Nishinomiya Kogen Golf Club

Nishinomiya Kogen Golf Club has played in the Yamaguchi district of Nishinomiya city since 1963, designed by Joe E. Crane and stretching to a championship-caliber 6,920 yards from the tee. Crane, part of the Crane family credited with early design work at the historically significant Naruo Golf Club, brought that same design lineage to this course in the hills above Nishinomiya. 'Kogen,' meaning highland or plateau, reflects the club's elevated position within Yamaguchi district's hillier terrain, offering cooler conditions than the flatter parts of the Hanshin corridor below. Nishinomiya has developed a genuine golf presence in its own right, sitting alongside the separately located Nishinomiya Country Club and the more recently built Kobe Grand Hill Golf Club within the same general area. Having opened in the early 1960s, the course reflects the design sensibilities of Japan's first major golf construction wave. Its substantial length makes it one of the more genuinely challenging tests within the Nishinomiya golf cluster. Golfers seeking a Crane family design in the hills above Nishinomiya through CoGolfers can look specifically for Nishinomiya Kogen Golf Club.