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BShanghai Binhai Golf Clubb
Ocean’s 18 ...
and another 18, and 18 more to come
When Aussie great Peter Thomson set out to design
Shanghai Binhai Golf Club’s coastal Fairy Lakes
course in the late 1990s, the five times British Open
winner was presented with a dull plain of reclaimed
land battered by vicious gales. Today, Binhai offers
one of Shanghai’s most varied and challenging
days out. We call it “Links - China style”. And it’s
arguably the best value-for-money deal in town.
I
magine a Scottish links course at
which the mercury can soar well into
the upper 30s. We know it’s a tall
order. But stretch your imagination, dear
golfing daydreamer. Open wide that
bleary mind’s eye and ... there, can you
see it? Yes? You can? You’ve conjured
up the splendid, demanding and varied
Shanghai Binhai Golf Club.
Located in the non-descript Nanhui
area of Pudong, about 20 minutes from
the international airport and an hour
from downtown Puxi, Binhai doesn’t
quite stretch to being a 100 percentfaithful
links course with giant sand
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