- Fuzhou Amai Golf Club
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Review Summary:
This course is closed to downtown, so, the usage is a bit more (Still not as busy as Guangdong courses) Good and interesting combination of design, nice setting of water hazards and bunkers. This is certainly the kind of course that need good course management, think before you whack it. ....
| Address | Sha Ti, Shang Je, Min Hou Area, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China |
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| 007 booking hotline | +852 2180 2963 or book-on-line |
| Number of holes | 18 |
| Par / Length | 6,905 Yards (Blue) |
| Designer | Ted Parslow |
| On Course Traffic | Trolley or Buggy |
Scorecard / Views (1, 2, 3, 4) / Midway House
Introduction
Approximately 30 minutes drive from downtown, I arrived my last stop in Fuzhou – Amai Golf Club. The club planned to construct 27 holes with hotel and villas. Now that, 18 holes is already in used.
Club Facilities & Service
The temporily clubhouse, like other Fuzhou’s clubs, are small and simple (Infact, it is the clubhouse of the driving range), it is the best among all. Simple with reception, proshop, restaurant(1, 2), changing room(1, 2, 3) but well maintained and decorated. Cheerful services from reception. The new clubhouse is under construction and expect to be opened by the end of this year. It is huge though.
Fairway & Green maintenance
Fast recovery after drainage construction. Very good as a whole.
Caddy Service & knowledge
Very good knowledge and attitude
Course Design
The course is built on the foot of Qi mountain. Natural and open view for front nine while plenty of villas has been built on the back nine, like those city golf courses. In general, fairways are tight. Teeshots require some distance to carry over water. Bunkers are everywhere but shallow. There are long and short holes, dogleg holes, island green. Some fairways are divided by stream which means if you didn’t hit a decent drive or short, lay up is the best option. I can easily name a couple of nice holes : #11 the island green, 180 yards with wind blows, challenging , isn’t it? #5, tight landing area and require blind teeshot, it is just as cheerful as to sink a 30 feet putt after find the ball “alive” on the fairway. Green is a bit tricky and fast.
Photos
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Hole #1 Par 4 Blue 390 White 375 Red 350
Dogleg Left. Need to know your driving distance and pick the right landing area. 220 yards carry over left water
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Hole #2 Par 3 Blue 220 White 195 Red 155
Superlong Par 3
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Hole #3 Par 3 Blue 415 White 380 Red 320
Dogleg left, tight landing area with water on left and jungle on right.
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Hole #4 Par 5 Blue 545 White 505 Red 440
Dogleg left, need reasonably good driving distance, otherwise, need to layup for second shot. Tough hole
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Hole #5 Par 4 Blue 405 White 385 Red 345
Dogleg right. Tight teeshot landing area. Downslope approaching shot.
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Hole #6 Par 4 Blue 450 White 435 Red 395
Dogleg right. Downslope approaching shot.
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Hole #7 Par 4 Blue 380 White 345 Red 305
Dogleg left. Downslope tee shot.
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Hole #8 Par 3 Blue 175 White 155 Red 125
Downslope Par 3.
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Hole #9 Par 5 Blue 550 White 505 Red 470
Dogleg right. Water stretches to the green on the left.
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Hole #10 Par 4 Blue 385 White 355 Red 300
Dogleg right. Water stretches to the green on the left.
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Hole #11 Par 3 Blue 235 White 180 Red 145
Long Par 3
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Hole #12 Par 5 Blue 610 White 570 Red 470
Long Par 5, water on both sides.
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Hole #13 Par 5 Blue 510 White 475 Red 395
Short tight Par 5, water on both sides.
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Hole #14 Par 3 Blue 155 White 145 Red 125
No hook please
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Hole #15 Par 4 Blue 350 White 325 Red 275
Tight landing area with water and bunker.
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Hole #16 Par 5 Blue 515 White 490 Red 465
Dogleg left. No difficult to par it unless you go for two on.
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Hole #17 Par 3 Blue 185 White 155 Red 130
Mid range Par 3
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Hole #18 Par 43 Blue 430 White 410 Red 365
Dogleg left, a huge bunker on right front side of the green
007’s Rating
This course is closed to downtown, so, the usage is a bit more (Still not as busy as Guangdong courses)
Good and interesting combination of design, nice setting of water hazards and bunkers. This is certainly the kind of course that need good course management, think before you whack it.
Green is soft with true rolling, very good！
Scenery is great on the front nine.Too many villas on the back nine. Somehow I felt like playing in Shenzhen Mission Hills : P Thanks to the good looking design of those villas and nice gardening, it is still more than acceptable.
These funny piggy drawn my attention. My caddie noticed and told me that because the course was opened at the year of Pig.
Afterall, this is certainly an interesting course to play.
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