China
On application
Shanghai
Visitors welcome
Beijing
Visitors welcome
Tianjin
North course: Pete Dye in collaboration with Schmidt-Curley (Lee Schmidt & Brian Curley).
South course: designed by Schmidt-Curley.
Private club
Shenzhen
Gary Player
Visitors welcome
Longkou
Lin Zhenrong (of Taiwan)
Visitors welcome
Tianjin
Ron Fream of Golfplan USA.
Private club
Guangzhou
Dave Thomas
Visitors welcome
Haikou
Graham Marsh
Visitors welcome
Hong Kong
Gary Player designed the North and South courses (1995). Robin Nelson & Neil Haworth designed the East course (2009).
Visitors welcome
Chengdu
Brian Costello, Mark Hollinger & Robert Moore.
Visitors welcome
Lijiang
Robin Nelson & Neil Haworth, with input from Zhang Lian-wei.
(Closed in 2019)
Haiyang
Beta Soong, Tiger Beach's Taiwanese owner.
Visitors welcome
Xiamen
Ron Fream
Visitors welcome
Beijing
Tiger Song
Visitors welcome
Beijing
Jim Wilchire
Visitors welcome
Haikou
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design).
Visitors welcome
Guangzhou
Liang Guo-kun
Rsrt guests only
Shenzhen
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design), with input from Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki.
Rsrt guests only
Shenzhen
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design), with input from Zhang Lian Wei.
Visitors welcome
Hangzhou
Robin Nelson & Neil Haworth (Dragon course); Phil Ryan of Pacific Coast Design (Phoenix course).
Visitors welcome
Hangzhou
Ron Fream
Visitors welcome
Zhongshan
Liang Guo-kun
Rsrt guests only
Shenzhen
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design), with input from Annika Sorenstam.
Visitors welcome
Huizhou
Robin Nelson & Neil Haworth
Private club
Shanghai
Original designer unknown; course significantly redesigned by Dana Fry and Chinese designer Jun Lu (2012).
Rsrt guests only
Shenzhen
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design), with input from Ernie Els.
Visitors welcome
Huizhou
Jack Nicklaus Jr.
Visitors welcome
Xiamen
Donald Knott (of Knott & Linn Golf Design Group). Don Knott and Gary Linn were formerly lead design consultants with Robert Trent Jones Jr, working on projects such as CordeValle, Poppy Hills and the Links at Spanish Bay.
Visitors welcome
Huizhou
Liang Guo-kun
Visitors welcome
Shenzhen
Wang Guang-lin
Visitors welcome
Haikou
Perry Dye & cousin Cynthia Dye McGarey.
Visitors welcome
Haikou
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design).
Visitors welcome
Shenzhen
Les Watts
Private club
Shanghai
Mark Hollinger of JMP Golf Design: Parkland course (2010); Linksland course (2012).
Visitors welcome
Guangzhou
Gary Player (his first design in China).
Visitors welcome
Dali
Nick Faldo
Weekdays only
Hong Kong
Designed by Peter Thomson and Michael Wolveridge (1970), with input from Commander John Harris.
Visitors welcome
Longkou
David Hemstock
Visitors welcome
Haikou
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design).
Private club
Shanghai
Jack Nicklaus
Visitors welcome
Xiamen
Greg Norman
Weekday a.m.
Hong Kong
T. Sawai & A. Furukawa (1982); Peter Thomson & Ross Perrett (2006).
Private club
Zhongshan
Jack Nicklaus Jr.
Visitors welcome
Guilin
Golden Louise
Visitors welcome
Haikou
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design).
Visitors welcome
Guangzhou
Lee Cheng
Visitors welcome
Beijing
Cheng Chun Bo
Mon & Tues
Hong Kong
Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Rsrt guests only
Shenzhen
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design), with input from José María Olazábal.
Visitors welcome
Shanghai
Peter Rogers of Pacific Coast Design
Private club
Dongguan
Robert Trent Jones II Design
Private club
Beijing
Brit Stenson
Visitors welcome
Yantai
Ian Woosnam
Rsrt guests only
Shenzhen
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design), with input from David Leadbetter.
Visitors welcome
Macau
T.K. Pen
Visitors welcome
Haikou
Graham Marsh
Visitors welcome
Shenzhen
Robin Nelson & Neil Haworth
Private club
Longkou
Steve Shepherdson of IMG (Cuiyuan course); Pan-China Construction (Cuigu course).
Visitors welcome
Guangzhou
Nick Faldo
Private club
Beijing
Jack Nicklaus designed the Golden Bear course (1998) and Nicklaus course (2006, with Jack Nicklaus II).
Visitors welcome
Shenzhen
JMP Design
Visitors welcome
Beijing
Bob Shearer & Peter Thomson (Jinmen course, 2004). TWP Design (Yongding course).
