Tianjin Yangliuqing Golf Club – Course I

The Tianjin Yangliuqing Golf Club is located in the western suburb of Yangliuqing of the North Chinese city of Tianjin in the district of Xiqing. It takes up a 3,000-hectare-large area at the Yangliuqing forest in midst a rural region with residential areas of historical significance. From the city center of Tianjin, it takes about three quarters of an hour via the G 112 to reach the Tianjin Yangliuqing Golf Club, which can comfortably be reached in 95 minutes from Peking via the same route. It was founded in 2007 and has two 18-hole-courses in parkland style with par 72, whose original design was completely redesigned by the golf course architect duo Brian Curley and Lee E. Schmidt. Both golf courses consist of two 9-hole-courses each: the courses A and B make up course 1, courses C and D course 2. People like to use course C as an illuminated 9-hole-nighttime-course. The courses run across slightly hilly terrain with some differences in altitude. The tree-populated fairways are open and wide, the greens are large and well-protected by finger-shaped bunkers, which are as numerous as the water hazards in the form of partially very large lakes and canals. At the practice area of the club, there is a 12,000-square-meter-large driving range on natural grass. In 2008, the Tianjin Yangliuqing Golf Club was the host of the Tianjin Championship of the Omega China Tour.