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hangchoi:
Some more......

chin:
Nice. I can just imagine walking in the fresh air. Maybe we should organize a golf tour to Canada.

The landscape in Banff looks very dramatic. One thing you don't see much in China these days is large patch of undeveloped land. In Spring City, there are holes surrounded by many big trees and mountain, but there are also many fairways surrounded by villas. Not that the villas are ugly, but they take away the rural or natrual feel of the place.

How are these golf clubs funded? Are they private?

chin:
BTW I see buggies are allowed on the fairway. Do they have high traffics?

I wonder why many course in China now do not allow buggies on fairway.

hangchoi:
Well...actually the golf courses are built at some "wild" land. At the first tee of every course we played, there is a course marshal (like KSC) there but they will give you some information about the course, such as the pin position today, what you should look out, etc.

Some courses are quite wild indeed. They will warn you to watch out for bear and deer. Luckily we did not see any bear but we saw a lot of deer's poo and squirrels. They were running all the way on the courses. Some squirrels built their den at the lip of the bunker, some will stand on the green to watch you putt. That were very funny as we did not expect we had a huge crowd of "spectators".

hangchoi:

--- Quote from: chin on 28 June 2010, 08:30:22 ---BTW I see buggies are allowed on the fairway. Do they have high traffics?

I wonder why many course in China now do not allow buggies on fairway.

--- End quote ---

Yes. Basically they will allow you to drive the buggy to every hole, except during rainy days or some holes where there are some ground problem. However, you cannot drive the buggy to close to the green and there are indicators to tell you when you have to off the fairway.

By this allowance, we think it is very useful as we can switch club as we wish anytime. BTW, some buggy has GPS which tells you the distance from your position to the pin.

I don't know how serious the buggy will damage the fairway this way. This may be the reason that buggy is not allowed on fairway in China.

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