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A downhill dogleg 90 degrees to the left along a lake. The tee shot is intimidating
because the landing area is narrow, between a lake on the left and fairway
bunkers on the right. The second shot is to hit over water onto an elevated
green. |
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A downhill, beautiful par 3. If you hook the ball, it will land in
a lake facing the left side of the green. The elevated green is guarded
by some bunkers and has mild undulations that make putting interesting.
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A although it is a short par 5, the second and third shots are steep uphill.
For the first shot, you need to hit the ball some 200 to 220 yards to carry
over a valley. The green is huge with difficult slopes as well as undulations
and the tension runs high when you putt. |
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This hole has been selected as one of the best 500 holes in the world
in the year of 2000 by US Golf Magazine. It is a downhill dogleg to the
left and bunkers split the fairway. The elongated green has some undulations.
If the pin is at the back and your approach shot is short of the green,
a steep slope catches your ball, which makes it difficult to save par.
This hole has an attractive layout with a very fine view.
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| A dogleg to the left with a dynamic downhill
drive to a split fairway, left & right, separated by a creek. If you
are a long hitter of 250-yard drives with a precise control, you should
choose the left fairway, then with the help of the prevailing tail wind,
and strong downhill factor, your drive will be long enough to reach the
green in 2 with an iron. However, if your drives are shorter, you should
hit the narrow landing area: otherwise, your ball will tend to be caught
by water on the right or to disappear into trees on the right. To play safe,
you should hit to the bigger fairway on the right although it is farther
away from the green, and you still have a birdie chance with a good approach
shot. I think this split fairway would be better if the new tee were 30
yards longer or the tail wind becomes a head wind. |
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An impressive hole with a memorable view. The green is not deep but quite
wide and if the pin is on the right, a bunker at the front of the green
and a steep slope are in play, which makes it harder. |
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A slightly dogleg to the right with dynamic downhill drive on this hole,
too. If you hit too far right, your ball will disappear into trees on both
the tee and second shots. On the second shot, you also need to pay attention
to a lake facing the fairway and the green on the left. The view from the
tee is breathtaking. |
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The luxury clubhouse is another feature. It takes 1hour and 40 minutes
from Hong Kong to Zhongshan Harbor by ferry and another 20 minutes by
club bus. It takes 45 minutes from Zuhai by taxi.
The other JMP Golf Design Group & J. Michael Poellot designed courses
in Asia are Caledonian
GC, Tomisato GC, Nasu
Chifuriko CC, GlenOaks CC, Prestige GC, Iwate Numakunai GC, Golden
Palm CC, Green Hill Seki GC in Japan, Long Island (長安)
G&CC, Sun
Valley (紅峡谷) GC, Beijing (北京)
GC, Peach
Garden Fontaine (佛山南海桃園楓丹) GC, Lakewood
(翠湖) GC in China, Royal Kuan-His (老翁関西) GC
in Taiwan, Rajpruek C, Lakewood
CC in Thailand, Mount
Malarayat R&GC in Philippine and Rainbow Hills G&HR in Indonesia.
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