courses environment. 9-hole floodlit facilities are installed at the remodeled course for golf playing at night. At Tycoon, we have a comprehensive range of service from food & beverage to recreational. In additional, the rooms for accommodation and a well-equipped conference hall are recently completed. Tycoon is definitely an ideal venue for both business and leisure.

球会简介

深圳聚豪会高尔夫球会为香港中旅投资有限公司全资附属机构，于1999年3月20日正式开业。聚豪会是拥有超过十年历史的成熟球场，其浓密的丛林和依傍着铁岗水库的景观一直深受打球人士的喜爱。球会A B场18洞与C场9洞有着不同的球场风格。前者仍保留着早期由日本设计师上原鹿藏先生挥笔的日式球场，后者在美国设计师包勃.麦克法兰先生的精心布局下，在提高场地挑战性的同时，亦能以不破坏自然风光为原则，巧妙地运用自然地势及保留原有的植物，与A B 场的自然景观融为一体。C场更增建了灯光设施，延长打球时段。此外，聚豪会餐饮及娱乐设施齐全，新增客房及设备现代化的会议厅，已成为商务休闲皆宜的场所。

Club Facilities

Chinese Restaurant, Western Restaurant, Driving Range, Pro Shop, Club House, Function Room, Locker Room, Gymnasium, Jacuzzi, Foot Massage

Nearby Hotel & Scenery

New Wing Club house, Capital Hotel. Bossfield Hotel, Heng Feng International Hotel, Rurality on the Sea, Evergreen Park, Wild Animal Zoo-Safari Park Shenzhen, Splendid China, China Folk Culture Villages, Window of the World, Happy Valley Theme Park

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