Regent Miyazaki Country Club

Regent Miyazaki Country Club opened in 1992 to a design by the golf legend Lee Trevino, playing 6,840 yards from the championship tees with regular and ladies' options at 6,230 and 5,671 yards, carrying a 73.1 rating and 123 slope over bent grass greens. The semi-private parkland course offers golf carts, caddies, club rentals, a driving range, and putting green, and explicitly permits walking for golfers who prefer to take in the surrounding scenery on foot. The club's Nakakirishima address places it close to the Kirishima mountain range straddling the Miyazaki-Kagoshima border, giving the course genuine views toward the volcanic peaks that define this part of Kyushu. Trevino's involvement gives the course a design pedigree that stands out among the largely domestically designed clubs found in this part of rural Miyazaki, reflecting an era when several Japanese resort developments sought out internationally recognized professional golfers to design or endorse their courses. Miyakonojo city itself is known for its shochu distilleries and bamboo bow craft tradition. Golfers interested in Trevino's design work, or exploring the Kirishima mountain area through CoGolfers, should consider Regent Miyazaki, and the community is a good place to find local company for the round.