Can you imagine having the choice of playing 10 different golf courses, at the one resort? Located in Shenzen, China, about an hour and a half from Hong Kong airport, is Mission Hills Golf & Country Club, created from a 10-plus square kilometre of wasteland between Shenzen City and Dongguan City in 1992 and now listed by the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s largest integrated golf resort.
During the first phase of its development, Mission Hills invited Jack Nicklaus, Ernie Els, Vijay Singh, Nick Faldo and Jumbo Ozaki – five of the greatest golfers of all time – to design signature courses influenced by those found on their home continents. Subsequently, legends Greg Norman, Jose Maria Olazabal and David Duval, top female player Annika Sorenstam, leading instructor David Leadbetter, American master golf course architect Pete Dye, and China’s top player Zhang Lianwei, were also invited to design namesake masterpieces at Mission Hills. With 12 courses and 216 holes, Mission Hills has undeniably become the world’s No.1 golf club!
Mission Hills Golf Club also features the Shenzen, Dongguan and Mid-valley Clubhouses and Country Club. The Dongguan Clubhouse is recognised as the largest golf clubhouse in the world!
Each course at Mission Hills has it’s own distinctive characteristics, reflecting on the 12 legends of the game, representing five continents, and whose names adorn the local landscape.
Mission Hills has hosted more than 100 premier international events, including Tiger Wood’s first ever visit to China, and successfully staged the Tiger Woods China Challenge, a tournament that helped kick-off China’s golf craze.
Now you too, can play where the champions play!
In late 2010, Mission Hills opened their newest hotel at Dongguan, so you now have the choice of staying at the Shenzen Resort or Dongguan with over 500 rooms on offer.
For those golfing addicts who just can’t get enough of the game, try the Unlimited Golf Package. It’s for 6 nights/7 days and you can manage to play the entire 10 courses available. We suggest you go in on a Sunday and out on a Saturday.
As something different - perhaps play 9 holes in the daylight and the back 9 under lights. What a talking point!
Need to hone your skills a bit? Try out the 64 Bay floodlit Driving Range. And if you want a change from golf, you could always have a game of tennis on one of the 51 courts. Then, at the end of a tiring day, you can enjoy a massage at one o the many Mission Hills Spas. What a way to go!
Come and share the vision with Golfing Holidays – Worldwide! Let us turn your golfing dreams into reality.
The Greg Norman Course - Mission Hills, China Greg Norman Course
The Norman Course at Mission Hills in Shenzhen, China, was named one of the Ten Best International Courses of 2004 by Travel + Leisure Golf magazine. The Norman Course opened in May 2004 when The Great White Shark visited Mission Hills to play in the ceremonial grand opening round.
The Norman Course is the 10th layout to open at what is now the world’s largest golf complex. It is already acclaimed as one of the most challenging 18-hole layouts in Asia. The more open front nine traverses ridges and hugs hillsides whilst the tighter back nine runs up and back down two deep valley floors whose steep forested slopes create a stunning setting for golf. An expert in golf course design and involved in the design of 43 golf courses around the world, Greg Norman is skilled at creating courses with a high level of difficulty. Courses usually feature an average slope rating between 120 and 130, but Greg Norman’s course at Mission Hills would be over 140, making it the most difficult and challenging course in Asia. Appropriately labelled the “Tournament Course”, Greg Norman’s course is dominated by numerous high-flashed bunker faces accented by bright white sand. The front nine holes meander through numerous small valleys, while the back nine holes are set in a much larger single valley surrounded by steep slopes. Pinpoint accuracy on the tee shot becomes a priority as golfers are faced with narrow fairways surrounded by tall native grasses in the long rough, and dense forest vegetation on the upper slopes. Those fond of getting close to nature will appreciate the enjoyable yet rugged environment that has been so skillfully crafted along this course.
Vijay Singh Course - Mission Hills, China Vijay Singh Course
Vijay introduces a 150-yard beach bunker – a visually striking feature in which great stretches of sand run along, and right down, into the water. Vijay skillfully incorporates the Pebble Beach 18 hole design into the course, which makes the course the most spectacular in Asia.
The Vijay Singh Course is unique and dramatic, and offers players visual images that China has never seen.
The Ernie Els Course - Mission Hills, China Ernie Els Course
The theme of the Els Course overall landscape is to create a lush look of dense trees, wide swaths of manicured turf to evoke a feel of maintained gardens, a unique flavour of his South African homeland. Measuring over 7,000 yards, the Els Course is a unique core layout, as opposed to corridors. Invigorating is the 4th tee, sitting atop the highest point of the course, with commanding panoramic views of Mission Hills and the outlying properties
Golfing Holidays Worldwide can put together a total package for you, including transfers from Hong Kong, accommodation, golf tee times, caddies, carts, etc. You just choose how many nights accommodation you require, how many rounds of golf you would like, and leave the rest to us. We can also give you single supplement rates.
