Best golf courses: Shandong Peninsula

Shandong Peninsula: the table below provides brief details about the top golf courses in this country or region. Each golf club has been visited and/or researched by Where2Golf. Click on the course name below to discover more. The course ratings below range from 5 highest, to 2 lowest. They attempt to provide an indication of the golfing experience you might expect at the course (based on its design, condition and surroundings). Hover your cursor above the Rating Key for the rating definitions.
4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Yantai
Golfplan

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Yantai

Designer

Original design by Lu Jun; significantly revamped by David Dale of Golfplan (Ron Fream, David Dale & Kevin Ramsey) in 2007.

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Longkou
Montgomerie, Colin

Visitors?

Private club

Nearest city

Longkou

Designer

Colin Montgomerie designed the Montgomerie course in association with IMG Design.

Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
Private club
Longkou
Shepherdson, Steve

Visitors?

Private club

Nearest city

Longkou

Designer

Steve Shepherdson of IMG (Cuiyuan course); Pan-China Construction (Cuigu course).

Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
Longkou
Hemstock, David

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Longkou

Designer

David Hemstock

Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
Yantai
Woosnam, Ian

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Yantai

Designer

Ian Woosnam

Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
Haiyang
Schmidt-Curley Design

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Haiyang

Designer

Schmidt-Curley Design (Lee Schmidt & Brian Curley).

Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
(Closed in 2019)
Haiyang
Soong, Beta

Visitors?

(Closed in 2019)

Nearest city

Haiyang

Designer

Beta Soong, Tiger Beach's Taiwanese owner.

Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
Longkou
Zhenrong, Lin

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Longkou

Designer

Lin Zhenrong (of Taiwan)

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Tournaments

The Sentry: known for many years as the Tournament of Champions, the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opener gets underway on Kapalua’s Plantation course (Jan 2-5). Chris Kirk defends.

Tournament of Champions: the LPGA Tour’s 2025 season is launched at Lake Nona with the their Tournament of Champions (Jan 30-Feb 2). The 2024 edition gave Lydia Ko her 20th LPGA Tour title.

Who's Who

Attahya Thitikul: also known as “Jeeno”, the Thai golfer won the LPGA Tour’s 2024 CME Group Tour Championship … and an eye-watering $4 million, the richest first-prize in women’s golf.

Rory McIlroy: scooped the 2024 European (DP World) Tour season-long Order of Merit title, joining Seve Ballesteros as a six-time winner of this prestigious award.

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club

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.

Prince's Golf Club, Kent (UK)

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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