Mission Hills Golf Club - Leadbetter Course

Mission Hills Golf Club – Leadbetter Course
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Course Data

Location	Dungguan, Guandong Province, China
Yardage	7117 yards　Par 72
Course Rating
Playing Date	19 Jan. 2005
Designer	David Ledbetter, Shmidt & Curley
Opened	2004
Caddy	Yes
Golf Cart	Yes (Compulsory)

Rating

Overall Rating

4.00

Course Layout	4
Difficulty Level	4
Greens Conditions	4
Fairways Conditions	4
Landscaping & Views	4


A hillside course with the moderate ups and downs.

2nd　 Par 5　556 yards

2nd　Par 5　556 yards (2)

2nd　Par 5　556 yards (1)

A slight dogleg to the left. Tee shot is downhill and the second & third shots are uphill. There are bushes along the left of the fairway and the fairway narrows as it gets closer to the two-tiered, narrow green.

6th　Par 5　573 yards

6th　Par 5　573 yards (2)

6th　Par 5　573 yards (1)

A creek crosses the fairway twice, at 200 yards from the green and in front of the green. The green is elevated.

15th　Par 4　420 yards

15th　Par 4　420 yards (2)

15th　Par 4　420 yards (1)

A downhill sharp dogleg to the right. The fairway drops greatly on the second shot. Long hitters can drive down to the edge of the green because of strong down slope.

16th　 Par 3　183 yards

16th　Par 3　183 yards

An excellent par 3 with the beautifl backdrop and natural waterfall. Bunkers and a creek surrounds green, froming an island green. The creek left and right combine if front of the green to one water fall.

17th　Par 4　541 yards

An uphill, slight dogleg to the right with O.B. on the right. Fairway bunkers are well positioned. The green slopes a lot from left to right. The layout of this hole is excellent except for the bunker guarding the left side of the green, which I think is not necessary. Although you can chip nicely from this bunker, the ball will easily roll down off the green because of the strong downhill slope.

17th hole seen from the green

17th　Par 4　541 yards (2)

17th　Par 4　541 yards (1)

18th　 Par 4　425 yards

18th　Par 4　425 yards

The tee shot is downhill and the second shot is uphill. The view of the green and its surrounding area is beautiful.

19th hole

The course is one of 5 that were competed in Dungguan in 2003 and 2004. It takes 20 minutes from Mission Hill Hotel in Shenzhen by a shuttle bus.

I could play from the black tees, the longest tees, after I showed a starter a single-handicap certificate.

10 designers' pictures

Mission Hills GC is the world’s biggest golf complex with 10 courses or 180 holes as of 2004, overtaking the huge Pinehurst resort in North Carolina, which has eight 18-hole courses.　The picture shows the 10 designers who are all world-famous players or a teaching pro. The 10 courses are designed by Jack Nicklaus, Vijay Singh, Nick Faldo, Jumbo Ozaki, Ernie Els, Annika Sorenstam, David Duval, Jose Maria Olazabal, David Leadbetter and Greg Norman.

Co-designers, Lee Schmidt & Brian Curley are the principal architects behind the 8 of the 10 courses. They designed the other courses in Asia, Muang Kaew GC (remodeled), Chiang Mai Highlands G＆SR, Amata Spring CC in Thailand, Grande Hamanako GC in Japan and Agile (雅居楽長江) G&CC - B Course in China.

Their joint designs with Jack Nicklaus in Asia are Spring City (春城) Ｇ＆ＬＲ - Mountain Course, Chung Shan Hot Spring (中山温泉) GC - Jack Nicklaus Course in China, Ishioka GC, Rokkou Kokusai GC (remodeled), The Tradition GC, President GC, Sanyo GC (remodeled), New Capital GG, Sun Belgravia GC, Bear Paws Japan GC in Japan, Sungai Long CC in Malaysia, and Springfield Royal CC in Thailand.