RANKED #92 IN CHINA · 2024–25 · HAINAN
Clearwater Bay Golf Club — the A Course
海南清水湾高尔夫球会（A场） · Lingshui, China
RANKED #92 IN CHINA · 2024–25 · HAINAN
海南清水湾高尔夫球会（A场） · Lingshui, China
THE COURSE FILE
Clearwater Bay Golf Club — the A Course sits in Lingshui’s golf circuit. A sea-course on Lingshui’s sweeping Clearwater Bay — Hainan’s quieter answer to Sanya.
The sea is close enough to hear on every hole. Fairways bend along the shoreline, the breeze carries salt and club-selection debates, and the resort pacing stays relaxed between shots.
Nov–Mar best 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 Clearwater Bay Golf Club — the A Course — where the round is won, where it is lost, and where to keep the camera ready.
ACT I · THE OPENING STRETCH
The opening stretchYou start with the ocean on one side and a generous fairway ahead: holiday golf, but with enough width-versus-water decisions on the first three holes to sharpen the focus.
ACT II · AROUND THE TURN
Around the turnAround the turn the course bends into the headwind, and the calm front-nine score quietly becomes a grind of lay-up choices and putts that break towards the sea.
ACT III · THE FINISH
The finishThe finish plays back to the clubhouse with the light going gold across the water — the signature photo holes arrive late, so keep a little patience in reserve for them.
THE GROUND
The routing follows the shore and takes its strategy from it: water framing holes rather than catching every shot, and views deployed at the moments they hit hardest.
Getting here is a settled fact rather than a worry: 70 minutes south of Sanya Phoenix (SYX) on the east-loop expressway. 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
70 minutes south of Sanya Phoenix (SYX) on the east-loop expressway — 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 Clearwater Bay Golf Club — the A Course.
WHERE WE PUT YOU
Walk to the A Course of Clearwater Bay (No.92) — the quietest ranked sea-course on the island.
GOOD TO KNOW
The window we build trips around is Nov to Mar best, 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 CLEARWATER BAY GOLF CLUB — THE A COURSE WITH US
Lingshui transfers, the right caddie, the rooms nearest this course, and one fixed all-in price. No deposit, no obligation.
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