After the game and dinner at the Biwako Golf Club, we were taken to the Kyoto JR Station to catch the bullet train to Fukuyama, about 1 hour away and south of Kyoto.
We were to play at the Kurashiki Golf Resort, courtesy of Yoshiokasan, a Japanese industrialist who became a member of RSGC recently. Yoshiokasan is one of the founder members of the Kurashiki Golf Resort.
part of the RSGC Japan Tour 2008 group..Kurashiki Golf Club is about one hour by road from Fukuyama. Yoshiokasan had arranged a car to wait and direct our bus to the golf resort from the highway.
The resort is located on a mountain range and what a resort it was. Suddenly you are in a setting not unlike an alpine Swiss surrounding.
the club-house of the Kurashiki Golf Resort..I was put in a flight with fellow RSGC members Anthony and Raja Ahmad. Raja Ahmad, by the way now resides in Perth, and had taken this opportunity to also visit his daughter who was working in Japan.
Anthony, Raja Ahmad, pakdokter and Zakisan....The Japanese host in our flight was Yamazakisan, who preferred to be called Encik Zaki! He had in fact been a manager at an electronic factory in Pengkalan Chepa in Kota Baru Kelantan for many years until he retired at 65. However he still looks like he is in his fourties!...
practice green ....
an escalator/walkalator from the putting green to the next tee....
The course in general is characterised by very narrow and tight fairways along the sloping and undulating mountain terrain. So straight and accurate drives are essential so as not to loose too many balls.
the half-way hut where you are served warm sake and local delicacies..
a par-3 over water....
As it was in early spring, the fairways have not fully recovered from the effects of the cold winter. The grass have not fully grown thus giving the many stretches of brown carpet along the course.
Anyway it was such a pleasure to play in a pleasant spring temperature in such a pretty setting...
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