Kawana Hotel Golf Course - The Oshima Course
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This stunning resort on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean is rightly known as “The Pebble Beach of Japan. Located only 75 miles south of Tokyo, Kawana features a 140-room hotel in the tradition of imperial art deco and 240-acres of dramatic golf. The Oshima Course dates to a 1928 design by the father of Japanese golf design, Mitsuaki Otani. His routing is typical of the era before Western influences was evident – tight, intimate, with many blind shots and the occasional drama looking out towards the Pacific.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 70 | 5711 yards | 67.2 | 113 |
| Ladies (W) | 70 | 4676 yards | 64.9 | 105 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular M: 67.2/113 | 354 | 199 | 373 | 351 | 262 | 147 | 282 | 464 | 408 | 2840 | 380 | 363 | 360 | 286 | 117 | 330 | 180 | 494 | 361 | 2871 | 5711 |
| Ladies W: 64.9/105 | 289 | 169 | 292 | 274 | 217 | 130 | 259 | 396 | 252 | 2278 | 341 | 273 | 303 | 253 | 114 | 316 | 146 | 341 | 311 | 2398 | 4676 |
| Handicap | 3 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 18 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 70 |
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Quirky, memorable classical Japanese course
Here's a layout dating to 1928, before the advent of links-inspired design by virtue of the Englishmen who taught the country Classic-era course design. Oceanfront Kawana Resort is spectacular; it's Oshima Corse decidedly second tier compared to its compatrio, the famed Fuji layout. This one is strictly a warm to it, but en engaging one.
