Golf Vacations | China's Hainan Island

Hainan, in the People's Republic of China, is a golfer's paradise. The costs here are so affordable that one of life's sporting fantasies is attainable. The food is exotic and satisfying for even the most demanding gourmand, accommodation is excellent and, when your game is over, there are many cultural pursuits available. Fishing, scuba diving, sailing, climbing and many other activities will keep you occupied. What's keeping you?

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to spend time on an extended holiday on a tropical island? You would be away from the cares of the world, simply enjoying the warmth of the sun on your back and doing as you please! What about an extended golf tour of two, three, five, ten or even twenty golf links while you are on this holiday (playing a round on each one)? Well, you can do it you know... it's just a decision away.

Take a look at these courses below and see if they would suit your style...

1. Haikou West Coast Golf Club -
2. Meishi Mayflower International Golf Club -
3. Hainan Moon Bay Golf Club -
4. Hainan Dongshan Lake Golf Country Club -
5. Hainan Tai Dah Golf Club -
6. Wenchang Golf Club -
7. Hainan IBL Golf Club -
8. Nanli Lake International Golf Club -
9. Hainan BFA International Convention Centre Golf Club -
10. Bo Ao Golf Country Club -
11. Hainan Kangle Garden Resort Golf Club -
12. Hainan Sun River Golf Club -
13. Ocean Bay Golf Club -
14. Yalong Bay Golf Club -
15. Sun Valley Sanya Golf Resort -
16. Sanya Hongtang Bay International Golf Club -
17. Hainan Qixianling Golf & Spa -
18. Sanya Luhuitou Golf Club -
19. Sanya Forest Valley Golf Club -
20. Hainan Clearwater Bay Golf Club -
21. Hainan Sanya Sunrise Golf Resort Club -
22. Mission Hills Haikou Golf Resort -

Check out what the online reference site says...

Hainan ( literal meaning: "South of the Sea") is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Although the province comprises some two hundred islands scattered among three archipelagos off the southern coast, all but three percent of its land mass is on Hainan Island (Hainan Dao), from which the province takes its name. To say "Hainan" in China usually refers to Hainan Island itself. The PRC government claims Hainan's territories to extend to the southern Spratly Islands, Paracel Islands and other disputed marine territory. Hainan is also the largest Special Economic Zone laid out by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in the late 1980s.

Hainan Island is located in the South China Sea, separated from Guangdong's Leizhou Peninsula to the north by a shallow and narrow strait. It has an area of 33,920 square kilometers and is China's southernmost province. For centuries Hainan was part of Guangdong province, but in 1988 this resource-rich tropical island became a separate province. The capital is Haikou.

There are 8 major cities and 10 counties on Hainan and the Xisha Islands in the south of Sanya City.

The major cities of Hainan Island are (going clockwise): Haikou, Wenchang, Qionghai, Wanning, WuzhiShan (or five finger Mountain), Sanya, Dongfang, Danzhou.

And its counties are (going clockwise):

Ding'An, Tunchang, Qiongzhong, Lingshui, Baoting, Ledong, Baisha, Changjiang, Lin'Gao and Chengmai.

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