850 Ooazakuroi Toyoura-cho,
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi 759-6312
The Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined parkland.
Surroundings:
Coastal pine forest directly alongside a small bay off the Hibiki Sea.
Designer:
Osamu Ueda
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130.900934
23 km N of Shimonoseki / 45 km N of Kitakyushu.
Shimonoseki GC
Shimonoseki Golf Club is home to a private and well-rated parkland layout, located a 30-minute drive from the centre of the city of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The layout enjoys a tree-lined setting, just behind the shoreline of the Hibiki Sea. Course description, images and other details to follow soon.
Private club - guests can only play if hosted by a member.
Tournaments:
Solheim Cup: can Europe defend the most prestigious team trophy in women’s professional golf, when the 17th Solheim Cup is played out at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio (Sept 4-6).
Italian Open: Nicolai Højgaard recorded his first European Tour win (Sept 5), just a week after his twin brother Rasmus landed the European Masters title (Aug 29); the first brothers to win back-to-back on the European Tour.
Who's Who:
Patrick Cantlay: moved into the world top 5, after winning the final two FedEx Cup playoff events and scooping the $15 million first prize.
Trish Johnson: kept the Senior LPGA Championship trophy in European hands, with her second win in this event in its four-year history.
The San Roque Club: "... how best to revitalise a course that had previously been fit to play regular host to the European Tour’s qualifying school finals..." by Toby Ingleton.
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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