Tee Time: 7:15am Players: Haegoo, Youngjune, Frances Asiana is a notoriously difficult course in Korea. It is beautiful though with lots of small undulations and some hills. It looks very dreamy with the little mounds going up and down throughout the course. We played the East course which is the more difficult of the 2…
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8/7/2021 – Glennross Country Club
Tee Time: 6:23am Players: Eunyoung, Gary, Seungjai This was an early tee time because it’s summer so we wanted to beat the heat. We met in the clubhouse at 5:30am which is pretty much when they opened. Glennross is owned by the Samsung group and is located next to Everland (an amusement park). The course…
8/1/2021 – Anyang Country Club
Tee Time: 7:08 Players: Jae, Young, Soo Anyang! This was definitely on my bucket list of country clubs in Korea! Anyang is considered by many to be the best country club in Korea! It is the flagship country club owned by Samsung and has a rich history of the top Samsung founder, chairman, etc. all…
7/31/2021 – Sagewood Hongcheon
Tee Time: 8:33am Players: Joon, June, Sang Won Sagewood is my favorite public country club in Korea! It’s just so nice and clean and modern. The course is also nice with a good mix of water, mountains, trees, etc. It’s just a pretty course. It’s a little far though at around 150km from Seoul. It’s…
7/18/2021 – The Crosby
Tee Time: 6:12am Players: Jae, Eui, Sung Kwon The Crosby is a relatively new golf course located in the Icheon area. Since it’s pretty nice, the clubhouse, locker room, restaurant, grounds, etc. are pretty much immaculate! It’s a great place to play golf and I’ll definitely be back! The holes are nice and the only…
7/17/2021 – Owners Golf Club (Chuncheon)
Tee Time: 8:43am Players: Malcolm, Jake, Soo Young Owners is a pretty nice golf club located south of Chuncheon. Although navigation estimated an hour to get there from Seoul, we hit some traffic and ended up taking around an hour and fifteen minutes. The grounds are pretty and well maintained. There are some nice holes…
7/10/2021 – Sky 72 Bada
Tee Time: 7:08 Players: Youngjune, Wooksoo, Seungjai This was an early morning tee time! Bada course in starts over at hole 10 so it takes up to 20 minutes to get there from the clubhouse. We met for breakfast at 6:00am and it takes about an hour to get here so I left home at…
7/11/2021 – Castlex Seoul
Tee Time 3:34pm Players: Jono, Marko, David Castlex (pronounced “Castle X”) Seoul is part of the Castlex golf clubs which also includes a location on jeju island. This review is for Castlex Seoul. Technically, this golf club is not located in Seoul. It is technically in hanam city in Gyeonggi-do. But even that is slightly…
6/26/2021 – Icheon Midas CC
Tee Time: 11:57am Players, June, Luke, Sang Midas cc is a great public country club located in Icheon. It should be about a 1.5 hour drive from Seoul but due to traffic, it took around 2 hours to get there. There are many country clubs in this area. The golf course is great! It’s nice…
6/19/2021 – Yangji Pine
Tee Time: 8:43am Players: Stanley, Inho, Kyle Yangji Pine is a golf course that is alongside a ski resort so there are resort facilities, ski lifts, etc. in the vicinity. The course itself is ok. Most of the fairways are narrow but open up a bit. Many of the holes start with a hazard near…