{"id":740,"date":"2011-08-19T12:24:14","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T17:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/golfcoursebusiness.com\/?p=740"},"modified":"2011-08-19T12:24:14","modified_gmt":"2011-08-19T17:24:14","slug":"schmidt-curley-open-new-china-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/golfcoursebusiness\/real-estate\/740\/schmidt-curley-open-new-china-course","title":{"rendered":"Schmidt-Curley Open New China Course"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Lingshui, China – Schmidt-Curley Design recently unveiled its newest golf course design project in China, the B Course at Clearwater Bay Golf Club in Lingshui.<\/p>\n

It is Schmidt-Curley’s second design at Clearwater Bay for the Agile Group, one of China’s leading property developers. The par-72, 7,035-yard layout is Schmidt-Curley’s 13th course to debut on Hainan Island, epicenter of the Chinese golf course construction boom, since 2009.<\/p>\n

Set on terrain dotted by picturesque lakes and groves of stately coconut palms, the B Course features a variety of bunker styles. They include steep, grass-faced, sandy waste areas and a number of penal pot bunkers. Water also comes into play on nine holes.<\/p>\n

“The B Course has a unique look that relatively few projects in China have embraced,” says Lee Schmidt, who co-founded Schmidt-Curley Design with Brian Curley in 1997. “Despite the prevalence of hazards, it’s a design players of all abilities will enjoy. We were sure to provide plenty of width to playing corridors, and bunkers are typically flat-bottomed giving them more bark than bite.”<\/p>\n

Two short par fours are highlights. Players who challenge a bunker and lake down the right side of the 380-yard third hole will be rewarded with a short pitch to the green. Those who select a safer line off the tee will be left with an exacting approach, especially when the pin is back right.<\/p>\n

The 15th<\/sup> Hole \u00a0is a 337-yard par four with an exceptionally generous landing area. The putting surface, however, is perched three meters above the fairway and protected by deep bunkers and grass hollows.<\/p>\n

The B Course ideally complements Clearwater Bay’s par-72, 7,333-yard A Course. Opened in 2009, it is characterized by high-flashed bunkers and several windswept, seaside holes.<\/p>\n

Architect of record for all 10 golf courses at the new Mission Hills Hainan — host of this fall’s Omega Mission Hills World Cup — Schmidt-Curley has two fully-staffed Asian offices (Haikou and Kunming, China) in addition to its Scottsdale, Ariz-based U.S. headquarters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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