Mission Hills Golf Club
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Mission Hills Golf Club is a twelve 18-hole course golf resort, located in the town of Guanlan (觀瀾) in Shenzhen, between the cities of Shenzhen and Dongguan. It is accredited as the world's largest golf facility by the Guinness World Records, surpassing the Pinehurst Resort in the United States.
Mission Hills, the World's Top Golf course, currently has 10 championship courses designed by different style golfers such as Annika Sorenstam and Ernie Els.
2 new 18-hole courses designed by Pete Dye and top Chinese pro golfer, Zhang Lianwei (par 3 course) will be open in summer of 2007, making Mission Hills a club with a grand total of 12 courses with 216-holes.
Starting from 2007, Mission Hills will be the host of Omega Mission Hills World Cup of Golf for 12 consecutive years.
The 12 Courses are listed below: 1.Jack Nickalus- World Cup Course 2.Greg Norman- Norman Course 3.Annika Sorenstam -Annika Course 4.Ernie Els- Els Course 5.Vijay Singh- Vijay Course 6.Nick Flado- Faldo Course 7.Jose Maria Olazabal- Olazabal Course 8.David Duval- Duval Course 9.Jumbo Osaki- Osaki Course 10.David Leadbetter- Leadbetter Course 11.Pete Dye - Pete Dye Course (to be open in the summer of 2007) 12.Zhang Lianwei - Zhang Lianwei Course (to be open in the summer of 2007)
[edit] Other Facilities
Apart from golf courses, Mission Hills also features the Mission Hills Spa, Mission Hills Resort, Country Club featuring the largest tennis centre in Asia with 51 courts, including a 3,000 seater stadium court, Mission Hills In Residence, Function Rooms, Recreation facilities, David Leadbetter Golf Academy and Mission Hills Golf Academy under Cindy Reid (to be open in June 2007). 15 sqkm, 216 holes, 2 clubhouses (the largest in the world at 63,000 sqm, 4 spa locations, 5 star hotels).
[edit] History
Mission Hills Golf Club was established in 1992 and 1993 saw the opening of its public driving range. By February of 1994, the People's Government of Shenzhen entered into an agreement with International Golf Federation, appointing the Club to host the 1995 World Cup of Golf Final.
Since her inception, Mission Hills Golf Club has hosted over 50 international matches and is regularly visited by dignitaries, royalties, celebrities, world business and political leaders, and a steady steam of the world's greatest golf players; Annika, Faldo, Zhang Lianwei, Colin Montgomerie, Retief Goosen etc.
