RANKED #38 IN CHINA · 2024–25 · BEIJING
Bayhood No.9 International Golf Club
北湖9号国际高尔夫俱乐部 · Beijing, China
RANKED #38 IN CHINA · 2024–25 · BEIJING
北湖9号国际高尔夫俱乐部 · Beijing, China
THE COURSE FILE
Bayhood No.9 International Golf Club sits in Beijing’s golf circuit. Beijing’s most theatrical club — a 7,260-yard city course with an island-green 18th, black swans on the water and Asia’s only PGA-accredited academy.
A mature parkland test: tree-lined corridors, subtly contoured greens and a routing that rewards the thinker. Nothing about it is flashy; everything about it is real.
Apr–Nov is the golf window. On the tee, the rhythm is local and unhurried: a shared caddie for every group, a clubhouse lunch that runs longer than it should, and transfers your driver has already timed.
THE ROUND IN THREE ACTS
Every course reads differently at every hour. This is the shape of the day at Bayhood No.9 International Golf Club — where the round is won, where it is lost, and where to keep the camera ready.
ACT I · THE OPENING STRETCH
The opening stretchThe opening holes are classic parkland: tree lines that set the angles, fairways that reward the drawn ball, and greens with more contour than the scorecard suggests.
ACT II · AROUND THE TURN
Around the turnAround the turn the course asks the questions that make it a benchmark — approaches that must be flown to the correct quadrant, run-offs that turn good swings into testing pars.
ACT III · THE FINISH
The finishThe finish is tree-lined and member-calm, the kind of closing stretch that improves on a second round and explains the club’s standing in the city’s golf life.
THE SIGNATURE
Nelson & Haworth built this in their classic tournament idiom: broad fairways that narrow honestly, contoured greens and a routing that has already proven itself under championship golf. Nelson & Haworth holds the design credit.
Getting here is a settled fact rather than a worry: 40–80 minutes from Capital (PEK) for the northern clubs, 50–90 minutes from Daxing (PKX) for the south. Land the night before, sleep in the right bed, and the first tee is an unhurried drive away — we build the transfer schedule into the itinerary rather than leaving it to the morning.
LOGISTICS
40–80 minutes from Capital (PEK) for the northern clubs, 50–90 minutes from Daxing (PKX) for the south — your driver runs this route weekly, so the times below are the real ones.
Your driver collects you at the hotel — the transfer time is exactly the access line on this page, because the route is run weekly and timed on real traffic.
Range balls, club storage, shoes and a locker are arranged before you arrive: the pro-shop list goes to the club the night before, so nothing waits at the counter.
First tee. A shared caddie joins the group, briefed in advance on your handicaps, your pace and the shots each of you would rather not be asked for.
The turn. Clubhouse lunch, tea, and an honest scorecard conversation about which holes on the back nine are actually winnable today.
The back nine, then a shower and a cold drink while the card is added up — the clubhouse debrief is part of the ritual, not an option.
Onward transfer: hotel, another course, or the rail station. Your driver has already timed it against the traffic window.
THE FINE PRINT
PAIR IT WITH
The multi-round pattern we actually use: one base, two to four courses, one driver who knows the shuttle times. These are the courses we pair with Bayhood No.9 International Golf Club.
WHERE WE PUT YOU
The grand heritage hotels inside the hutong ring — walk to the palace moat, drive forty minutes to the tees.
For the Wall day: sleep where the day-trippers have already gone home.
GOOD TO KNOW
The window we build trips around is Apr to Nov, when the turf is at pace and the weather cooperates. Ranked courses reward shoulder-season rounds with softer rates and quieter tee sheets.
Ranked member courses in China do not sell visitor times on a public booking sheet. We open them through long-standing club relationships, confirm the time in writing before you fly, and build the caddie briefing, club storage and transfers around it. Visitor-friendly clubs in the same rotation we book directly.
Green fees are quoted live in your itinerary: published rates in China move with season, weekend policy and the exchange rate — stale numbers are worse than none.
PLAY BAYHOOD NO.9 INTERNATIONAL GOLF CLUB WITH US
Beijing transfers, the right caddie, the rooms nearest this course, and one fixed all-in price. No deposit, no obligation.
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