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A par 3 over a ravine. The green is surrounded by trees. You feel like your
are in a forest off the tee. This is not an easy hole as the ravine on the
right of the green comes into play. |
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| A slightly dogleg to the left, difficult hole. The fairway
is somewhat generous but a large bunker on the left is well in play. The
closer to the green, the narrower the fairway becomes. The whole left side
of the green faces a lake and the green is no wide, so a well-stricken fade
ball is required on the second shot. When you are not confident on the second
shot, you should lay up right in front right of the green and try to save
par with one chip and one put. |
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A straight hole which requires very demanding tee shot. The landing area
off the tee is considerably squeezed by water on the right and trees on
the left. The green is slightly elevated and has subtle undulations. |
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A uphill, dogleg to the right. You should avoid a series of bunkers at the
right corner because they are deep. The fairway is wavy with OB on the right
and left. The distance perspective will be difficult on the approach shot
as it is uphill to a blind green. |
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| A signature hole. A dogleg to the left along a large lake.
The landing area of the second shot is squeezed by the lake on the left
and bunkers on the right. The left side of the green faces the lake and
the green slopes from the right toward the left lake. The view of trees
and the town buildings reflected on the lake is superb. |
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| A very long and straight par 4. The fairway slopes form the
right to the left on the tee shot. You hit shots toward a hotel that looks
like a mosque. The appearance of Islamic architecture behind the green is
impressive.
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| An almost straight hole. Water comes into play on the right
on the tee shot and another water comes into play on the left on the second
shot.
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A very shot but interesting hole. A carry of 220 yards is needed to clear
2 bunkers on the center of the fairway. A long hitter can drive close to
the green but when his shot is too much from the left to the right, it will
be in a big lake bordering the right of the fairway. The green slightly
slopes from the front to the back. |
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A beautiful par 3 over a large lake. The front and right sides of the green
face the lake. The inverted reflections of buildngs of the other side of
the lake, seen of the lake, are really impresive. |
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| It is a 30-minute drive from Central Kuala Lumpur and a 40-minute
drive from the airport.
You need to be accompanied by member to play. However, visitors can play
on weekdays only if they use a golf package of staying at either one of
2 hotels, The Mines Resort or Palace of the Golden Horses. This package
was very expensive compare to the average prices in Malaysia but was worth
it because the course was great.
High-class residential area is in the course. I saw the villa of the
former Prime Minister Mahathir.
Top 100 Golf Courses (top100golfcourses.com)
ranks The Minies GC as the 3rd best course in Malaysia in 2020, which
has over 200 courses.
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The golf club hosted the Carlsberg Malaysia Open 2003,
PGA European Tour. The world cup of golf 1999 was also held at the golf
club and the United States team, Tiger Woods & Mark O'Meara, won
the event.
The other Robert Trent Jones Jr. designed courses in Malaysia are Bukit
Jambul CC, Desaru G &CC, Pulai Springs Resort – Pulai Springs Course,
and Raffles CC in the neighboring country, Singapore.
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A view from the clubhouse