JOURNEY 04 · FOUR PROVINCES · 10 NIGHTS · 6 ROUNDS
For the group that has done everywhere else. Jiangnan’s classics, Yunnan’s altitude, Hainan’s ocean — stitched together with two private domestic flights and a driver who knows exactly where the good noodle stops are.
Returning golfers, ambitious first-timers, the trip-of-the-decade group.
The rhythm — Three bases, two flights, six rounds sequenced so no drive exceeds two hours without a good reason Bund five-star, Spring City suites, Yalong Bay beachfront.
THE ROUTE
The spine your dates grow around. Every leg is timed against real traffic, real flight loads and one rule: nobody rides for three hours before a tee time without a good reason.
Opening base. Sheshan under tournament light, and the city at its own pace.
Altitude climax. Spring City twice, then the mountain — the trip builds so your best round happens with the mountains at their loudest.
Ocean finish. Yalong Bay, beach evenings, and clubs that fly home salty.
DAY BY DAY
Drive times, beds and meals as we actually plan them. Your itinerary rebuilds this around your flights — the second draft is usually the good one.
Met at Pudong, Bund by evening. The first round is deliberately two days away — international arrivals get one full reset day, and the city fills it better than any spa.
Opening round on the HSBC Champions course. Caddies briefed on your handicaps in advance — the opening round of a ten-night trip should be enjoyed, not survived.
A flexible day: a second round at Tomson Pudong for the greedy, the city for everyone else. The evening flight west to Kunming is timed after dinner, so the day stays whole.
Plateau golf at 1,800 metres, arriving with fresh legs because the schedule protected them. Nicklaus ridgelines, thin air, one club more on every approach.
Trent Jones Jr. around the shoreline. The quieter round — which at altitude is its own kind of luxury. Afternoon by the lake; the group that plays six rounds in ten nights earns one slow afternoon.
A short flight or a scenic five-hour drive — the group votes, the planner books. Lijiang old town at dusk, early night before the trip’s signature morning.
The round the whole journey builds toward: 3,100 metres, the snow mountain over the shoulder, the ball a club longer. Take the photograph on 17 — the 18th deserves your full attention.
Connecting flight via Kunming to the island. Beach check-in by mid-afternoon — three climate zones in ten days, and the third one arrives with a swim.
Ocean golf walked from the suite, an early tee to leave the afternoon open — because on the last full night, the beach dinner is the point, not the golf.
Late checkout, airport run, clubs home. Six rounds, four provinces, two flights — and a group chat that stays active for years.
THE COURSES ON THIS JOURNEY
Each course links to its full file — designer, terrain, season, and how a visitor actually gets on the tee. Access is confirmed for your dates before anything is paid.
The tournament opener, west of Shanghai.
Optional second Shanghai round; wind and floodlights.
Nicklaus at 1,800 m; the plateau anchor.
Trent Jones Jr. shoreline; the altitude recovery round.
The climax: Asia’s highest championship course.
The ocean closer in Sanya.
THE PRICE, HONESTLY
Per golfer, twin share, all-in: golf with caddies booked, hotels, private car and driver, breakfasts and the listed meals, and a planner on call from landing to take-off. This is a planning band, not a bookable price — the starting figure assumes four golfers travelling together, and the number moves with group size, hotel tier, weekday or weekend golf and your travel dates. Your dated proposal confirms courses, hotel level and every inclusion in writing.
THE SMALL PRINT, LARGE
The two lists that prevent 90% of arguments. If a service is not on the left column, it is on the right — and your proposal repeats both before signature.
ASKED BEFORE YOU ASK
The honest answers. Everything else — visas, your handicap against that back nine, the wine list — is one message away.
Groups who have already done the single-region trip and want the whole argument of Chinese golf in one go: city parkland, altitude mountain, ocean links. If anyone in the fourball needs a softer cadence, we cut to five rounds and nobody misses it.
Distance. Shanghai to Yunnan is 2,000 kilometres — a drive that would cost two golf days. Two 50-minute–3-hour flights protect the rounds; every other leg is road.
The same hard case, checked through as sports equipment on both sectors, and the hotels handle platform-to-room. We declare bag counts when booking the vehicles and the flights — this is planned before ticketing.
Yes — Sanya-first works beautifully in European winter, Shanghai-last in autumn. The route is rebuilt around your month, not the brochure.
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YUNNAN · 7 NIGHTS · 4 ROUNDS
Kunming sits at 1,700 metres, and the ball flies eight percent farther for free.
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HAINAN · 5 NIGHTS · 4 ROUNDS
When Seoul and Tokyo freeze, Hainan holds 22°C and ten volcanic courses on a single property.
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JIANGNAN · 6 NIGHTS · 4 ROUNDS
Our classic first visit: Shanghai arrival, championship parkland in the city, tea-terrace golf at Hangzhou, and two slow evenings in a Suzhou courtyard house.
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