Mission Hills Golf Club
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Mission Hills Shenzhen is a twelve course 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
in 2004, surpassing the Pinehurst Resort
in the United States. It currently has 11 championship courses and an 18-hole par three course, each designed by a different golf personality. This Records will be short lived as the Nanshan Golf coures in Shandong north China has 279 holes and are applying to the "Guinness Book of Records" for this title.
From 2007 through 2009, Mission Hills hosted the Omega Mission Hills World Cup. The contract runs for 12 years; however, this specific resort will no longer host the event. The event's organizer, the International Federation of PGA Tours, announced in 2010 that the World Cup would become a biennial event held in odd-numbered years. When the World Cup resumes in 2011, the tournament will move to another property owned by the Mission Hills company, Mission Hills Haikou
, located on Hainan
Island.
, appointing the Club to host the 1995 World Cup of Golf Final, which was the first international golf tournament in China.
Since its 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 stream of the world's greatest golf players; Annika, Faldo, Zhang Lianwei, Colin Montgomerie, Retief Goosen etc.
match between FC Barcelona
and a Mission Hills Invitation XI, which was played at the Hong Kong Stadium
on 10 August 2007.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
resort, located in the town of Guanlan (觀瀾) in Shenzhen
Shenzhen
Shenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. The area became China's first—and one of the most successful—Special Economic Zones...
, between the cities of Shenzhen and Dongguan
Dongguan
Dongguan is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong province, People's Republic of China.An important industrial city located in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the south, and the Pearl River to...
. It is accredited as the world's largest golf facility by the Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...
in 2004, surpassing the Pinehurst Resort
Pinehurst Resort
Pinehurst Resort is a historic upmarket golf resort at Pinehurst, North Carolina, USA. It has hosted a number of prestigious golf tournaments.-History:...
in the United States. It currently has 11 championship courses and an 18-hole par three course, each designed by a different golf personality. This Records will be short lived as the Nanshan Golf coures in Shandong north China has 279 holes and are applying to the "Guinness Book of Records" for this title.
From 2007 through 2009, Mission Hills hosted the Omega Mission Hills World Cup. The contract runs for 12 years; however, this specific resort will no longer host the event. The event's organizer, the International Federation of PGA Tours, announced in 2010 that the World Cup would become a biennial event held in odd-numbered years. When the World Cup resumes in 2011, the tournament will move to another property owned by the Mission Hills company, Mission Hills Haikou
Mission Hills Haikou
Mission Hills Haikou is a golf complex currently under construction in Hainan, China. At 80sq km and containing 22 golf courses and luxury hotels, it will be the second largest golf complex in the world...
, located on Hainan
Hainan
Hainan is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China . Although the province comprises some two hundred islands scattered among three archipelagos off the southern coast, of its land mass is Hainan Island , from which the province takes its name...
Island.
Courses
(course designer in parentheses)- World Cup Course (Jack NicklausJack NicklausJack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...
) - Norman Course (Greg NormanGreg NormanGregory John Norman AO is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's Number 1 ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s...
) - Annika Course (Annika SörenstamAnnika SörenstamAnnika Sörenstam is a Swedish-American professional golfer whose achievements rank her as one of the most successful golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she won 90 international tournaments as a professional, making her the female golfer...
) - Els Course (Ernie ElsErnie ElsTheodore Ernest "Ernie" Els is a South African professional golfer, who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing...
) - Vijay Course (Vijay SinghVijay SinghVijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008...
) - Faldo Course (Nick FaldoNick FaldoSir Nicholas Alexander "Nick" Faldo, MBE is an English professional golfer on the European Tour who now mainly works as an on air golf analyst. Over his career, he has won six majors: three Open Championships and three Masters. He was ranked the World No...
) - Olazabal Course (José María OlazábalJosé María OlazábalJosé María Olazábal Manterola is a Spanish professional golfer who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two major championships.-Career outline:...
) - Duval Course (David DuvalDavid DuvalDavid Robert Duval is an American professional golfer and former World No. 1 who competes on the PGA Tour.-Early years:...
) - Ozaki Course (Jumbo Ozaki)
- Leadbetter Course (David LeadbetterDavid Leadbetter (golf instructor)David Leadbetter is a leading golf instructor, originally from Worthing in England. He began his career on the European and Southern African tours, but had little success as a player...
) - Pete Dye Course (Pete DyePete DyePaul B. "Pete" Dye is a world-renowned golf course designer and a member of a famous family of course designers. He is married to fellow designer and former amateur champion Alice Dye.-Early life:Pete Dye was born in Urbana, Ohio...
) - Zhang Lianwei Course (Zhang Lian-weiZhang Lian-WeiZhang Lian-wei is a Chinese professional golfer.Zhang was the first golfer from the People's Republic of China to achieve substantial success on the international professional circuit...
) (par-3 course)
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 seat stadium court, Mission Hills In Residence, many function Rooms, recreation facilities, Mission Hills Golf Academy, Mission Hills Golf Academy by Cindy Reid, and Mission Hills Golf Academy by Zhang Lianwei. 15 km², 216 holes, 2 clubhouses (the new Dongguan Clubhouse at 63,000 m²), 4 spa locations, a 5-star hotel.History
Mission Hills Golf Club was established in 1992 and 1993 saw the opening of its public driving range. By February 1994, the People's Government of Shenzhen entered into an agreement with International Golf FederationInternational Golf Federation
The International Golf Federation is an organisation which, despite its grand title, occupies only a small place in the structure of golf. The Federation changed its name from the "World Amateur Golf Council" in 2003...
, appointing the Club to host the 1995 World Cup of Golf Final, which was the first international golf tournament in China.
Since its 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 stream of the world's greatest golf players; Annika, Faldo, Zhang Lianwei, Colin Montgomerie, Retief Goosen etc.
Sponsorships
Mission Hills Golf Club sponsored the Mission Hills Cup footballFootball (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
match between FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
and a Mission Hills Invitation XI, which was played at the Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the old Government Stadium it reincarnated as Hong Kong Stadium in 1994...
on 10 August 2007.