60+ PARTNER COURSES · 9 PROVINCES
Eight of the courses our guests play most. Every card below includes the par, the yardage, the season — and how a visitor actually gets on the tee.
FILE 001 · SHANGHAI
PAR 72 · 7,025 YD · PARKLAND
Home of the WGC-HSBC Champions. Mature trees, lakes, and a back nine that has humbled tour pros — let alone the rest of us. The classic Shanghai arrival round.
BEST MAR–MAY & SEP–NOV
VISITOR ACCESS · BOOKED VIA CGT
FILE 002 · SHANGHAI
PAR 72 · 7,166 YD · PARKLAND
A members' club twenty minutes from Lujiazui that simply does not take public bookings. Water on most holes, immaculate greens, and a clubhouse that feels like a private residence.
BEST YEAR ROUND
MEMBERS' CLUB · CGT ACCESS ONLY
FILE 003 · SHANGHAI
PAR 72 · 7,139 YD · LAKESIDE PARKLAND
A former Volvo China Open venue on the shores of Dianshan Lake. Wide corridors, strategic bunkering, and wind off the water that punishes the lazy driver.
BEST MAR–MAY & SEP–NOV
VISITOR ACCESS · BOOKED VIA CGT
FILE 004 · KUNMING, YUNNAN
PAR 72 · 7,204 YD · 1,760 M ALTITUDE
Two championship courses above Yangzong Lake: the Jack Nicklaus Mountain View and the Robert Trent Jones Jr. Lake View. At this altitude your ball flies about 8% farther — bring a sweater and a straight driver.
BEST APR–JUN & SEP–OCT
RESORT ACCESS · STAY & PLAY
FILE 005 · HANGZHOU, ZHEJIANG
PAR 72 · 7,110 YD · HEATHLAND STYLE
A course painted into the landscape of the Fuchun River scroll: tea terraces on one side, water on the other, mist at dawn. Stay next door at Fuchun Resort or Amanfayun.
BEST MAR–MAY & SEP–NOV
RESORT ACCESS · STAY & PLAY
FILE 006 · HAIKOU, HAINAN
PAR 73 · 7,435 YD · VOLCANIC
The signature course of the largest golf facility on earth — ten layouts on one property, carved through black lava rock and jungle. Wind off the bogies and greens that run like pool tables.
BEST NOV–MAR
RESORT ACCESS · STAY & PLAY
FILE 007 · SANYA, HAINAN
PAR 72 · 7,115 YD · TROPICAL PARKLAND
Sanya's best bay, and a 6:40 tee time you can walk to from your suite. Ocean glimpses, coconut palms, and winter conditions your home course can only dream about.
BEST NOV–MAR
RESORT ACCESS · STAY & PLAY
FILE 008 · LIJIANG, YUNNAN
PAR 72 · 7,316 YD · ~3,000 M ALTITUDE
One of the highest courses on earth, beneath the snow line of the mountain itself. The ball flies nearly a club longer at this altitude — and nobody forgets the view from the fifth tee.
BEST APR–JUN & SEP–OCT
VISITOR ACCESS · BOOKED VIA CGTHOW ACCESS WORKS
China has 600-plus courses, but the best ones — and especially the members' clubs — do not answer emails from abroad, do not list green fees, and do not sell tee times online. They answer us. Two decades of relationships, paid tee-time commitments and guest-behaviour trust are what get your four-ball onto the first tee.
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Every course above is bookable through us as part of a private journey — tee times, caddies, hotels and the driver between them. Tell us your picks and dates; you'll have a fixed-price draft within one business day.
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