Hainan's Quiet Reputation
Before the surf,
Before the surf,
there was the swing.
Hainan has been China's golf destination for more than twenty years — long before anyone was talking about surfing here. The year-round tropical climate, the volcanic terrain in the north, the ocean coastlines in the east and south: every condition a great course needs, Hainan has it, and within a single hour's drive you can tee off in three completely different landscapes.
The result is a quiet collection of world-class courses that hosted the HSBC Champions, the Omega Mission Hills World Cup, and the Volvo China Open. If you play golf, you have almost certainly watched a tournament on a Hainan fairway without knowing where you were looking.
