Golf in Hong Kong & Macau

[GolfAddictShang]

Hello all,

 

I'll be visiting south China next months and would like to play a round or 2 out there. Anyone played out there before? I heard its quite expensive and my budget is around $150/Rd. Thanks in advance!

[jacklee]

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Hello all,

I'll be visiting south China next months and would like to play a round or 2 out there. Anyone played out there before? I heard its quite expensive and my budget is around $150/Rd. Thanks in advance!
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do you plan on playing weekends or weekdays? it's considerably more exp. on weekends- weekdays are manageable depending on where you plan.
Macau is pretty damn exp- if you have a handicap card, i would recommend playing on the public course - kau sai chau - east course or north. though since it's public, once you register and then book, it may be very hard to get the right tee time.

I assume you'll have a china visa? if so, check out shenzhen or zhuhai courses (zhuhai is next to macau- and some courses are only about 20mins away from the macau border)

the best site to help you would be golf007.com

good luck!

[wchan01]

Golf007 is a good place to book. I just relocate to HK and start playing in Dongguan, China at the Hillview Country Club. They have 4 - 9-hole course and it's in top notch condition. Play Monday or Tuesday to skip the crowd. It's only 1.5-2 hours away from HK.

[FatSlice]

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Golf007 is a good place to book. I just relocate to HK and start playing in Dongguan, China at the Hillview Country Club. They have 4 - 9-hole course and it's in top notch condition. Play Monday or Tuesday to skip the crowd. It's only 1.5-2 hours away from HK.
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Roger that. KSC is really hard to book on your own, and Hillview has been in *excellent* shape every time I have played there. One thing that pissed me off about Hillview, though, was that a marshal guarded an elevated tee box saying it was for 5 HCP and lower only. WTH? He hustled me down to the lower tee where I promptly drove it off the end of the fairway, turned around and stared at him. He sheepishly invited me back to the higher tee, but I was done with him and that tee and moved on.

[kitsoasis]

Are you a US citizen? I saw a few recommendations for courses in China, what's the visa situation like?

Entry into HK doesn't necessarily mean China too, as far as I know.

[hbear]

yeah you'll need a visa to get into China from HK.

I happened to like playing the Jockey club in HK. (or owned by the jockey club or funded by the jockey club...not exactly sure?)

http://www.kscgolf.org.hk/index-e.asp

Remember to bring passport AND handicap card.

Have to take a ferry over to the "golf island", courses were a lot of fun to play.

If you are in the Shenzen area, Mission hills is a must see....place is HUGE with great facilities. My uncle is a member there and got to play quite a bit when I was in HK a couple years back. (can't comment on booking or anything like that since that was all taken care of for me)

[Reft]

[quote name='hbear' timestamp='1330671243' post='4417337']
yeah you'll need a visa to get into China from HK.

I happened to like playing the Jockey club in HK. (or owned by the jockey club or funded by the jockey club...not exactly sure?)

[url="http://www.kscgolf.org.hk/index-e.asp"]http://www.kscgolf.org.hk/index-e.asp[/url]

Remember to bring passport AND handicap card.

Have to take a ferry over to the "golf island", courses were a lot of fun to play.

If you are in the Shenzen area, Mission hills is a must see....place is HUGE with great facilities. My uncle is a member there and got to play quite a bit when I was in HK a couple years back. (can't comment on booking or anything like that since that was all taken care of for me)
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How long is the round trip to the "Golf Island"? From say.... Central on the HK Island? Whats the most convenient way to get there?

Also, does anyone know of a decent driving range with decent balls? I went to one in Tseng Kwan O (Island Golf Driving Range) and the balls were absolutely horrible. No Dimples at all, hit a billion times, etc.

Any advice would be appreciated.

[hbear]

Think it would be a good hike from central, if I remember correct the golf island was way up near the new territories....I think it was 45mins by car and we were closer to clearwater bay.

[kits013]

I'm from Macau, $150 budget is not enough per round.

The one near westin hotel cost about 350 if u book from some online travel agency
The other one cost pretty much the same.

For HK, there's a pretty nice course outside the city that u actually have to take a boat, and making a reservation can be very complicated