- Leo Palace Resort & Country Club
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Review Summary:
Before I teeoff, I checked the scorecard and was frightened by the long blue tee, exceeds 6800 yards. Just about drop back to the white, hangon！5800 yards, a bit short for men's tee. What a huge gap！My ego pushed me back to the blue though I know it's too harsh for my standard. Surprisingly, the distance mark on the scorecard is not entirely right. ....
| Address | 342 Lake View Drive Yona , Guam 96915 |
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| 007 booking hotline | +852 2180 2963 or book-on-line |
| Number of holes | 36 |
| Par / Length | B – 36 / 3582 yards/ C – 36 / 3456 yards / D – 36 / 3333 yards / E – 36 / 3519 yards (Blue tee) |
| Designer | B – Unknown , C & D – Arnold Palmer, E – Jack Nicklaus |
| On course Traffic | Buggy |
Scorecard(1, 2, 3, 4, 5) / Views(1, 2) / Midway House
Introduction
This club is quite near to Tolofofo Golf Club, takes around 25 minutes ride from Tumon Bay. The club provides shuttle bus to and from major hotels. There are four nines total 36 holes here. B the Champion course is reserved for member only which mean us, visitors can play C, D, E only.
Club Facilities & Service
The clubhouse consider to be quite big and spacious. Right of the lobby, there you’ll see the reception. And to the left, there is a proshop. Restaurant is on the second floor. Changing room and starter are on the basement.
Fairway & Green maintenance
Above average, no complaint!!
Course Design
Played the D, E course. D course is built on a high ground with plenty of elevation . Carry distance is also required. The course also featured with plenty of dogleg holes, less water. E course is comparitively less up and down as it is built inside a valley. You will see more and bigger bunkers here. Also not much water can be found. Most fairways are forgiving. Some greens are quite tricky but most are not too difficult to handle.
Photos
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Dogleg left. beware slope away if drive too left.
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Downhill Par 3
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Straight with a severely raised green
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Big dogleg left，right club right landing point, fairway getting tight to the green
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Short dogleg right Par 4, need to carry over the water then up slope
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Dogleg left, fairway goes downslope all the way, narrow entrance to the green
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Mid range par 3
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Dogleg left, cross the ravern and up the slope to the green
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Little dogleg left, fairway slighty goes dowslope
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Short par 5 , compartively narrow fairway
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Small dogleg left, apart from the right greenside bunker, not much hazard
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Oh water in play
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Long Par 3
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Short dogleg right Par 4, right club right landing point for the teeshot is important
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Long and tight, green raised.
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Long Par 3 again
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Wide dogleg right Par 4
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Dogleg left, green surrounded by bunkers
007’s Rating
Before I teeoff, I checked the scorecard and was frightened by the long blue tee, exceeds 6800 yards. Just about drop back to the white, hangon！5800 yards, a bit short for men’s tee. What a huge gap！My ego pushed me back to the blue though I know it’s too harsh for my standard. Surprisingly, the distance mark on the scorecard is not entirely right. Perhaps the club made some changes lately but didnt amend the scorecard. Indeed, It only plays around 6400 yards from the blue.
With no doubt, these two courses are well designed by the legends – Arnold and Jack！My all time favourite idols : ) It’s fair and interesting. But for first time play, judging the distance became a headache. And most of the time, I can only get some hints from the front group. (Could be misleading : P ).
The condition is well mantained. Superb scenery, especially the D, natural and wild！E has been affected by some villas, having said that, it’s still not bad.
Clubhouse is a bit worn out and it’s time to renovate, I reckon.
The hotel(1, 2, 3, 4) next to it is unexpectedly great. New, trendy & comfortable. I was also impressed by their nice and spacious rooms. Not a bad idea to stay at.
Overall, a very nice course, Eagle 。04/07
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