Beyond the fairway, into China.
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Shanqin Bay — Golf Digest's World's 100 Greatest ranking.
All on our roster — Golf Digest's Best-in-China ranking.
Sheshan, Spring City, Shanqin Bay and Blackstone — Golf Digest.
Shanqin Bay — no public tee sheet, guest play by invitation only.
Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson have all played these fairways.
China's finest courses are private, selective, and rarely open to visitors from abroad. Through relationships built over years, we arrange play where few are invited — from Nicklaus beneath the Great Wall to Coore & Crenshaw on the Hainan coast.
Some doors open only by invitation. Ours have been years in the making.
Direct relationships with China's most private clubs — and the standing to arrange play where invitations are rare.
The first travel company devoted to golf in China. The routes, the relationships, the access — established here, by us.
Our partnership with China Tourism Group places our own people on the ground in every destination, throughout your journey.
Each region is a completely different face of China. Explore them on their own, or combine several into a single seamless private journey.
Select a destination
First-time essentialImperial China · Great Wall · private clubs
Modern ChinaDesign hotels · Jiangnan elegance · tournament golf
Most distinctiveSnow-mountain golf · Tea Horse Road · Naxi & Bai culture
Winter golfMission Hills · The Dunes · Shanqin Bay
These are the best courses in China, and most stand among the best in Asia. Yet what stays with you is rarely the course design alone — it is the history and culture each club carries, the company you keep in the clubhouse, and the way golf takes a different shape in every region: parkland beneath the Great Wall, fairways under Himalayan snow, linksland on a tropical coast.
BeijingNicklaus golf beneath the Great Wall — a private mountain-parkland club in the Jundu Mountains, the Wall tracing the ridgeline above.
ShanghaiChina's most famous course and host of a world-tour event — championship golf on the city's doorstep.
YunnanTwo celebrated courses in an eternal-spring climate, ranked among the very finest in China.
YunnanGolf at altitude beneath a 5,500-metre glacier — the longest course on earth, and one of the most dramatic settings in the game.
HangzhouJiangnan elegance — fairways and a classical resort mirrored in still water beneath misty hills.
HainanA natural links carved from sand dunes along a wild stretch of tropical coast.
By invitationCoore & Crenshaw on a wild Hainan coastline — the most exclusive and private golf club in Asia. Clifftop holes, native sand and sea wind have earned it a standing place among the World Top 100, yet almost no one has played it: the club keeps no public tee sheet, and its privacy is the point. Guest play is highly selective, by invitation, and arranged only where available.
ShanghaiTrue links at the mouth of the Yangtze — windswept dunes and fescue on Chongming Island, rebuilt by OCCM into one of Asia's finest modern courses.
HainanBig, bold championship golf laid over ancient lava fields — host of the 2011 World Cup and the flagship of Asia's largest golf resort.
BeijingImmaculate parkland beside Yanqi Lake, a pagoda skyline and mountains beyond — a former China Open venue an hour from the capital.
GuilinFairways threading between karst pinnacles — golf inside a classical Chinese ink painting, minutes from the Li River.
Four more favourites — across Shanghai, Hainan, Beijing & Guilin
A few journeys we love, shown as inspiration. Every one is fully tailored — your dates, your courses, your pace. Treat these as a beginning, then we shape the rest around you.
Every journey is fully custom. Tell us what matters and we'll design it from scratch — request a private proposal.
Arranged privately, through relationships built on the ground — not excursions from a brochure. Each one is set up for your party alone.
The hillside lamasery they call the little Potala, before the first visitors arrive — butter tea with the monks as the morning chant begins.
Into the pine forests with a master forager to hunt matsutake and porcini — then watch the morning's haul become dinner at a local chef's table.
Aged pu'er poured by a tea master in a Naxi courtyard along the old caravan route — a thousand years of trade in one cup.
A quiet wooden boat and an oarsman who has worked these waters for decades — on the lake at dawn, before it belongs to anyone else.
These are a beginning, not a menu — tell us what your party loves and we'll find its Chinese equivalent.
Never simply "the hotel near the course." Each journey moves between a handful of carefully chosen addresses — the styles we return to most:
Storied addresses on the Bund and beside the Forbidden City — the likes of the Waldorf Astoria's hutong courtyards in Beijing.
Jiangnan calm between rounds — the likes of the Four Seasons on West Lake, all temple bells and still water.
The likes of Banyan Tree Lijiang — Naxi-style villas where the snow mountain fills the window at breakfast.
Barefoot luxury on a tropical coast, minutes from the first tee — the likes of Rosewood on Hainan's shore.
Every stay is hand-picked for your route, your party and the season — at the level of comfort you choose, booked entirely on your behalf.
Golf is the thread — but the journey is bigger. While you play, partners and family have their own days arranged, from private cultural experiences to guides and dining.
Spa, shopping, tea, design hotels, private guides and relaxed cultural days.
A flexible pace, cultural activities, soft adventure and kid-friendly options.
No fixed itineraries to choose from — just a conversation, and a journey shaped entirely around you.
Your dates, group size and golf level — and anything that matters to your party.
Pick the regions that appeal, or let us recommend a route based on your timing and interests.
A tailored plan with courses, hotels, transfers and cultural experiences, ready to refine.
Golf China began with a simple observation: the golfers who know the world's great courses almost never know China's — not because the golf isn't there, but because the clubs are private and no one had opened the doors. So we became the first golf travel company dedicated to China, and built the relationships ourselves.
Our team grew up here, plays here, and has spent years moving international travelers through China. Through our exclusive club relationships and a long-standing partnership with China Tourism Group, we have people on the ground in every destination we send you — handling the clubs and the visas, but also knowing which courtyard pours the best pu'er and which stretch of the Wall is empty at sunset. Every enquiry is answered personally, by someone who has walked the route you'll travel.
— The Golf China team
Traveling to China is more straightforward than most expect. We take care of the details that trip up first-time visitors.
Many nationalities now qualify for visa-free or transit-visa entry. We advise on eligibility and paperwork.
We set you up with Alipay and WeChat Pay before you land, so you can pay seamlessly anywhere.
Private drivers paired with China's high-speed rail — every transfer and tee-time logistic arranged.
Beijing and Shanghai in spring and autumn; Hainan in winter; Yunnan and Guilin near year-round.
Premium rental sets arranged at every course, or shipping support for your own bag.
eSIM, roaming and app setup guidance so you stay connected throughout the journey.
Tell us a little about your trip and a travel designer will reply within one business day by email or WeChat — with no obligation.
