We had some very heavy rain leading up to our golf game at the Forest Valley Golf Course. The course is up in the mountain area of Sanya and there had been a lot of rain overnight and early in the morning. We were able to get our 18 holes in without getting too wet and it was so hot we dried off very quickly,
This was the most challenging course that we played - especially for the girls as we had some long water & rough carry on a lot of the holes. It was challenging and a lot of fun to see if we could make it across the long carries. Some of the holes we did have some success but a lot of them were the donation of a golf ball. The boys lost a lot of balls also as the rough was inaccessible & looking for the ball a waste of time. The boys had one extra ball between the lot of them at the end of the match. Peter lost eight balls in the first five holes.
A good sense of humour was required but we all enjoyed the day. Our caddies could speak no English at all and just pointed or placed the ball in the direction to go. This is a new golf course and the staff have not been trained properly to deal with Europeans. They were very friendly all the same & the clubhouse was lovely. I would expect to see a lot of improvement to this course when it is properly established. I was impressed with their use of foliage on the course and the clubhouse grounds were impressive.
It was worth the trip to the mountains for this game - take a lot of golf balls with you for this course - but put it on your list.
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