HAIKOU BLACKSTONE COURSE

COURSE
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COURSE SET

Average Green Size: 5,694 SF (529 Square Meters)

Average Fairway Width: N/A(No Rough)

# Of Bunkers: 147

  • Natural Layout With Wild, Irregular Bunker Edges.
  • Surrounding Landscape of Jungle and Black Lava Rock.
  • All Fairway Cut, No Rough.
  • Surface Flow Drainage, Minimal Use of Catch Basins.
  • Subtle, Grassed Mounds for Spectators.

THE COURSE7,808 Yards / Par 73

voted best championship course in Asia; venue for the annual World Ladies Championship and the biennial World Celebrity Pro-Am

The crown jewel is the Blackstone Course, a spectacular 350 acre core golf course that weaves through a striking landscape of mature trees, thick jungle vegetation, and expansive lakes and wetlands. The dominating site characteristic is the bed of lava rock which was capped with material located 25 miles away. The naturally rolling terrain sees dramatic elevation change and great care was taken to find as many natural holes as possible to avoid cutting the rock and to preserve the magnificent Lychee trees.

The lava rock base has been incorporated as an integral element of the design by weaving irregular lines of turf and rock, eliminating the typical hard line edge of most courses. Adding to the look are wild, irregular bunker edges and transitional sand edges that effortlessly work into native lava rock.

Fairways sweep across the landscape conforming to the natural terrain with an emphasis on surface drainage rather then contained low drain inlets. The result is a magical blanket of turf with soft irregular edges and a lack of hard lines as there is only fairway cut (no rough, even at bunker faces). The lava bed is incorporated into forced carries creating dramatic contrast and the lava rock walls and village ruins created years ago remain as a testament to the site's past.

The course begins in the more heavily wooded portion of the property with a wide variety of hole lengths and natural amphitheater green settings. The final holes play in and out of a hub of raised terrain that allows spectacular views of the closing holes with little need to move. Easy green to tee relationships and easy terrain render the course very walkable. Difficult, long (at over 7,800 yards) and with risk/reward opportunity at the final holes, this course should prove to be one of the premier tournament courses in the world today. Great effort was made to provide not only a great tournament golf course but extensive planning and construction has created support facilities capable of hosting big events with the greatest of ease.

COURSE ARCHITECT

Brian Curley · Schmit-Curley Design

Brian Curley

Brian Curley · Schmit-Curley Design

Schmidt-Curley Design is responsible for crafting 10 of the 12 courses at storied Mission Hills Golf Club -- the "World’s Largest Golf Club" -- and designed and built all 10 layouts at Mission Hills Haikou. Acclaim for Schmidt-Curley includes Asian Golf Monthly's #1 Golf Course Architect in Asia-Pacific, and recent recognition from Golf Inc. magazine as one of the world’s “most influential” design companies.