RANKED #25 IN CHINA · 2024–25 · GUANGDONG
Shizi Lake Country Club — the Moon Course
清远狮子湖乡村俱乐部（月球球场） · Qingyuan, China
RANKED #25 IN CHINA · 2024–25 · GUANGDONG
清远狮子湖乡村俱乐部（月球球场） · Qingyuan, China
THE COURSE FILE
Shizi Lake Country Club — the Moon Course sits in Qingyuan’s golf circuit. The famed “Moon Course” on a peninsula of Shizi Lake near Qingyuan — bold shaping, island greens and the awards dinner hotel next door.
Water sets the strategy — carries on the key holes, wind off the lake on the rest, and enough shoreline holes that the scorecard reads like a sailing chart.
The season is the whole year. 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 Shizi Lake Country Club — the Moon Course — where the round is won, where it is lost, and where to keep the camera ready.
ACT I · THE OPENING STRETCH
The opening stretchThe round opens along the shoreline, where the water is close enough to affect your aim before it affects your score — the first three holes set the tone with carries you will remember.
ACT II · AROUND THE TURN
Around the turnThe middle of the round turns inland and strategic: wind off the lake, greens guarded by the water you cannot see, and the first genuinely penal hole waiting somewhere around the twelfth.
ACT III · THE FINISH
The finishThe finish runs back along the lake with resort roofs and evening light on the water — the scorecard has been honest all day, and the setting forgives it.
THE GROUND
The design balances water and land: shoreline holes for drama, inland holes for strategy, and enough width that the water punishes misses rather than intentions.
Getting here is a settled fact rather than a worry: 60–80 minutes north of Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN). 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
60–80 minutes north of Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN) — 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 Shizi Lake Country Club — the Moon Course.
GOOD TO KNOW
The window is wide open — Qingyuan plays in every month of the year, so we plan around flight prices and festivals instead of weather. 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 SHIZI LAKE COUNTRY CLUB — THE MOON COURSE WITH US
Qingyuan transfers, the right caddie, the rooms nearest this course, and one fixed all-in price. No deposit, no obligation.
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