- Palm Garden Golf Club
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Review Summary:
Palm and Putra course are type of resort course. Generous and forgiving. The course favour to long hitters for which it measures over 6,600 yards from blue tee. IOI course is comparitively short but with tighter landing area. .....
| Address | IOI Resort, Putrajaya, KL, Malaysia |
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| 007 booking hotline | +852 2180 2963 or book-on-line |
| Number of holes | Three nine hole, they are Putra, Palm & IOI Course |
| Par / Length | Lake 36/3,107，Meadow 36/3,215, Woodland 36/3,292 metres |
| Designer | Rick Robbins |
| On course traffic | Buggy |
Introduction
This massive resort area is owned by Malaysian IOI group. Besides golf, there are together three resort hotels around. They are Palm Garden Resort, IOI Resort and five stars Marriott Putrajaya.
From airport, it takes around 25 minutes drive, and from where I stayed – Sunway Resort & Spa, it is also 25 minutes drive.
Club Facilities & Service
The clubhouse isn’t big and they have proshop, reception, restaurant , changing room and driving range. Nice service.
Fairway & Green maintenance
The course is still in good after a heavy pour. Green is on fast side and true running .(DEC08)
Caddy Service & knowledge
They have Indonesian caddies who can speak English but I hadn’t use them.
Course Design
The combination of Championship Course is Putra and Palm Course, not that demanding and mostly if not all, quite generous fairways unless you are way off line. Well positioned bunkers to punish bad shots. Most 2nd or approach to the greens will play harder with bunkers around. The IOI Course is much tighter in comparison but shorter. Greens are generally flat.
Photos
Putra Course
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Hole 1 Par 4 Index 3
Black 407 Blue 384 White 362 Red 336
A spectacular hole to start with. Downslope dogleg right.
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Hole 2 Par 4 Index 17
Black 317 Blue 292 White 270 Red 222 (Metres)
Slighty upslope straight Par 4.
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Hole 3 Par 4 Index 5
Black 364 Blue 350 White 314 Red 300 (Metres)
Dramatic drop of elevation for approaching. Big hitters may benefit in leaving themselves less than 100 yards but no good lie guarantee.
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Hole 4 Par 5 Index 11
Black 485 Blue 453 White 424 Red 395 (Metres)
Dogleg right. Wide fairway but small green and well guarded by bunkers.
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Hole 5 Par 3 Index 13
Black 178 Blue 165 White 150 Red 132 (Metres)
Long Par 3, club selection is important. Short means wet or sand..
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Hole 6 Par 4 Index 15
Black 349 Blue 331 White 306 Red 260 (Metres)
Dogleg left upslope. Putting the ball on the fairway is only half way there. Follow by narrow approach and treacherous putting.
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Hole 7 Par 3 Index 7
Black 204 Blue 174 White 139 Red 119 (Metres)
Looooooong Par 3, slightly upslope.
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Hole 8 Par 5 Index 9
Black 483 Blue 461 White 430 Red 387 (Metres)
Straight downslope Par 5.
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Hole 9 Par 4 Index 1
Black 400 Blue 368 White 340 Red 316 (Metres)
Downslope teeshot, water greets both tee shot and approach. Elevated green.
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Hole 10 Par 4 Index 12
Black 366 Blue 343 White 315 Red 261 (Metres)
Straight and open fairway
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Hole 11 Par 4 Index 2
Black 402 Blue 394 White 370 Red 340 (Metres)
Long Par 4, slightly goes right.
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Hole 12 Par 4 Index 6
Black 387 Blue 360 White 333 Red 289 (Metres)
Signature Hole! Downslope tee shot and not much room of error around the green.
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Hole 13 Par 5 Index 4
Black 502 Blue 482 White 463 Red 433 (Metres)
Dogleg left. water hiding on the left which extended to green
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Hole 14 Par 4 Index 14
Black 349 Blue 331 White 298 Red 265 (Metres)
Straight, keep right, water behind the line of trees
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Hole 15 Par 3 Index 16
Black 173 Blue 147 White 134 Red 114 (Metres)
Whole carry long Par 3, club selection is important
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Hole 16 Par 4 Index 8
Black 384 Blue 356 White 328 Red 296 (Metres)
Downslope fairway, difficult approach as the green is secured by water and green.
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Hole 17 Par 3 Index 18
Black 183 Blue 158 White 138 Red 117 (Metres)
Long Par 3 again…. .
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Hole 18 Par 5 Index 10
Black 469 Blue 451 White 423 Red 404 (Metres)
Another beautiful hole, tree lined fairway and water bordering the approach.
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Hole 19 Par 4 Index 5/6
Black 323 Blue 302 White 287 Red 266 (Metres)
Grdual elevated fairway, bordered by water to the right.
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Hole 20 Par 3 Index 13/14
Black 175 Blue 157 White 130 Red 90 (Metres)
Downslope long Par 3
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Hole 21 Par 4 Index 1/2
Black 367 Blue 331 White 291 Red 267 (Metres)
Slightly goes up then down, narrow fairway, OB on right
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Hole 22 Par 5 Index 3/4
Black 501 Blue 473 White 432 Red 377 (Metres)
Tough Par 5. Hazards and matures tree line to catch stray shots.
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Hole 23 Par 4 Index 17/18
Black 339 Blue 319 White 302 Red 282 (Metres)
Generous fairway unless big slice(OB on right).
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Hole 24 Par 3 Index 9/10
Black 190 Blue 170 White 149 Red 132 (Metres)
Downslope long Par 3
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Hole 25 Par 5 Index 11/12
Black 456 Blue 431 White 405 Red 364 (Metres)
Dogleg left, ups;ope teeshot, fairway gently goes down to the well guarded green
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Hole 26 Par 4 Index 7/8
Black 347 Blue 319 White 286 Red 265 (Metres)
Uphill dogleg right
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Hole 27 Par 4 Index 15/16
Black 328 Blue 309 White 289 Red 253 (Metres)
Beautiful and interesting ending hole, downhill teeshot, elevated green guarded by a big bunker on left.
007’s Rating
Palm and Putra course are type of resort course. Generous and forgiving. The course favour to long hitters for which it measures over 6,600 yards from blue tee. IOI course is comparitively short but with tighter landing area.
The scenery is nice especially the IOI course.
Caddie service is available and mostly from Indonesia whom can be communicated with simple english.
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