Visitors welcome
Sanya
Tom Weiskopf
Visitors welcome
Shanghai
Peter Thomson
Visitors welcome
Dongguan
Jim Engh designed both the Masters and Open courses.
On application
Shenzhen
Original design by Isao Aoki (1985), with improvements and an additional nine designed by Robin Nelson & Neil Haworth (2000).
Rsrt guests only
Shenzhen
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design), with input from Nick Faldo.
Visitors welcome
Haikou
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design).
Visitors welcome
Beijing
Sasaki Associates
Private club
Shanghai
Robin Nelson & Neil Haworth
Visitors welcome
Sanya
Scott Miller
Visitors welcome
Lijiang
Joe F. Obringer
Visitors welcome
Guangzhou
Robin Nelson & Neil Haworth
Visitors welcome
Sanya
Mark Miller
Visitors welcome
Fuzhou
Robert Trent Jones II (lead designer Bruce Charlton).
Private club
Guangzhou
Colin Montgomerie
Rsrt guests only
Shenzhen
Original design by Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design), with input from David Duval (2003). Redesign by Brian Curley, with input from Justin Rose & Ian Poulter (2012).
Private club
Shenzhen
Originally opened as the 18-hole CITIC Green GC (1995); major renovation and extension to 36-holes by Neil Haworth (2008).
Visitors welcome
Hong Kong
Gary Player designed the North and South courses (1995). Robin Nelson & Neil Haworth designed the East course (2009).
Visitors welcome
Sanya
Robert Trent Jones II (lead designer Bruce Charlton).
Visitors welcome
Beijing
Graham Marsh
Private course
Shenzhen
Pete Dye in collaboration with Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design).
Visitors welcome
Zhongshan
A-course: Mark Hollinger of JMP Design Group.
B-course: Lee Schmidt (Schmidt-Curley Design).
Visitors welcome
Chongqing
Peter Dalkeith Scott
Visitors welcome
Haikou
Colin Montgomerie
Visitors welcome
Macau
Lake course: designed by J. Michael Poellot (1996).
Norman course: (formerly called the Mountain course); original design by J. Michael Poellot (1996); renovation by Greg Norman (2014).
Visitors welcome
Shenzhen
Various
Visitors welcome
Hangzhou
Golfplan (Ron Fream, David Dale & Kevin Ramsey)
Weekdays only
Hong Kong
Original design by L.S. Greenhill (1931).
Visitors welcome
Huizhou
Okade Kazuo of Taisen Corp.
Visitors welcome
Kunming
Ted & Geoff Parslow (brothers).
Visitors welcome
Sanya
JMP Design (Brian Costello, Mark Hollinger & Bob Moore).
Visitors welcome
Guangzhou
Local Chinese designer
Private club
Shanghai
Shunsuke Kato
Visitors welcome
Macau
T.K. Pen
(Closed in 2017)
Kunming
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design) designed all three courses.
Visitors welcome
Haiyang
Schmidt-Curley Design (Lee Schmidt & Brian Curley).
Rsrt guests only
Shenzhen
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design), with input from Vijay Singh.
Rsrt guests only
Shenzhen
Greg Norman Golf Course Design (lead designer Harley Kruse).
Private club
Shenzhen
Robin Nelson, Rodney Wright & Neil Haworth
Visitors welcome
Tianjin
Peter Thomson
Visitors welcome
Kunming
Nick Faldo
Visitors welcome
Shenzhen
Les Watts
Visitors welcome
Macau
Colin Montgomerie
Visitors welcome
Haikou
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design).
Visitors welcome
Shanghai
Graham Marsh
Visitors welcome
Kunming
Jack Nicklaus in collaboration with Schmidt-Curley Design (1998)
Visitors welcome
Dalian
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design).
Visitors welcome
Fuzhou
Kaichi Kato
Rsrt guests only
Shenzhen
Jack Nicklaus, with some later remodelling by Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design).
Visitors welcome
Haikou
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design).
Visitors welcome
Guangzhou
Mark Hollinger of JMP Design Group.
Visitors welcome
Dalian
Peter L.H. Thompson (the American designer, versus Peter Thomson the Australian) & Zhu Zongying - Divine Tortoise course (1996); Jinying course (2002).
Visitors welcome
Hangzhou
Mark Hollinger
Visitors welcome
Beijing
T.K. Pen & Bill Young
(Closed in 2017)
Shenzhen
"A" course (H & F nines): original design by UEHARA of Japan (1999); reworked by Hurdzan/Fry (Dr Michael Hurdzan & Dana Fry) (2010).
"B" course (aka Tycoon Dye; D, Y & E nines): 27-hole layout designed by uncle/niece team of Pete Dye & Cynthia Dye McGarey (2010).
Visitors welcome
Haikou
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design).
Visitors welcome
Beijing
Peter Thomson & Peter Deng
Visitors welcome
Yantai
Original design by Lu Jun; significantly revamped by David Dale of Golfplan (Ron Fream, David Dale & Kevin Ramsey) in 2007.
