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A
difficult but nice hole. A 210-yard carry is needed to clear a large lake off
the tee. In addition to the length, the landing zone is squeezed by OB on the
left and the lake on the right. The tee shot will be extremely difficult with
tail winds. A long bunker bordering the right half of the circular green and a
unique arrow-shaped bunker protecting the front side of the green, so the second
shot need to be accurate as well. |
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| A straight hole with a small river
bisecting the fairway. There is the river 270 – 290 yards off the tee. The view
of the green and its surroundings is wonderful. The green is more than 40 yards
deep with strong undulations. |
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A long dogleg to the right with water
on the right. The tee shot is over a lake and uniquely shaped bunkers. The green
is slightly elevated with lake on the right, so an accurate second shot is needed. |
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beautiful, long par 5 with lakes on both sides of the fairway. You are required
to hit over water on the second as well as the third shots. |
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| A
slight dogleg to the right. It’s a par 5 reachable in 2. OB stretches along the
right side. The second shot is demanding. When you go for the green, you will
be under pressure with 2-meter (7 ft.) deep bunkers, a lake on the right of the
green and OB on the left of the green. When you decide to lay up on the second,
the landing area is squeezed by the lake on the left and OB on the right, making
it also difficult. |
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| A par 3 with an island green.
The green drops slightly from the back to the front. There is an island bunker
in front of the green. This hole is nicknamed as “gazpacho”, a cold soup famous
in Spain and the lake looks like a soup, the green like a spoon and the bunker
like a handle of the spoon. |
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| A par 3 over water. The green
is very wide, so if your shot lands far away from the pin, you might end up with
3 or 4 putts. |
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| It takes a little over 1 hour from Central
Tokyo by car. Visitors can play with a member’s introduction or trough Internet
booking agencies When it is not crowded on the day you play, you can play from
the championship tees but when it is crowded, you have to play from the blue tees
of 6580 yards, 500 yards shorter.
The course was awarded 92nd place out of 2400 courses in 2002’s Japanese
golf course rankings sponsored by Japan Golf Classic Magazine. The other
Desmond Muirhead designed courses in Asia are Wakagi GC (44th of the above
rankings) and Brick & Wood
Club, Oak Village GC, Fuji Classic GC, Shiibayama GC, Fuji Classic
GC, Shinyou CC, New St. Andrews GC (72nd of the above rankings and a joint
design Jack Nicklaus) in Japan, and St.
Andrews 2000, The Emerald GC in Thailand, and Imperial GC in Indonesia.
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A view from the clubhouse