Pyongyang Golf Complex
| Pyongyang Golf Complex Pyeong-yang Golpeu Danji 평양 골프 단지 |
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| Coordinates: | 38 ° 53'37.0 "N, 125 ° 26'15.0" E |
| Playable since: | 1987 |
| Architect: | not known |
| Extensions: | not known |
| Par: | 72 |
| Length: | 7655 yd |
| Character: | Forest, hill |
Coordinates: 38 ° 53 ′ 37 ″ N , 125 ° 25 ′ 12 ″ E The Pyongyang Golf Complex is a golf course 27 km from the North Korean capital Pyongyang . Sometimes referred to as the Pyongyang Golf Course , it is located in Pyongan-namdo Province.
history
The golf course was opened in 1987, the courses and buildings were built by a Japanese company. There is also a clubhouse, various rooms for conferences and the like. Ä. Purposes and a business that sells golf items. By its own name, there is the best restaurant in North Korea here.
The square is mostly used by foreign guests, diplomats and the country's nomenklatura .
The area is 120 hectares and can be used by up to 100 players at the same time.
Tournaments
- 2004: Pyongyang Friendship Golf Tournament , organized by Koryo Tours
- 2011 tournament of the British tour operator Lupine Travel
- since 2011: DPRK Amateur Golf Open
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Trivia
- Kim Jong-Il is said to have played 38 under par here
Web links
Commons : Golf courses in North Korea - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pyongyang Golf Club - Top 100 Golf Courses of North Korea. In: www.top100golfcourses.co.uk. Retrieved September 25, 2015 .
- ↑ The Democratic People's Republic of Korea Amateur Golf Open • Pyongyang 5th-6th September 2015. In: www.northkoreanopen.com. Retrieved September 25, 2015 .
- ^ Sam Weinman: A surreal golf trip to North Korea revisited. Archived from the original on January 26, 2011 ; Retrieved September 25, 2015 .
- ↑ At last North Korea invites foreigners to visit its bunkers (not the nuclear ones ... it's a five-day golf trip). Retrieved September 25, 2015 .
- ↑ Jeré Longman: Remembering Kim Jong-il's Ventures Into the Sporting World . In: The New York Times . December 20, 2011, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed September 25, 2015]).