Visitors welcome
Guangzhou
Dick Davidson of Davidson Golf Design.
Private club
Beijing
Steve Nicklaus of Nicklaus Design
Visitors welcome
Shanghai
The new Masters course (a Nicklaus Legacy course) comes from a 2010 redesign by Jack Nicklaus II of the former Lake (South) course. The Forest (North) course was originally designed by Peter Thomson.
Private club
Shanghai
Gary Player
Private club
Hong Kong
Renovated by Phil Ryan of Pacific Golf Design.
Visitors welcome
Kunming
Les Watts
Visitors welcome
Shenzhen
Ian Woosnam
Visitors welcome
Beijing
Sang Ha Lim
Visitors welcome
Sanya
Schmidt-Curley Design (Lee Schmidt & Brian Curley).
Private club
Tianjin
Original 36-hole design launched in 1999, followed by a later remodelling by Schmidt-Curley Design (2007). Revised 27-hole layout co-designed by Tom McBroom of Canada and Beau Welling of South Carolina (2015).
Visitors welcome
Sanya
Robert (Bob) McFarland designed Kangle's Hot Spring and Sun River courses (1999) / C.J. Tan (from Malaysia) designed Kangle's Oak Forest course.
Visitors welcome
Chongqing
Robin Nelson & Neil Haworth
Visitors welcome
Haikou
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design).
On application
Shanghai
Robert Trent Jones II
Visitors welcome
Kunming
Robert Trent Jones Jr (1998).
Visitors welcome
Beijing
Jian Biao Hao
Private club
Longkou
Colin Montgomerie designed the Montgomerie course in association with IMG Design.
Visitors welcome
Guangzhou
Rick Jacobson designed the Moon and Moonlight courses, replacing the original 18-hole layout designed by Larry Nelson & Lin Zhenrong.
Visitors welcome
Sanya
Tom Weiskopf
Visitors welcome
Shenzhen
J. Michael Poellot
Visitors welcome
Sanya
Robin Nelson & Neil Haworth
Visitors welcome
Haikou
Bill Yo Ji
Visitors welcome
Sanya
Schmidt-Curley Design (Lee Schmidt & Brian Curley) designed the North and South courses.
Weekdays only
Zhongshan
Palmer course: designed by Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay (1984).
Nicklaus course: designed by Jack Nicklaus in collaboration with Lee Schmidt of Schmidt-Curley Design (1993).
Visitors welcome
Hong Kong
Gary Player designed the North and South courses (1995). Robin Nelson & Neil Haworth designed the East course (2009).
Visitors welcome
Beijing
Nick Faldo
Visitors welcome
Fuzhou
Ted Parslow
Visitors welcome
Huizhou
Chen Chuan-yuan (of Malaysia).
Private club
Shanghai
Designed by father/son team of Jack Nicklaus and Jack Nicklaus Jr (2011); reworked by Michael Clayton and Ashley Mead (2018).
Visitors welcome
Beijing
Jesper Parnevik (A course); Brit Stenson (B course)
Visitors welcome
Macau
Original design by T.K. Pen; recent improvements designed by Bobby Weed.
Visitors welcome
Dongguan
John Jacobs
Visitors welcome
Kunming
Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Visitors welcome
Dongguan
Peter Thomson
Visitors welcome
Haikou
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design).
Visitors welcome
Shenzhen
Robin Nelson & Neil Haworth
Visitors welcome
Sanya
Mark Hollinger of JMP Golf Design Group.
Weekdays only
Hong Kong
Original course probably created by Edwin R. Hallifax (1911); substantially modified by L.S. Greenhill (late-1910s).
Rsrt guests only
Macau
Hiroshi Ikeda & Aoki Corporation.
Visitors welcome
Nanjing
Gary Player
Visitors welcome
Guangzhou
Bernhard Langer
Visitors welcome
Chongqing
Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design) designed the North course (2006) and South course (2008).
Private club
Haikou
Bill Coore & Ben Crenshaw
Weekdays only
Hong Kong
Ryder Cup: Rome plays host to the first ever Ryder Cup to be staged in Italy, with the USA defending golf’s greatest team trophy at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club (Sept 29-Oct 1).
Solheim Cup: also in September, also in southern Europe, the 18th Solheim Cup will be contested at Finca Cortesin on the Costa del Sol, with Europe defending after their surprise win in Toledo, Inverness Club (Ohio) in 2021 (Sept 22-24).
Céline Boutier: with many successes as both an amateur and professional golfer, Boutier added a major championship title to her impressive résumé at this year’s Evian Championship.
Alex Cejka: buffeted by rain and high winds, especially on the high-scoring final day, Čejka prevailed over Pádraig Harrington in a playoff at Royal Porthcawl, to scoop the Senior Open Championship title.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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