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Old 05-02-2004, 04:35 PM
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Golf in HK

Hello everyone. I've been living in HK now for only two months and this weekend my clubs arrive from the UK so I thought I'd get some feedback on the golf situation over here.

Basically, I'm dying for a game somewhere ! I've heard China is the best place to go but are there any courses in HK I can book as a visitor ?

If anyone's looking for a 'golf buddy' please let me know.
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Old 06-02-2004, 12:27 PM
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Depends what your handicap is! China is the cheapest, I've played there a couple of times- Shenzhen, Shek Hou, Macau and Zhuhai. The courses are good and pretty easy to get onto, except weekends when you have to book fairly far ahead. From what i gather you have to have a handicap card here in HK to play, but for 500chips you can get one of the back of a truck as it were.
If you have any luck we should go for a game- a geoexpat challenge maybe?
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Thanks for the info. I've managed to get someone in the UK to bring a certificate with them next week. My handicap ranges from about 15 up to about 18. So after next week I'm ready to play - Lammarite I'm up for that.

Does anyone know any good driving ranges ?
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something a little closer to home

The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau, for the time being, the only public course in Hong Kong, is located at Kau Sai Chau in the New Territories. The only criteria to be admitted on one of the two 18-holes is a handicap card, unless playing after 9 p.m. on a weekday being in a group of three of whom at least one must have a handicap.
The Jockey Club's course near Saikung is easily accessible by special golfers' ferries that leave every 20 minutes or so from a public pier for Kau Sai Chau. Opened in December 1995, The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course gives the chance to play great golf without having to join a club or pay prohibitive green fees. Kau Sai Chau is one of the most scenic courses in all of Asia.
The 140 hectare golf centre features two 18-hole golf courses designed by Gary Player, a 72-bay floodlit driving range and both indoor and outdoor practice pitching and putting facilities (a new 18-hole course could be added in the future). Located at the northern end of Kau Sai Chau Island, one can enjoy a picturesque and tranquil setting with magnificent views of the Sai Kung hills on the mainland and seaframed landscapes. On some fairways, there are old tombs in protected areas where former natives have been buried in some of the most exciting viewpoints.
As the courses were built from donations to the Jockey Club, priority are given to Hong Kong residents. For overseas visitors, it would be wise to call the club to check for available slots before proceeding to the course.

Discovery Bay Golf Club at Lantau Island, designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. has wonderful views of Kowloon and Hong Kong. But as many other courses owned by Japanese in other countries, it is exclusively reserved to Japanese. New sort of apartheid?

OGC Golf City is a driving range, located on the historic runways and taxiways of the former Kai Tak Airport of Hong Kong where planes landed for years at level of the roofs of the nearby buildings. Nowadays this huge driving range, opened from 7.00 am to midnight, with 250 bays and up to 500 meters hitting distance, offers people of Hong Kong the chance to learn, practice, improve golfing in an exceptional open space: spectacular 360-degree view of Victoria Harbour and Kowloon. Sand bunkers, cheap and putt on real grass green, pro-shop, golf clinics, restaurant from breakfast to diner, different packages for time periods…

City Golf Club is another type of driving range (200 playing bays on 4 tee-off levels) built amid high-rises in the city of Kowloon for working golfers who do not have time to travel a far distance but would like to practice and improve their golfing skill. Just near to Kowloon Station of Airport at 2 minute drive from Western Tunnel Kowloon exit. Clinics, golfing studio, restaurant, massage, clubmakers…

http://www.golftrotter.com/en_rep_hkg_01.htm

and info on how to get to Kai Sai Chau
http://www.golf007.com/english/golf_...ksc_review.htm
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I'm also looking for another Golf Punk so let me know when you can play. I play around 18 at the moment but... going for single!!!

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I would be keen for a game

I used to play fortnightly back at home, in Sydney. So keen to take up the game over here.

Please give me a call +852 6259-9000 or drop me an email.
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Got back into the game about 2.5 years ago on another expat posting and whittled the handicap down to 10. However, the clubs have been in stagore since I moved here and it seems such a palavar to play...
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Last played off 16 about 2 years ago (used to play regularly). SInce then nothing - not even driving range. Keen to get back into it - clubs are with me in bubble wrap.

If any of you are planning a trip - I will be interested. Let me know, so that I can make a couple of quick trips to the range before.

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Old 24-12-2006, 03:21 PM
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Hey everyone out there!

Just signed up at Geoexpat today, to meet new friends.
Haven't played golf for 4 months and really looking forward for a round or two. Handicap used to be 10.5 but not sure now...
So any of you are planning a golf trip, please give me an email.

Best,

Kenneth

Merry Xmas!
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Old 28-02-2007, 12:50 AM
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Golf Clubs

Can anyone tell me where I can find a wide selection of clubs at a decent price? Need to get new clubs in Hong Kong. Thanks!
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