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A difficult but nice hole. A 210-yard carry is needed to clear a large
lake off the tee. In addition to the length, the landing zone is squeezed
by OB on the left and the lake on the right. The tee shot will be extremely
difficult with tail winds. A long bunker bordering the right half of the
circular green and a unique arrow-shaped bunker protecting the front side
of the green, so the second shot need to be accurate as well.
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A straight hole with a small river bisecting the fairway. There is the river
270 – 290 yards off the tee. The view of the green and its surroundings
is wonderful. The green is more than 40 yards deep with strong undulations.
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A long dogleg to the right with water on the right. The tee shot is over
a lake and uniquely shaped bunkers. The green is slightly elevated with
lake on the right, so an accurate second shot is needed. |
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| A beautiful, long par 5 with lakes on both sides
of the fairway. You are required to hit over water on the second as well
as the third shots.
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| A slight dogleg to the right. It’s a par 5 reachable
in 2. OB stretches along the right side. The second shot is demanding. When
you go for the green, you will be under pressure with 2-meter (7 ft.) deep
bunkers, a lake on the right of the green and OB on the left of the green.
When you decide to lay up on the second, the landing area is squeezed by
the lake on the left and OB on the right, making it also difficult. |
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A par 3 with an island green. The green drops slightly from the back to
the front. There is an island bunker in front of the green. This hole is
nicknamed as “gazpacho”, a cold soup famous in Spain and the lake looks
like a soup, the green like a spoon and the bunker like a handle of the
spoon. |
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A par 3 over water. The green is very wide, so if your shot lands far away
from the pin, you might end up with 3 or 4 putts. |
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| It takes a little over 1 hour from Central
Tokyo by car. Visitors can play with a member’s introduction or trough Internet
booking agencies
The course was awarded 92nd place out of 2400 courses in 2002’s Japanese
golf course rankings sponsored by Japan Golf Classic Magazine. The other
Desmond Muirhead designed courses in Asia are Wakagi GC (44th of the above
rankings) and Brick & Wood
Club, Oak Village GC, Fuji Classic GC, Shiibayama GC, Fuji Classic
GC, Shinyou CC, New St. Andrews GC (72nd of the above rankings and a joint
design Jack Nicklaus) in Japan, and St.
Andrews 2000, The Emerald GC in Thailand, and Imperial GC in Indonesia.
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A view from the clubhouse