Think of Shandong golf and those in the know will instinctively conjure up images of Tiger Beach Golf Links, arguably China’s most unique course and the only true links course in Asia. But the northeast province, separated from the Korean peninsula by the murky depths of the Yellow Sea, now has a second seaside course worth getting your softspikes stuck into – Weihai Point Golf & Resort.
Developed by the South Korea-based Asiana Group, the parent company of Asiana Airlines, Weihai Point sits atop a windswept promontory and features 14 clifftop holes, making it one of the most spectacular courses to have sprung up anywhere in recent times.
“For the golf junkie, the appeal of Weihai Point is completely straightforward,” says David Dale of Golfplan, the course designers. “It hits you square in the forehead when you see the pictures, or the instant you walk onto the first tee, where you confront a panoramic view of the property: 270 degrees of water and peninsula – golf, ocean and sky as far as the eye can see.”
Built on the site of an existing course that was completely erased and redesigned, the layout measures barely 6,200 yards, which makes it something of an oddity given today’s golf architectural trends.
“This was conceived as a resort golf course, not some punishing 7,600-yard monster in search of a Tour event,” says Dale. “And if there’s a golfer out there who cannot find a way to enjoy 18 holes at Weihai Point, he should quit the game.”
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