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Miyazaki · Links-inspired

Tom Watson Golf Course

A links education, built into a Japanese pine forest.

Watson brought the ground game to Miyazaki: fescue-edged fairways, run-up approaches, revetted bunkers and greens that reward a putter from thirty yards out. After a week of soft, aerial Japanese parkland golf, it is a genuinely different test — and ten minutes from Phoenix.

Why we book it

  • Designed by Tom Watson, his only course in Japan
  • Firm, running turf built for the ground game
  • Plays beautifully in a coastal wind
Signature hole — 9, par 4

A short par four you can drive — if you accept the revetted pot bunker guarding the only sensible line.

Best months

Year-round; best October – May

Visitor access

Open to resort guests and visitors.

Caddies & carts

Cart or caddie

Green fee from

Quoted with your dates — it moves with the season and the day of the week.

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