Best golf courses: Yunnan, China

Yunnan, China: 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-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Lijiang
Nelson & Haworth

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Lijiang

Designer

Robin Nelson & Neil Haworth, with input from Zhang Lian-wei.

Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
Dali
Faldo, Nick

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Dali

Designer

Nick Faldo

Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
Lijiang
Obringer, Joe F.

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Lijiang

Designer

Joe F. Obringer

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Kunming
Parslow, Ted

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Kunming

Designer

Ted & Geoff Parslow (brothers).

Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
(Closed in 2017)
Kunming
Schmidt-Curley Design

Visitors?

(Closed in 2017)

Nearest city

Kunming

Designer

Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design) designed all three courses.

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
Visitors welcome
Kunming
Faldo, Nick

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Kunming

Designer

Nick Faldo

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Kunming
Nicklaus, Jack

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Kunming

Designer

Jack Nicklaus in collaboration with Schmidt-Curley Design (1998)

Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
Visitors welcome
Kunming
Watts, Les

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Kunming

Designer

Les Watts

5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
Visitors welcome
Kunming
Jones II, Robert Trent

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Kunming

Designer

Robert Trent Jones Jr (1998).

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
Visitors welcome
Kunming
Jones II, Robert Trent

Visitors?

Visitors welcome

Nearest city

Kunming

Designer

Robert Trent Jones Jr.

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Tournaments

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). 

Who's Who

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

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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