Unzen Golf Links

Unzen Golf Links holds a genuinely rare distinction in Japanese golf: its Main Course, established in 1913, is one of the oldest golf courses in the entire country, predating almost every other club on this list by decades. The Main Course plays a full round equivalent to a par of 72 across 6,133 yards from the back tees, with a course rating of 70.7 and slope of 121, and the property also includes a separately named nine-hole Short Course playing to a par of 27 across 1,099 yards, giving the complex a combined 27 holes at a single Unzen address. The club offers golf cart rentals, a golf simulator and indoor practice facilities, and permits single-player rounds, operating year-round. Set within the Unzen volcanic hot spring resort area, one of Japan's oldest and most famous hot spring destinations, Unzen Golf Links combines more than a century of golfing history with the region's renowned sulfurous baths and dramatic volcanic scenery. For CoGolfers members interested in golf history, playing a round at Unzen Golf Links offers a genuine link to some of the earliest organized golf in Japan, paired with a soak in one of Kyushu's most storied hot spring towns.