Category: courses

Tee Time: 6:50am Players: Min Jung, Youngsun, Jy This was my first trip to Bear Creek and it did not disappoint. It is a great course and has quickly become one of my favorites in Korea. It’s really hard to get a tee time though. They open up reservations 3 weeks in advance at 9am…

Tee Time: 12:47 Players: Malcolm, Jy Ansung Benest is a great private golf course in Korea. It is still a little early in the season so the natural Korean grass was still yellow-ish. But since we played in the afternoon it was relatively warm and not too cold. We were about a week late to…

Players: Iris, Ryan, Jy Tee Time: 11:53 I played Shinedale once last year and it was nice but very foggy. It was not foggy today so that was nice. The course is nice with some undulation and challenges. The fairways aren’t too narrow so it’s pretty good. The clubhouse is nice and modern with some…

Players: Gary, Taeho, Jihoon Tee Time: 8:06am With the increased popularity of golf in Korea, there has been an increase in golf course construction and an increase in tee times (night golf, etc.). Tee times are still tough to get but another issue is that there is a shortage of caddies in Korea. So some…

Players: Youngsin, Jy Tee Time: 12:16 Island Resort is a nice resort on an island off the west coast of Korea. They seem to allow 3 person tee times which is rare in Korea so that’s nice. You pay an extra 10,000 krw ($8) per person though but that’s not too bad. We had a…

Players: Iris, Ryan, Jy Tee Time: 11:57am Sunning Point is a golf course located in Yongin so it’s not too far from Seoul. It’s a nice course that’s a bit off the beaten path so tee times are relatively easier to book than other places. The course is nice and comprises of 2×9 hole courses…

Courses: Aria, Billy Players: Jake, Sandip, Jy Tee Time: 1:35pm Since it’s still early Spring, the weather can be a bit iffy…some days are really cold (in the 20s and low 30s) and some days can be much warmer (in the 40s). Sometimes is rains, sometimes it’s windy, etc. So golf isn’t as popular in…

Players: Suk Hwan, Mahn Tee Time: 12:07pm As the name suggests, Island Resort is on an island located off the west coast of Korea. It’s south of Incheon and west of Hwaseong/Dongtan so southwest of Seoul. It’s not too far but there is a bit of local driving in the end so it took about…

Players: Min Jung, Young Sun, Jy Tee Time: 8:38am Fortune Hills is a nice course that is located north of Seoul in the city of Pocheon. This area is close to the border with North Korea. Traffic to/from Seoul is pretty good so the golf courses in this area tend to be very popular with…

Course: Dunes Tee Time: 10:08 Players: MJ, YS, JY My last round of the year! It was cold…not freezing cold but probably in the high 30s so very cold. Ground was mostly frozen so tees were tough to get into the ground. I used some tees that go on the ground rather than in the…