Tangchi,
Yi Liang, Kunming, Yunnan 652103
Office
+86 871 767 1188Pro shop
+86 871 767 1188Fax
+86 871 767 1186Website
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Spring City Golf AcademyThe Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined parkland. Undulating terrain - several slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Woodland and limited residential.
Designer:
Jack Nicklaus in collaboration with Schmidt-Curley Design (1998)
Above distances are for the Mountain course. Also at Spring City is the 18-hole Lake course (par-72; 7204 yds from back tees).
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53 km SE of Kunming city centre.
The Mountain course at Spring City Golf & Lake Resort is one of the top-rated layouts in China. Its companion Lake course is also one of the jewels in the country's golfing crown ... and usually ranked slightly above the Mountain course.
Laid out in two nine-hole loops, the Mountain course is set on high ground above the clubhouse, overlooking the impressively large Yangzonghai Lake. It doesn't however make its way down to the lakeshore.
Jack Nicklaus's testing design includes good-width fairways, large sprawling fairways bunkers, and prodigious greenside defences. Small ponds put in a couple of appearances, most threateningly at the peninsula-like par-3 8th ... a wonderful short hole.
Stay&Play at Spring City: luxury onsite accommodation available, see Where2Stay section below.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance.
Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2021].
Golf carts and caddies are compulsory.
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Spring City's golf courses are certified as Audubon International Cooperative Sanctuary Courses.
China's best courses (Golf Digest, 2022):
Spring City's Lake course ranked 4th best; Mountain course ranked 5th best.
Tangchi, Yi Liang, Kunming, Yunnan Province.
+86 871 767 1188
Visit websiteSpring City Golf & Lake Resort features a luxurious clubhouse complete with well-appointed lodges and offers fine dining and a variety of recreational facilities and services. A wide range of accommodations are offered from standard lodge rooms to three-bedroom villas. Each of the 73 clubhouse lodges and more than 150 villas/apartments has air conditioning, internet access, extensive selections of satellite TV channels, personal safe, etc.
Spring City (Lake & Mountain courses).
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Kunming Country GC.
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