- Southern Wood Golf & Country Club
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Review Summary:
Well, I was disappointed with the club's maintenance practice - did they have to put sand on every single hole? And why so much sand? Surely, they can do few holes or even 9 holes at a time, right? I like the course design and I love the view from the course. ....
| Address | Dajing Village , Gangwei Town , Longhai, Zhangzhou |
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| 007 booking hotline | +852 2180 2963 or book-on-line |
| No. of holes | 18 |
| Par / back tee | 72, A course 3,561, B 3,763 yards |
| Course designer | Koji Masuda |
| Night golf | No |
| Course transport | cart or or walk |
Introduction
Southern Wood, which is located on the opposite side of Xiamen island, was the second golfing stop of my trip. You have to take a 20 minute ferry ruide and then a 10 minute shuttle bus journey to get there. The 18-hole course is owned by a Taiwanese group. Unfortunately, the current clubhouse is really very poor and the service was not good. Fortunately, a massive new clubhouse is set to open in early 2008. Hopefully the facilities and service will have improved vastly by then.
Fairway & Green maintenance
During my round, both the fairways and greens were covered with an inch of sand. Needless to say, this was most frustrating.
Caddy Service & knowledge
Very average knowledge of the course; service was ok though.
Course Design
The course is generally flat, with several of the holes overlooking a beautiful beach; the views from here are excellent. As far as the actual course goes, it it doesn’t look too demanding – especially on the front nine – because of its generous
fairways. However, this is one long course: From the blue tee it measures an outrageous 7,234 yards! Even from the white it’s long: 6,827 yards!( scorecard )And because of its monstrouslength, low scoring is hard to come by. The back nine features water on many of the holes and dense trees, flanking the fairways, are also in play. Like Xiamen Orient, Southern Wood gets windy because of its seaside location, which, as you can expect, makes things much tougher.
Photos
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This opening hole is fairly straight forward with generous fairway.
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Par 5 hole, straight fairway & green is guarded by bunkers.
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The opening of fairway is flanked by trees either side.
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Par 3 with 3 bunkers
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From the white tee, this is a short hole.
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The landing area of this par 4 is fairly narrow, the green is elevated by protected by big bunkers.
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This is a tough hole and hazard on the both side of the fairway, you need to drive up to the end of the fairway, too short & you will have a long shot to an elevated green.
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This a downhill par 3 island green, nice scenery but a hard shot ahead!
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This is a long hole and the hardest hole on the course.
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This is a par 4 with a straight forward fairway.
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This is one long hole! It will need to to make 3 really good shots to get to the green.
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A really long par 4.
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This par 3 requires a long & accurate shot or you will get wet.
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Another long par 5, need solid hits to get the ball anywhere near the green.
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This par 4 has water on the right side all the way.
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This par 3 also has water in play.
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Straight forward par 4.
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Going home at last, this par 4 is fairly simple, what you see is what you get….just watch out for the greenside bunkers.
007’s Rating
Well, I was disappointed with the club’s maintenance practice – did they have to put sand on every single hole?
And why so much sand? Surely, they can do few holes or even 9 holes at a time, right? I like the course design and I love the view from the course. But the standard of service has to be improved…and quick. As said, I hope everything will have been improved when the new clubhouse opens……par11/07
One final word, be more careful when you board the ferry, when the tide goes out, you need to do this.
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