| Hillside course with 27 holes consisting of three nine holes
called Pine, Creek and Valley. The popular combination is Pine and Creek.
On top of the variety of lies and flow of the fairways, such as uphill,
downhill, dogleg to the right and the left, numerous kinds of hazards, such
as mountain, valley, lakes, creeks and bunkers, appear one after another
making the course challenging and interesting. It is as if the course designer
is asking the players “how are you going to conquest the hole?” at each
hole. As one of the nine holes is called “Pine”, there are many pine trees
on the course. The greens are relatively small. |
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A slightly dogleg to the right. Tee shot is over a valley followed by slight
downhill for the second and third shots. A wide bunker waits in front of
the green. The green is slopes from the center to both right and left. |
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A long challenging Par 3. There is OB on the left. The green slopes from
right to left. |
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| Almost straight, but difficult hole. Players need to hit at
least 210 yards carry to go over the valley. The narrow fairway has OB on
the right and trees on the left. Since the second shot is over the valley
again, the players need to choose a right club which can reach the green
for sure. Amazingly designed hole by taking advantage of natural setting. |
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A dogleg to left with a dramatic layout. The tee shot is downhill. It will
be an uphill lie for the second and third shots. Perfectly designed hole
with great view.
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A par 3 over a lake. The players need to pick a right club long enough to
hit the green since a lake waits right in front of the green. The green
is wide and sloping from the back to the front. |
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| A slight dogleg to the right, a great par 5 reachable in two.
The tee shot is a sharp downhill which is from about 20 stories height to
the fairway. From the tee there is a good view of a long lake down the right
side of the left fairway before crossing in front of the green and another
right fairway wrapping itself round the back of the green. The second shot
is to go across the lake from the left fairway either onto the green or
the right fairway if you lay up. |
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| A par 3 over two-tier waterfalls. A left to right hitter need
to be careful as water waits on the right side of the green. |
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A relatively short, gentle uphill, dogleg to the right. The tee shot over
a ravine needs to be accurate since the landing area is squeezed by the
ravine on the right and a mountain on the left. On the second shot, you
need to watch out for a creek crossing in front of the green. |
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| A beautiful slight dogleg to the left. The tee shot is a gentle
downhill. The second shot is over a lake. The green is guarded by water
as well as a big bunker on the front. The undulation of the green is strong.
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It takes about 90 minutes from Central Seoul by car. Visitors need to
have a member’s introduction on weekdays and to be accompanied by a member
on weekends. Anyone can play from the longest tees. You can enjoy watching
the golf course when you take a bath.
This is my second time to play golf in Korea. People say that Korean
caddies (mostly ladies) are generally energetic and amiable. My caddie
this time was charming and provided quick and effective support.
The course was chosen the 8th best course in Korea by US Golf Digest
Magazine in 2003.
The other Lim Sang designed courses are Whasan
CC in Korea and Earls GC in China.
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2nd Par 5 618 yards (2)