Southern Wood Golf & Country Club
南太武高爾夫郷村倶樂部

Course Data
LocationXiamen, Fujian Province, China 
Yardage7088 yards Par 72
Course Rating 
Playing Date1 May 2005
DesignerKouji Masuda
Opened1996
CaddyYes
Golf CartYes (can run on the fairways)
Rating
Overall Rating
2.95
Course Layout
2
Difficulty Level
3
Greens Conditions
4
Fairways Conditions
4
Landscaping & Views
3
クラブハウス
 
This is a flat seaside course. The fairways are wide and OBs are few, so the course is not difficult. The front 9 holes are monotonous except for the excellent hole 6 and the layouts aren’t sophisticated. The back 9 are more interesting because water comes into play on most holes. The green condition is good but slow, so advanced players don’t feel challenged on the greens.


Mountains with bare rocks

A coastline next to the 6th hole

 
6th Par 5 516 yards
A signature hole, with the beach on the right, which is reachable in 2. The second shot is demanding because the trees on the left come into play and the shoreline squeezes the landing area in front of the green on the right.
 

5th hole seeen from the green

6th Par 5 516 yards (2)

6th Par 5 516 yards (1)
 
11th  Par 5 612 yards

11th Par 5 612 yards (2)

11th Par 5 612 yards (1)
The longest hole, over 600 yards.
 
12th Par 4 469 yards

12th Par 4 469 yards (2)

12th Par 4 469 yards (1)
A very long par 4. A river on the right and bunkers on the left come into play. The longer you drive, the narrower the fairway becomes.

 
15th  Par 4 392 yards

15th Par 4 392 yards (2)

15th Par 4 392 yards (1)
A hole that requires shots over water on both the tee and second shots.

 
19th  hole

A ferry

It takes 40 minutes from Xiamen and 50 minutes from the airport by car and ferry. Xiamen is an island and doesn’t have any golf courses inside the city. All the golf courses are on the mainland, across the sea.

I could freely choose the tees to play.