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Located about 40 minutes from downtown Guangzhou, Foshan Golf Club forms part of an major project by the New World Group to build a residential community of 8,000 luxury homes, including a Western style leisure and sports facility and a 5 star international standard hotel. The club has been completely renovated and now boasts a superb 18 holes championship course designed by Tony Cashmore and a state-of-the art 8,000 square meter clubhouse. Foshan Golf Club is not only the host venue for the Foshan Open but is also the promoter of the event.

The layout is a true championship course where major tournaments can be held and provide the professional player with a supreme challenge, yet it will provide pleasure to the amateur player. Many holes will start with a high vista looking down to a beautiful framed fairway with bunkers and water. The character of the course is essentially “grassland” because of the dense sections Bahia grasses defining the fairways. The bunkers are fierce and large and the undulations in the fairway make it rather difficult to have a level lie. The fairways are rather wide, but you will want to play one side or the other to give you the best angle for your approach into the greens. The putting surfaces are fairly large, however with the many undulating ridges and swales that are on the green you will be playing into a small target to have any chance for a birdie opportunity.

The course measures 7148 yards from the back tees and has a course rating of 75.2 and a slope of 132. The smart player will chose the correct club on the tee to insure that your tee shot ends in the fairway as the course will reward well placed tee shots that allows you to control your distance with your approach shots. As with the undulating greens a difference of a few yards can determine an easy birdie putt or leave you with a very challenge two putt for your par. With many of the greenside bunkers being very deep and below the level of the green, you will need to be able to play a very high and soft bunker shot to escape with a par.

The player that wins here will need to find the fairway and be able to control the distance with their approaches into the green and also be able use their imagination around the large and undulating greens. We believe that the course will reward well planned and well placed golf shots and will challenge all the players to use all of their skills to produce a winning score. We are pleased to host the European Challenger Tour and the Foshan Open. We hope that all players and spectators enjoy the week of golf in China. For more Foshan Golf Club information go to www.foshangolfclub.com.


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