Beyond the Pool · Golf

China's best golf
hides on one island.

Oceanfront PGA-grade courses, volcanic-rock fairways, and tropical valleys an hour from the wave pool. Hainan is where China's golf actually lives — and where the legends came to play.

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Top Courses 3 within driving distance

Season Year-round, 22-30°C

Closest to Pool Shenzhou Peninsula — 30 min

Tee Times Arranged for you

Hainan's Quiet Reputation

Before the surf,
there was the swing.

Hainan has been China's premier golf destination for more than twenty years — long before anyone was talking about surfing here. Volcanic terrain in the north, ocean coastlines in the east and south, and within an hour's drive you can tee off in three completely different landscapes.

The result is a quiet collection of world-class courses: China's #1 and #2 ranked courses, a Golf Digest World Top 100 layout, and one of Asia's most exclusive private clubs — all on a single tropical island. The HSBC Champions, the Omega Mission Hills World Cup, the Volvo China Open: if you watch professional golf, you've almost certainly watched a tournament on a Hainan fairway without knowing where you were looking.

By the Numbers

Hainan's golf, ranked.

In ChinaMission Hills Blackstone · Golf Digest

In ChinaThe Dunes at Shenzhou · Golf Digest

Top 100

In the WorldMission Hills Blackstone · Golf Magazine

Private

Invitation OnlyShanqin Bay · Coore & Crenshaw

And Yes — Tiger Has Teed Off Here

You read
that right.

This isn't a driving range with a celebrity brochure. The pros have actually played these fairways — on camera, in real tournaments, for real money.

“Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Greg Norman, Nick Faldo, and Gary Player have all played on Hainan's tropical fairways.”

Legends on Hainan

Tiger Woods · Rory McIlroy · Greg Norman · Nick Faldo · Gary Player

Tiger Woods teeing off at Mission Hills Haikou — Tiger Woods · Mission Hills Haikou

Where You'll Play

Four courses,
one island.

A black-lava championship, a coastal links, a headland over the South China Sea, and one of Asia's most exclusive private clubs — you could spend a week playing Hainan and never repeat a landscape. We'll book tee times, transport, and English-speaking caddies. All you do is show up.

01 · Haikou · #1 in China

Mission Hills Blackstone

Schmidt-Curley · 2009 · Volcanic lava-rock

Mission Hills Haikou is the world's largest golf complex — ten championship courses carved out of black volcanic lava rock, all within a single resort. Blackstone is its featured course: a dramatic layout through volcanic rock and lush tropical scenery, and the venue where Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy went head-to-head in 2013. A true bucket-list destination for golfers who want real history, world-class design, and a setting you don't find anywhere else.

Designer Schmidt-Curley

Terrain Volcanic lava-rock

Notable Tiger × Rory · 2013

#1 in China · Golf Digest World Top 100 · Golf Magazine Best New Course in Asia · Asian Golf Monthly

02 · Wanning · #2 in China

The Dunes at Shenzhou

Tom Weiskopf & Phil Smith · 2014 · Coastal links · Par 72

A coastal links shaped by sand dunes, ocean wind, and the South China Sea. Few golf courses in China have a setting like this — built along the coast with natural sand dunes, dramatic bunkers, and wide-open ocean views, it delivers a true links experience with a tropical island edge. Raw, cinematic, and deeply connected to the landscape. Just 30 minutes from the wave pool.

Designer Weiskopf & Smith

Style Coastal links

From Pool 30 minutes

#2 in China · Golf Digest 2022 Top 10 in Asia · Forbes Best New International · US Golf Magazine

03 · Sanya · Headland Routing

Lu Hui Tou Golf Club

Nelson & Haworth · 2009 · 7,310 yds · Par 72

Sanya's headland course — sea on one side, mountain on the other. Eighteen holes draped across the Lu Hui Tou peninsula, between the South China Sea and the green mountain ridge. Nelson & Haworth routed the course with elevation changes that give every approach a different angle. Pair the round with an evening at Rosewood Sanya and the polished island day arranges itself.

Designer Nelson & Haworth

Routing Headland peninsula

Length 7,310 yds · Par 72

Sea + Mountain Views Championship Layout

Invitation Only

04 · Lingshui · By Inquiry Only

Shanqin Bay Golf Club

Coore & Crenshaw · The most exclusive private golf club in Asia

“Once ranked No. 8 in the world by Golf Digest. Not open to the public — not for sale, not for booking, not for the public eye.”

Shanqin Bay sits on a private stretch of Lingshui coastline behind locked gates. The club doesn't list tee times, doesn't accept walk-ins, and doesn't run a public booking system. Most golfers in China have never seen the course in person — let alone played it.

We hold internal access channels and, on a very limited basis, can submit a guest application on your behalf.

How access works

Every guest goes through an internal review of guest information by the club — not a guaranteed approval.
Cannot be booked on its own. Must be combined with rounds at our other championship courses as part of a package.
Spots are extremely limited and released at the club's discretion. We accept a small number of applications per season.
Not a standard program — reviewed on an application basis only.

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Hainan, Frame by Frame

Up close, on the ground.

Mission Hills Blackstone fairway through lava rock — Blackstone · black-lava championship, Haikou

The Dunes at Shenzhou coastal links — The Dunes · coastal links shaped by ocean wind

Lu Hui Tou peninsula course — Lu Hui Tou · sea on one side, mountain on the other

Shanqin Bay private golf club — Shanqin Bay · behind the gates, by inquiry only

Sunset over a Hainan fairway — Sunset round · Hainan

Mission Hills Blackstone fairway — Blackstone fairway · Mission Hills Haikou

Hainan golf scene — On the fairway · Hainan

Oceanfront aerial of a Hainan golf course — Shenzhou Peninsula · aerial

Plan Your Trip

One round, or all four.

Build a single round into your surf trip, or fly in a few days early and play every course on the island. We'll handle tee times, clubs, transport, English-speaking caddies, and — on a very limited basis — the Shanqin Bay guest application.

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China's best golfhides on one island.

Before the surf,there was the swing.